The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 19/01/2018 Onwards

[MattStoke]

9 minutes ago, RobR said:

Indeed, there is still snow in sheltered patches, a very icy snow but it hasn't washed away as much as I thought. Conditons aren't nice though with the grass being waterlogged.

Still a covering here but a lot of surface water too. Vile. Air temp around 2'C.

I remember when I was at uni there was one time we had six inches of snow on the ground and it hammered it down with rain constantly for 2 days. None of the snow melted. The rain just froze ontop of it.

 

[Barbmac]

A balmy 6.0'C here, just a bit of slush left here and there, otherwise very damp and foggy.

[Terminal Moraine]

Still just below freezing here with everything covered in glaze after an hour and half of freezing rain this afternoon. ( including my t.v dish which, as a consequence, has lost its signal )  7cm of lying snow after a maximum depth of 9cm around 1300. There was already 4.5cm lying before today's snow so about 4.5cm today.

[weirpig]

Very foggy here in Dudley. Ecm shows a week Tuesday  midlanders digging there way out again  with 15-20 cm widely. Knowing this winter it's a cert for us  

[mother nature rocks]

Turning very foggy now. Roll on the end of this mild mush rubbish!!! ???

[nobble]

Misty and murky 

but another 2 good mornings of falling snow to watch , really has been plenty of falling snow this winter , and one good cold spell in mid December, a good 8/9 weeks of snow potential 12/13 for falling snow so I reckon could end up a very good winter

[cyclonic happiness]

4 minutes ago, nobble said:

Misty and murky 

but another 2 good mornings of falling snow to watch , really has been plenty of falling snow this winter , and one good cold spell in mid December, a good 8/9 weeks of snow potential 12/13 for falling snow so I reckon could end up a very good winter

same here, we've now had 6 days of snow falling and settling (even though 4 were a dusting) I think ther reast of the winter will be just as good :-)

[weirpig]

Here is that ecm chart. Of course way out. But something to talk about  during this Benin period . Absolutely perfect 

[nobble]

2 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Here is that ecm chart. Of course way out. But something to talk about  during this Benin period . Absolutely perfect 

The way our luck has gone it's a dead cert ❄️❄️❄️??

[BlueHedgehog074]

Can’t believe how much milder it’s becoming. Almost 9*C now, lol. Thought it felt warmer when I went for a walk about an hour ago.

[Fozfoster]

1 hour ago, weirpig said:

Here is that ecm chart. Of course way out. But something to talk about  during this Benin period . Absolutely perfect 

Maybe more snow for us midlanders.....10 days out I know... some of us have done well this winter, could it be saving the best until last. 

[MattStoke]

Advection fog forming as milder, moist air moves over the still cold ground. Some patches of snow remain.

Edited January 21, 2018 by MattStoke

[Dancerwithwings]

23 minutes ago, DiagonalRedLine said:

Can’t believe how much milder it’s becoming. Almost 9*C now, lol. Thought it felt warmer when I went for a walk about an hour ago.

Popped up the road for a pint earlier I thought that myself, had to unzipp my coat on the way home.

The Northwest hanging on in there.

EDIT....If only

Edited January 21, 2018 by Dancerwithwings

[I remember Atlantic 252]

6 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Popped up the road for a pint earlier I thought that myself, had to unzipp my coat on the way home.

The Northwest hanging on in there.

may as well be 12 degrees, looks the same! snow's gone

[BlueHedgehog074]

5 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Popped up the road for a pint earlier I thought that myself, had to unzipp my coat on the way home.

The Northwest hanging on in there.

Yeah, wasn’t expecting it to become that mild (at least not yet) despite the warmer upper air having moved over us. 

And would you look at that, a -3*C showing their for Central/Eastern Scotland. ?

What an extraordinary day it has been!

[Dancerwithwings]

3 minutes ago, DiagonalRedLine said:

Yeah, wasn’t expecting it to become that mild (at least not yet) despite the warmer upper air having moved over us. 

And would you look at that, a -3*C showing their for Central/Eastern Scotland. ?

What an extraordinary day it has been!

I'd say the weekend in general....Blimey I'm back in tomorrow where's it gone

Edited January 21, 2018 by Dancerwithwings

[BlueHedgehog074]

16 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

I'd say the weekend in general....Blimey I'm back in tomorrow where's it gone

Ar bless!  

It’s gone that quick it’s almost like it never happened ?❄️

[cyclonic happiness]

9'c here now, only 6 hours ago it was 2'c!!

[RobR]

Yes I went into the gym at 8.30 and it was 4c and left and it was 8c in the space of an hour. Crazy warm up. Great weekend of weather though.

[MattStoke]

Can't believe on Facebook I'm seeing people talking about Spring and the longer days and increasing solar influence making anymore cold weather less likely. Why do people come out with this rubbish every mid January? The UK's coldest weather often occurs late winter or even early spring!  Also see people saying they can't wait for warm weather. There are months and months ahead for warm weather. The window of opportunity for cold and snow is relatively tiny! 

[Sparkiee storm]

1 hour ago, MattStoke said:

Can't believe on Facebook I'm seeing people talking about Spring and the longer days and increasing solar influence making anymore cold weather less likely. Why do people come out with this rubbish every mid January? The UK's coldest weather often occurs late winter or even early spring!  Also see people saying they can't wait for warm weather. There are months and months ahead for warm weather. The window of opportunity for cold and snow is relatively tiny! 

I agree, I see the same thing too and I get your frustration, but lets just ignore them, we don't need to let them bring us down, we can enjoy more snow that surely Feb and quite possibly March will bring us .

 

[Terminal Moraine]

Still plenty of snow  lying  here despite the temperature rising to around 5c yesterday evening and remaining around 4c for the rest of the night.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

9 hours ago, MattStoke said:

Can't believe on Facebook I'm seeing people talking about Spring and the longer days and increasing solar influence making anymore cold weather less likely. Why do people come out with this rubbish every mid January? The UK's coldest weather often occurs late winter or even early spring!  Also see people saying they can't wait for warm weather. There are months and months ahead for warm weather. The window of opportunity for cold and snow is relatively tiny! 

Not me, even with my mild bias

[BarometerCat]

5c this morning. As expected total thaw after warm up. 

Onwards! What's coming up next? 

[WalsallWeather123]

Great weather today. Clearly the best day of the winter. Nice and warm