The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[Ian Ballinger]

Weather warning for wind today, where has this come from? wasn't forecast was it? The met office hourly for today is giving me gusts of 60mph

[Essan]

1 hour ago, Ian Ballinger said:

Weather warning for wind today, where has this come from? wasn't forecast was it? The met office hourly for today is giving me gusts of 60mph

It's for the squall line that went through earlier and produced some tornadoes over Wales

[Snowyowl9]

52 minutes ago, Essan said:

It's for the squall line that went through earlier and produced some tornadoes over Wales

That doesn`t surprise me.

[Terminal Moraine]

A squally spell of rain, hail and sleet here around 1230 with the temperature falling from 5.2c to 2.6c in the space of 10 minutes. A gust of 46 mph recorded at 340 m but it was even windier a few miles to the south of here on much lower ground. Estimated gusts of around 50 mph to the south of Wirksworth with a lot of leaves and sticks flying about.

[WillinGlossop]

Rain then sleet on back edge of front earlier.... sleety showers after.... clear sky atm 1c dew -1c.....wind has died down.... way showers are currently moving/developing at wrong tragectory for here but can see showers north of here and stars above..... thinking white hills around come morning....good luck to anyone looking to see first snow of 2016/17 autumn/winter....

[Midlands Ice Age]

1 hour ago, Terminal Moraine said:

A squally spell of rain, hail and sleet here around 1230 with the temperature falling from 5.2c to 2.6c in the space of 10 minutes. A gust of 46 mph recorded at 340 m but it was even windier a few miles to the south of here on much lower ground. Estimated gusts of around 50 mph to the south of Wirksworth with a lot of leaves and sticks flying about.

Was on the golf course as it 'flew' through here. The temperature dropped from 10 to 8C and is now down to 4.2C

As the wind drops away we could see a frost later in the night.

MIA

[Polar Maritime]

Sleet here just now.

[WillinGlossop]

Ice pellets n sleet... 0c clear out west.....

[dusk]

The squall line earlier today has grounded all of the helicopters at RAF Shawbury.

The Met team there are usually warned of inclement weather, so that they can prep their choppers with rotor brakes. The weather event today escalated so quickly that the ground crew didn't have a chance to make the heli rotors safe!!

Shawbury Met recorded a max gust of 75kts today.

 

 

[RobR]

We had torrential rain around 11am, and it was a little windy but nothing exceptional. Yet just down the road, there was a damage from winds in Meir (supposedly a tornado but looks straight line to me!).

[WillinGlossop]

Snow hail amd ice pellets still on ground grass n roof after an hour anything that falls should stick tonight 0c dep -2c

[andy_leics22]

Damn that mild sector for Sunday morning  that would have potential to be a good event for higher ground in the Midlands. If only that mild sector would kindly shift 50-100 miles further East 

 

As for tonight, feels absolutrly bitter out there at 4c. A nice streamer has set up from the Bristol channel but sadly, as is often the case down here in Oxford, temp is too high 

Edited November 17, 2016 by andy_leics22

[WillinGlossop]

Rumble of thunder light hail now snowing lighly but biggish flakes....

[Polar Maritime]

Light snow here now, With a found frost overnight. 

Temp 1c

Dp 0c

Wind Chill -1c

[WillinGlossop]

Snowing lightly and laying.... covering to 1cm in places.....

[Snowyowl9]

12 hours ago, Terminal Moraine said:

A squally spell of rain, hail and sleet here around 1230 with the temperature falling from 5.2c to 2.6c in the space of 10 minutes. A gust of 46 mph recorded at 340 m but it was even windier a few miles to the south of here on much lower ground. Estimated gusts of around 50 mph to the south of Wirksworth with a lot of leaves and sticks flying about.

Looks like it died a death by the time it hit you 94 mph gusts in the west.

[Guest]

a few flakes of snow mixed in with a shower thats just come thru Matlock.... has not amounted to anything but was nice to see...

[WillinGlossop]

Huge flakes wet sticky snow.....2-3cm.....

[Snowyowl9]

At RAF Shawbury gusts of up to 84mph were recorded.

Shortly after 11.30am emergency services all became inundated with calls that roads all over the region were blocked.

Read more at http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2016/11/17/high-winds-cause-chaos-on-shropshire-and-mid-wales-roads-as-trees-and-branches-fall/#Eo6mrocGF8BzzePC.99

The mother of all squalls from nothing.

 

Edited November 18, 2016 by Snowyowl9

[Polar Maritime]

A cool night here with clear spells and the odd sleety shower in the early hours. A ground/air frost this morning with clear blue skys and light winds with a low of 0.2c

Temp 0.5c

Wind N/N/W Avg 6mph

Wind Chill -1c

Dp 0.3c

Rain 0.0mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Wet snow showers during the early hours of this morning but the only evidence of lying snow is a layer of frozen slush on the car windscreens. Sir William Hill near Eyam is gleaming white in the morning sunshine though.

[Snowyowl9]

No sign of anything wintry yet here,icy this morning though at 0.2c min.

[beefy201]

Small amount of snow here in Birmingham is the cold air interacting with the low pressure pushing north? 

[andy_leics22]

1 hour ago, beefy201 said:

Small amount of snow here in Birmingham is the cold air interacting with the low pressure pushing north? 

Just the PPN hitting the colder air over the Midlands at the moment. Higher ground like parts of Birmingham will probably get some sleet/wet snow for a few hours before the mild sector hits in the early hours. 

[Terminal Moraine]

Sleet was the best it could manage here last night. Chilly and windy this morning with intermittent light rain and a temp' of 2.5c.