The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion - 07/12/2017 Onwards

[kmanmx]

1 minute ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

90% snow now and just starting to ice over on the pavements.

Temp now down to 1.5C with d.point  of 0.3C. 

Down to 0.0C and we ahould see 'whiteness' appearing on the ground. 

MIA

Not jealous not jealous not jealous...

To be fair, the models do not forecast it turning to snow here for at least 3 hours. Patience!

[syed2878]

 temperature 3CDP to C and windchill minus to see here according to NO a a radar still heavy rain here for the moment and it’s coming down quite hard 

[shaky]

3 minutes ago, kmanmx said:

Not jealous not jealous not jealous...

To be fair, the models do not forecast it turning to snow here for at least 3 hours. Patience!

To be honest things are changing a lot quicker than i thought!!bodes well for us in a while!

[pegg24]

Rain in northants.

[Barbmac]

And it's started changing to snow here! Temp 2.3, dew still at 2.0

[phil b]

Sleet has turned to wet snow now??   temp 1.9c dew 0.3

Edited December 26, 2017 by phil b

[bluearmy]

Plenty of you peeps in the west mids also have altitude to help you tonight 

[cyclonic happiness]

Temps of 2.3'c here and DP of -0.1'c , 85% RH and 40/60 snow....not settling as yet

[Matty23]

Maybe slightly sleety now in Shrewsbury 

[phil nw.]

Just now, bluearmy said:

Plenty of you peeps in the west mids also have altitude to help you tonight 

Yes i think even 100m could tip the balance it so marginal.

Dp now 0c temp.2c mainly snow now but not settling as yet.

[Dancerwithwings]

I can confirm that it's heavy snow now

[I remember Atlantic 252]

meant to turn to snow around midnight, patience the key yes, but not hopeful, reminds me of this event, it just never turned

[high ground birmingham]

Snowing heavily here and settling well. I must say the meto and bbc's performance on this event hasn't been great- quite lax really. The precipitation is now pivoting so expecting another few hours of this at least. Speaking to people- they simply didn't know it was going to snow tonight. 

[Sweatyman]

Pavements cars roofs and grass now all white in Bournville 

[Midlands Ice Age]

7 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

 I can confirm that it's heavy snow now

Yep was just about to post the same.

As soon as the DP dropped to 0.0C it immediately covered the laws, cars, bins, .ground, etc.

 Have no fears about it being too wet to settle.

It is so heavy now that visibility is being restricted,

Temperature 0.9C and DP -0.01C

An interesting 2 or 3 hours watching the transition. Now how long is this expected to continue for?

 MIA 

Edited December 26, 2017 by Midlands Ice Age

[fourseasons]

Sleet here at the moment - but if the forecast is correct, should turn to snow soon. Radar showing just rain which is not consistent with what I can see out of the window.

Midlandsiceage from Solihull says it's snow there - very small margins in terms of altitude probably matters a lot in this marginal situation. Or its just about to get here.

Edited December 26, 2017 by fourseasons

[syed2878]

 rain here now turning to sleet at just over 112m  by Villa Park  I can confirm now the rain has turned to snow here by Villa Park 

Edited December 26, 2017 by syed2878

[Fozfoster]

Still sleet here 

[Herefordweather]

Huge flakes of snow here now in the rain.

 

Good news for the rest of the region as we are just 75m ASL here

Edited December 26, 2017 by Herefordweather

[Allseasons-Si]

Snow reports in the midlands now

http://uksnowmap.com/

[Vmistry]

Turned to sleet here now in Leicester Forest East

[kmanmx]

3 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Yep was just about to post thee same.

As soon as the DP dropped to 0.0C it immediately covered the laws, cars, bins, .ground, etc.

 Have no fears about it being too wet to settle.

It is so heavy now that visibility is being restricted,

Temperature 0.9C and DP -0.01C

An interesting 2 or 3 hours watching the transition. Now how long is this expected to continue for?

 MIA 

I think you got lucky with the dewpoint ! Should be 1 to 2c for your area.

Leicester doesnt get to the 0 or 1c dewpoint til well after midnight, 20 miles west of here and the dewpoint is 2 degrees lower just slightly bad positioning. Ohwell. I will stay up to watch anyway

[damianslaw]

Good luck to those who want to see some snow to make a festive scene, once again the region looks very well placed.. Anywhere with a little bit of height could see a decent cover that will linger through tomorrow, so kids will be happy. Will depend on how heavy the precipitation is.

We won't see any snow, but hoping to see some nice frosty white scenes instead.

[mother nature rocks]

Starting to sleet now. Temp falling nicely.

[WelfordRd]

Snow now in Hinckley, fairly heavy but not settling