The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[MKN]

Just now, The Wolf said:

Really need these showers to do something overnight as this current stuff is doing nothing.

yes this current band is fizzling out on its northern edge and moving away at the same time. Our hopes rest with Cheshire gap streamer, Id guess Staffordshire will be the best area tonight.

[fizz511]

Trying to snow here. But not trying hard enough, frankly!

[Summer of 95]

Just murky and grey, still not seen so much as a blob of sleet this winter...

[Bishop Brennan]

Wow the temperature has taken a real tumble here in the past hour. Now 2.1°C with a Dp of 1.2°C

Bish

[snowangel32]

Settling on grass and cars very suprised but it's actually now fairly heavy. 

[Gord]

I think (hope!) my last post was wrong. Zooming in on the radar, we could actually see showers quite quickly after this area of snow clears. They're making landfall around Rhyl, which from experience is a good position to do so for us here in the West Midlands. Looks like winds are getting dragged around in our favour too.

Maybe not much of a lull after all?

Wow, reading back what I've just typed, I might get accused of being optimistic!

Better counter-act it with something.

Um...

...the last 3 winters were rubbish!

There..normality restored!

 

[#windysnow#]

Very wet snow in Ashby de la Zouch NW Leics!!!!! Trying so hard!!

heavy shower on the way south east from stoke to this area. Please please

[Bunnyfugger]

Snowing here in Warwick.

[Fozfoster]

1 minute ago, Bunnyfugger said:

Snowing here in Warwick.

Sorry looks like sleet to me. 

[fiftytwodegreesnorth]

2 minutes ago, Gord said:

I think (hope!) my last post was wrong. Zooming in on the radar, we could actually see showers quite quickly after this area of snow clears. They're making landfall around Rhyl, which from experience is a good position to do so for us here in the West Midlands. Looks like winds are getting dragged around in our favour too.

Maybe not much of a lull after all?

Wow, reading back what I've just typed, I might get accused of being optimistic!

Better counter-act it with something.

Um...

...the last 3 winters were rubbish!

There..normality restored!

 

Yes Gord.  The showers are just exiting Wales but on current trajectory should reach the West Mids in 1-2 hours, lets hope they maintain intensity as they could give a covering!

[snowangel32]

4 minutes ago, Gord said:

I think (hope!) my last post was wrong. Zooming in on the radar, we could actually see showers quite quickly after this area of snow clears. They're making landfall around Rhyl, which from experience is a good position to do so for us here in the West Midlands. Looks like winds are getting dragged around in our favour too.

Maybe not much of a lull after all?

Wow, reading back what I've just typed, I might get accused of being optimistic!

Better counter-act it with something.

Um...

...the last 3 winters were rubbish!

There..normality restored!

 

Yh mate and even this system is moving much slower than expected the back edge is still in Manchester. And streamers are already showing themselves for later.

[Ian Ballinger]

I'm crossing everything that one of those showers heads this way

[weirpig]

1 minute ago, snowangel32 said:

Yh mate and even this system is moving much slower than expected the back edge is still in Manchester. And streamers are already showing themselves for later.

I'm surprised the streamers seem to be setting up so early  if we can catch the bullseye with some of these  a few could have a surprise

[Bishop Brennan]

Gord, what's with all this 'optimistic' crazy talk? Don't cha know that's not how we do things round these parts??? 

Bish

[Bunnyfugger]

Gah! Was excited, snowed for all of a minute and is now light sleety rain.

 

[The Wolf]

Desperate for some settling snow! Please!

[moonerss]

snowing on the Gloucs/Warwks border! V windy now too!

[Carl46Wrexham]

Sleety muck here. Yuk.

 

[Ian Ballinger]

1 minute ago, Carl46Wrexham said:

Sleety muck here. Yuk.

 

Thought you would have had snow by now

[Bishop Brennan]

Snowing in Solihull now! Only lightly, but better than nowt! 

Bish

[V for Very Cold]

grey and wet here - its the no snow show atm :((

Edited January 12, 2017 by V for Very Cold

[I remember Atlantic 252]

11 minutes ago, weirpig said:

I'm surprised the streamers seem to be setting up so early  if we can catch the bullseye with some of these  a few could have a surprise

Not a great thing maybe, cold air just over us at 6pm, feel anything before 6pm rain (low levels)

[Barbmac]

Snow sticking to everything apart from the road and pavements. Lovely!

[dudleyweather1]

Looking at the radar at the moment there looks to be a chance of some snow for Stoke, Stafford, Crewe, Market Drayton etc at around 5pm.

[Carl46Wrexham]

6 minutes ago, Ian Ballinger said:

Thought you would have had snow by now

Fraid not. Dew point still just above freezing..0.1c

Edited January 12, 2017 by Carl46Wrexham