The Midlands - Weather Chat

[Gustywind]

The precipitation is further east than the 9pm chart though already, so the snow line will be further east also. It's closing in on Lincolnshire and east Yorks now which is incredible given the earlier forecasts.

[Matthew Gill]

Anywhere West of Leicester now seems to be into the less cold air. Currently raining here in Coventry.

[PhilipInCoventry]

Hello,

                Sleety stuff falling just now. Ground wet.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 minute ago, Matthew Gill said:

Anywhere West of Leicester now seems to be into the less cold air. Currently raining here in Coventry.

my temp is rising, 1.8C now, sleety stuff falling

[helen47]

Its starting to pep up a bit in notts

[Adzyy]

Well I am gutted, can the met office stop getting my hopes up and change it from Heavy Snow at 9pm... Been a very frustrating day.

[smeeth]

still nothing here in Rutland.

[Gord]

It does seem that the less cold air and dew points have surged further east than Birmingham now. Squeaky bum time for Leicestershire, Notts should be Ok though.

[Matthew Gill]

The only time Coventry gets snow is when it's not for cast.  living in the Warwickshire plane must be the worst place in the country for snow. Even in 2010 it didn't snow here!!@

Edited January 16, 2016 by Matthew Gill

[rosieposey]

Snowing lightly here - village in between Melton Mowbray and Oakham but were quite high up - fingers crossed!

 

[Gustywind]

Sod's law that all the precipitation will probably start moving south over Brum now we're in the less cold air!

[Gustywind]

Warwickshire is a pretty bad place for snow, even worse than my area. Neither are good though, but at least we get nicer summers than Yorkshire.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

2 minutes ago, Gustywind said:

Warwickshire is a pretty bad place for snow, even worse than my area. Neither are good though, but at least we get nicer summers than Yorkshire.

Stafford worse, only really get snow of easterlies

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Drizzle....*sigh*

[Gustywind]

Cannock wasn't too bad, I was at 180m ASL, so did pretty well in marginal events, here it just seems to rain.

[phil nw.]

5 hours ago, snowangel32 said:

12 minutes ago, Matty23 said:

What temp do u need for snow to fall I thort it was -4 and lower

 

Hi Matty,

There is no short answer.There are a number of things to look out for.Obviously the first thing is precipitation and then other things.

Here's a link to John H's guide on what to check for

 

Have a read it covers all the bases.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 minute ago, Gustywind said:

Cannock wasn't too bad, I was at 180m ASL, so did pretty well in marginal events, here it just seems to rain.

Cannock okay, sometimes see cars with snow on must have come from Cannock, a few on Thurs am

[Costa Del Fal]

The only good point is that I am not missing out by a few miles. Turning into a big margin. But this milder air will ruin next weeks chances now so a double blow overall. Shambolic attempt at winter. Can't wait for Scandinavia in a few weeks but for the uk, summer can't come quick enough. 

[Gord]

I tend to do well here. But even my elevation can't save me from the mild sectors that have plagued the West Midlands in winters since 2013.

Just a horrible drizzly night out there now. Annoyed that my favourite dog walks are going to be swamps again.

[snowangel32]

It seems like a lost cause now for the West Midlands with just a sleet fest. On a more positive note at least Villa got a draw .

[Costa Del Fal]

No doubt my interest in the weather has plummeted recently. As I've got older, I've enjoyed summer more and more. Can't beat a warm summers day and BBQ. No matter what the British weather, always more doable and easier to please than winter. Plus thunderstorms are easier to achieve here too. Since 2007/8 we've always had 1 or 2 big storms a year here amongst the usual smaller ones.

[Sideways Snow]

Sleeting here but the met have just changed their forecast to heavy snow at 9pm, I'll believe it when I see it! (Up the villa by the way)

[Adzyy]

Met Office have me down for Heavy Snow until Midnight and Light snow until 6am. What?

[Bishop Brennan]

Raining lightly here in Knowle. Temp is currently 1.9°C with a dp of 0.8°C

The ppn does seem to have intensified somewhat up North, fingers crossed the East Midlands will be the main beneficiaries of that later tonight 

Bish

[phil nw.]

A link to the current MO warning for W.Midlands issued at 18.53

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=wm&fcTime=1452902400

1-3cm for low ground,5-10c above approx 200mtrs in a fairly narrow band across the central area seems the gist of it.

Based on that maybe best to keep expectations low.