The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 19/01/2018 Onwards

[Sweatyman]

44 minutes ago, BhamBoy said:

It’s in Harborne near lordswood road if you went down any side streets you’d probably see similar!

Just walked to work in kings Norton from Bournville and those drifts are insane

[kmanmx]

5 minutes ago, Nicky Shepherd said:

I love reading the forums BUT I get hope for a dump of snow as others have, I am left feeling very envious of others wins.  Leics has failed again.  we had snow, the grass is covered, but not the depths of others.

 

I went for a lovely walk last night, Glad I Did as the weather was superb, blowing snow in the icy wind,  drifts, fabulous!  Roads for a time were covered too.

 

we can hope for more today but I do think being so central is our downfall for many reasons.  We live in hope for any snow event because there is always a chance !!  

 

Being almost perfectly central we have the benefit of getting affected by easterly and westerly systems whereas other areas don't, e.g. those far west will rarely see easterly showers, downside is we never get any real snow depth because we just get scraps from every system. 

[DIS1970]

Sun is out, will soon see or hear the drip drip of the thaw. Temp up to -0.9C.

[NixShep]

we certainly get teased and given false hope more!

[weirpig]

 Currently-1.8c dp-4.5 and still windy  all eyes on this afternoon 

[Staffordshire]

13 minutes ago, Nicky Shepherd said:

I love reading the forums BUT I get hope for a dump of snow as others have, I am left feeling very envious of others wins.  Leics has failed again.  we had snow, the grass is covered, but not the depths of others.

 

I went for a lovely walk last night, Glad I Did as the weather was superb, blowing snow in the icy wind,  drifts, fabulous!  Roads for a time were covered too.

 

we can hope for more today but I do think being so central is our downfall for many reasons.  We live in hope for any snow event because there is always a chance !!  

 

This sums up my situation. Not much fallen at all but some great drifts.

[shaky]

Current temp leicester -2 dew point -5!!freezing out there!!!looking forward to some snow by the evening fingera crossed!!day time temp around 0 tomorrow aswell so a slow thaw!!i take that over snow turning to rain anyday!!

[Turnedoutniceagain]

I gave up earlier, 2 attempts to get up the hill out of the village. 1/1.5mts drifts off the open fields and small cars stuck in the drifts sealed my fate.

Working from home it is !!

[The Wolf]

Is the Midlands still on for a pounding later? Any idea what sort of time the snow may start to effect us?

[shaky]

Snow now developing across southern england!

[Staffordshire]

6 minutes ago, The Wolf said:

Is the Midlands still on for a pounding later? Any idea what sort of time the snow may start to effect us?

Not sure about 'pounding' maybe a bit later though if the front can push far enough North,.

[WinterWilf]

Just can't see where this snow is going to come from yet.

[kmanmx]

7 minutes ago, The Wolf said:

Is the Midlands still on for a pounding later? Any idea what sort of time the snow may start to effect us?

Arpege and Hirlam should let us know around 10am. Will post here with the output...

 

Just now, WinterWilf said:

Just can't see where this snow is going to come from yet.

 

Last nights model run (that latest we have atm) showed it just kind of accumlating out of nowhere. So from what I can tell, it's not something you can currently see on radar.

Edited March 2, 2018 by kmanmx

[weirpig]

6 minutes ago, The Wolf said:

Is the Midlands still on for a pounding later? Any idea what sort of time the snow may start to effect us?

Yep ffont smd o stall by us. Gfs is a dream. Lasting for about 12 hours. Of course that would be the best case scenario  starts 4ish 

[shaky]

1 minute ago, kmanmx said:

Arpege and Hirlam should let us know around 10am. Will post here with the output...

Arpege 00s was good for the whole of the midlands especially leicester lol for once!!

[BarometerCat]

Still cold and feels much colder than the -0.5c measured here.  Cloud cover increasing a tad. Proper windy.

Band of showers on radar down SE, are they coming this way...if so great!  More are popping up though.  Expectation was something later this afternoon? Not had time to read forecasts or trawl mod thread so dont know what the general consensus is!  Talk of warm up and thaws....(rolls eyes) 

[WinterWilf]

3 minutes ago, kmanmx said:

Arpege and Hirlam should let us know around 10am. Will post here with the output...

 

 

Last nights model run (that latest we have atm) showed it just kind of accumlating out of nowhere. So from what I can tell, it's not something you can currently see on radar.

Ok that's fine then

[Ian Ballinger]

1 minute ago, weirpig said:

Yep ffont smd o stall by us. Gfs is a dream. Lasting for about 12 hours. Of course that would be the best case scenario  starts 4ish 

Been on the Brandy?

[kmanmx]

1 minute ago, WinterWilf said:

Ok that's fine then

 

Yeah as @weirpig just said 06z GFS is already rolling out and has it over us for a while. It looks good, goes right from SW midlands up through to the very NE of midlands. GFS accumulations of 5 to 8cm by late Friday night. 2 or 3cm by rush hour, roads will be awful.

Edited March 2, 2018 by kmanmx

[nobble]

10 minutes ago, The Wolf said:

Is the Midlands still on for a pounding later? Any idea what sort of time the snow may start to effect us?

2pm onwards 

[WinterWilf]

Mean't to be heavy showers here then snow from 2pm onwards. Will keep any eye on radar.

[weirpig]

Just now, Ian Ballinger said:

Been on the Brandy?

What me or the gfs?  Fat thumb syndrome  

[Ian Ballinger]

1 minute ago, kmanmx said:

 

Yeah as @weirpig just said 06z GFS is already rolling out and has it over us for a while. It looks good, goes right from SW midlands up through to the very NE of midlands. GFS accumulations of 5 to 8cm by late Friday night. 2 or 3cm by rush hour, roads will be awful.

Will Telford get any from this?

[shaky]

3 minutes ago, kmanmx said:

 

Yeah as @weirpig just said 06z GFS is already rolling out and has it over us for a while. It looks good, goes right from SW midlands up through to the very NE of midlands. GFS accumulations of 5 to 8cm by late Friday night. 2 or 3cm by rush hour, roads will be awful.

I cant frikkin wait!!

[shaky]

4 minutes ago, kmanmx said:

 

Yeah as @weirpig just said 06z GFS is already rolling out and has it over us for a while. It looks good, goes right from SW midlands up through to the very NE of midlands. GFS accumulations of 5 to 8cm by late Friday night. 2 or 3cm by rush hour, roads will be awful.

Any pics buddy?