DownwardI Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Halesowen Location: Halesowen Share Posted December 26, 2017 Left Solihull about 8.50pm to get to Halesowen just off Junction 3. heavy leaving all the way to frankley services. Then from there into Halesowen a light covering. Back here it’s just mostly sleet. Amazing how it can change within 1km from the road completely covered to a light dusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattStoke Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Share Posted December 26, 2017 What's it like in Stoke? Raining in Harrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownwardI Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Halesowen Location: Halesowen Share Posted December 26, 2017 14 minutes ago, nobble said: Sleet/snow now friend in bournvile looks like a fair bit Came through bourneville just befor 9.30 was a covering on the road but nowhere near as bad as weoley castle which is just about 1/2 mile away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIS1970 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Wolverhampton Weather Preferences: Extreme Weather, Tornado's, Heavy snowfall, Thunderstorms Location: Wolverhampton Share Posted December 26, 2017 Light rain now in Wolves, temp has actually risen in last 1/4 of an hour. I think i can kiss goodbye to snow here this eveving and overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobble Posted December 26, 2017 Location: pelsall, 500ft asl (west mids) Location: pelsall, 500ft asl (west mids) Share Posted December 26, 2017 Think I'm too far north east this time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehsug Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Hanley, Stoke-on-trent Location: Hanley, Stoke-on-trent Share Posted December 26, 2017 8 minutes ago, MattStoke said: What's it like in Stoke? Raining in Harrow. Lightish rain. Some sleet in higher parts, but not heavy enough to turn to snow. You're not missing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildmuck Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Location: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, DIS1970 said: Light rain now in Wolves, temp has actually risen in last 1/4 of an hour. I think i can kiss goodbye to snow here this eveving and overnight. It has indeed , hopefully some of it will stay on hills around brum till tomorrow for photographs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansona Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Burbage, Leicestershire Location: Burbage, Leicestershire Share Posted December 26, 2017 We’ve got a light covering here in Burbage, Leicestershire but it’s still coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozfoster Posted December 26, 2017 Location: warwick 74m. asl Weather Preferences: WHITE GOLD Location: warwick 74m. asl Share Posted December 26, 2017 Starting to settle now ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirpig Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Kensington Location: Kensington Share Posted December 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, DIS1970 said: Light rain now in Wolves, temp has actually risen in last 1/4 of an hour. I think i can kiss goodbye to snow here this eveving and overnight. Really Dudley still snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high ground birmingham Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Harborne, Bham 187m asl Location: Harborne, Bham 187m asl Share Posted December 26, 2017 Wow some of the reports are showing how important altitude is in this sort of event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Coventry Location: Coventry Share Posted December 26, 2017 Starting to settle on the road/pavement now.. a few hours of this and the morning will look great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Hare Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Bewdley, Worcs; 90m asl Weather Preferences: Snow and sun in winter; warm and bright otherwise; not a big storm fan Location: Bewdley, Worcs; 90m asl Share Posted December 26, 2017 A rather disgusting sleety slushy mess here. To be honest I'm not too upset as I absolutely must travel to Bristol tomorrow (family reasons) and I really don't want a repeat of two weeks ago! Anyone up in the higher bits of Dudley etc is welcome to any snow I could have had, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyblast Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands - 271m ASL Weather Preferences: Thunder / lightning, Freezing rain, snow, ice and blizzards! Location: Staffordshire Moorlands - 271m ASL Share Posted December 26, 2017 Hi guys I am out atm further south (typical) but wondering if there is any snow in Northants yet? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_leics22 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Ratby, Leicester. Weather Preferences: Snow, storms Location: Ratby, Leicester. Share Posted December 26, 2017 Where the hell did this come from?! At my girlfriends house in Rugby and the rain has turned to snow. My mum in Leicester has also messaged me saying it's snowing there! Wasn't expecting this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanmx Posted December 26, 2017 Location: South Leicestershire Weather Preferences: Snow. Cold Location: South Leicestershire Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just now, andy_leics22 said: Where the hell did this come from?! At my girlfriends house in Rugby and the rain has turned to snow. My mum in Leicester has also messaged me saying it's snowing there! Wasn't expecting this Should check the models Andy... this will carry on til about 6 or 7am. Might be some decent accumulations by the morning when people are awakening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_leics22 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Ratby, Leicester. Weather Preferences: Snow, storms Location: Ratby, Leicester. Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just now, kmanmx said: Should check the models Andy... this will carry on til about 6 or 7am. Might be some decent accumulations by the morning when people are awakening Haha, I hadn't been checking them lately as it was so mild over Christmas. That'll teach me I hope there is accumulations by morning. Not on the roads though as i have to ride s motorbike back to Rushden at 7:30am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizz511 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Knowle, Solihull. 122m ASL Weather Preferences: Snow! Location: Knowle, Solihull. 122m ASL Share Posted December 26, 2017 Flakes are thickening up here.. Was wondering why we hadn’t heard from you andy_leics, lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffordshire Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Lichfield Location: Lichfield Share Posted December 26, 2017 Still rain here, nothing winter about it. Throwing in the towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabs69 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: East Haddon, Northamptonshire Location: East Haddon, Northamptonshire Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, chillyblast said: Hi guys I am out atm further south (typical) but wondering if there is any snow in Northants yet? Thanks I'm in East Haddon 8 miles from Northampton, just sleet here at mo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanmx Posted December 26, 2017 Location: South Leicestershire Weather Preferences: Snow. Cold Location: South Leicestershire Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 minute ago, andy_leics22 said: Haha, I hadn't been checking them lately as it was so mild over Christmas. That'll teach me I hope there is accumulations by morning. Not on the roads though as i have to ride s motorbike back to Rushden at 7:30am! Haha. You're making me jealous, I sold my m'bike recently (just an SV650) to get more money for a house deposit I did see a guy on a gixxer 600 when it snowed a few weeks ago. Suffice to say he was just paddling it down the road using his legs as stabilizers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer of 95 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Shrewsbury Location: Shrewsbury Share Posted December 26, 2017 Not seen anything wintry here, it's been mostly fairly light so no chance for evap cooling to really kick in. Maybe if that heavier stuff shifts north we might get something, but to be honest it doesn't look too exciting tonight. A few random spots seem to be getting some snow but it doesn't seem cold enough for a widespread event. Anyway, 0.5cm of slush that starts melting as soon as the snow stops/rain starts/sun rises/temp mysteriously shoots up is so mid-2010s. Don't start tearing my hair out if I miss that by 50 miles now we are in the late 2010s, which started meteorologically on Dec 8th 2017.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_leics22 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Ratby, Leicester. Weather Preferences: Snow, storms Location: Ratby, Leicester. Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 minute ago, kmanmx said: Haha. You're making me jealous, I sold my m'bike recently (just an SV650) to get more money for a house deposit I did see a guy on a gixxer 600 when it snowed a few weeks ago. Suffice to say he was just paddling it down the road using his legs as stabilizers Nice! I only have a 125 Honda but it gets me from A to B and only need a CBT license for it haha. Was very dicey on it when it snowed though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw2680 Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl Weather Preferences: the weather extremes in general but my favourites are snow & thunderstorms Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl Share Posted December 26, 2017 32 minutes ago, bluearmy said: Your definition of horrendous doesn't match mine ............ Lol tbh I meant it in a good way ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleakMidwinter Posted December 26, 2017 Location: Telford, c.150m asl Weather Preferences: Snow, ice, cold Location: Telford, c.150m asl Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, andy_leics22 said: Haha, I hadn't been checking them lately as it was so mild over Christmas. That'll teach me I hope there is accumulations by morning. Not on the roads though as i have to ride s motorbike back to Rushden at 7:30am! Might be an idea to delay departure by 90 minutes or so to let the chaos get cleared... this has been forecast with the MetO having warnings so the gritters will be out, but I would bet the early rush-hour will be a horrible snarl. I've mates driving from Colchester to N Wales tomorrow, and I was recommending to her a couple of days ago to leave their departure til about 10am and they should be totally fine on the main roads. I'd at least wait til daylight were I trying to do it on a bike - first working day back after Xmas, snowfall nobody except the forecasters were expecting, the roads will be full of optimistic muppets driving too fast, too close together, and gunning it in first to polish the surface horribly... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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