The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 19/01/2018 Onwards

[Daniel*]

31 minutes ago, MattStoke said:

Proper snow, at last. Actually sticking instead of being blown away by the wind.

Still going. 7 days straight on which it has snowed

More back in London well not now. 

I must say I don’t ever recall seeing compacted snow and ice in city center for days and a high of -2.8C on Wednesday pretty surreal. It was a great cold spell in London shame it wasn’t longer..

[MattStoke]

Strange. There's been nothing on the radar for a while but it's still snowing.

[Chris.R]

Just now, MattStoke said:

Strange. There's been nothing on the radar for a while but it's still snowing.

 Is it heavy still? 

[MattStoke]

4 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Is it heavy still? 

It was quite light. It has now stopped. Left the first proper covering of the week thanks to it being a little wetter and the wind less strong.

[BhamBoy]

Woke up to the sound of rain hammering against the window!

Adios beast, come back next year! (Or this year, in December!)

[WelfordRd]

Heavy rain on the window this morning marking the end of a great week of cold weather. Have to say it's been extremely frustrating at times but we got some decent snow in the end. 

Ps it's amazing how the heavy bursts on the radar seem to make it to us when it rains but if it's snow it dies away lol ?

[Fozfoster]

Yeah adios beast, don’t leave so long next time. 

[nobble]

Last nights snow slowly being eaten away by sleet/drizzle ?

[phil nw.]

The beast has left the house ?

Thaw underway then, drip drip spoiling the beauty of his legacy with murk, fog and drizzle. 

Payback time folks, but it was good while it lasted. 

Oh well gradually back to normal and then time to get out the golf clubs for me. 

[Ian Ballinger]

Now the colds gone, the heavy precip arrives

[DIS1970]

Strange how the snow was never as heavy as the rain i'm having here now.

[MattStoke]

Rapid thaw. Fairwell, Beast. It's been fun despite the frustrations. 

 

[DIS1970]

Wouldn't say no to that event on the 300hrs, (16th March) GFS chart, i know it won't happen but that would be some event. Might be, and only might, be worth keeping tabs on something developing at the start of next week (12th onwards), that was the 00hrs GFS run.

Edited March 4, 2018 by DIS1970

[Snowyowl9]

Freezing rain,freezing fog very thick rime on the trees now min -1.3c

[Midlands Ice Age]

Seem to have missed the rain, but we did have a bit of snow and my appp still saying snow.!!

Snow is down about 2 cms now so still have 8- 10cms left, including some on trees. branches, etc.. though it is going now..

Up to 21 days with snow falling with 25 laying.

Wind has dropped out now and the temperatures have finally moved to a true positive.

Current temp now +2.6C, dp  is +1.8C. The first time my dp has been positive for 8 days.

Truly a remarkable spell of temperatures, and we ended up with some reasonable snowfall, but without the exceptional drifting of more country areas.

See you all later.

MIA

[Rob P]

Morning, well had about 3cm last night which was good. Rain first thing washed a lot away and now the fog is coming down. Temp 1.9c

[markw2680]

what A mucky mess iv woke upto, loads of snow on the floor but got that slushy look to it and really dense fog. Can’t wait for the road to clear to get my car back out 

summer is here ?

Edited March 4, 2018 by markw2680
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[WalsallWeather123]

What's the chance of seeing some sun today? Very foggy at the moment 

[nobble]

No wind 

freezing fog has descended 

still 100% covering of snow 

on the melt though

[davehsug]

Last traces of snow now gone. As though the last week never happened! 

[Fozfoster]

Suns out.........

still have snow cover but melting fast..................

Edited March 4, 2018 by Fozfoster

[Bishop Brennan]

Farewell Beastie! Thank you for the lovely memories! 

Some fairly heavy rain here this morning, resulting in very misty conditions. Just noticed the temperature here has finally edged above 5°C for the first time in exactly a week.

Bish

[Arctic Hare]

Up to 5 °C now, for the first time in exactly a week. Last Sunday, though, that temperature was accompanied by blazing sunshine and it felt fantastic to be out and about. Today, it's overcast and drizzly and murky and yuk. Still a mostly complete covering in the garden, but I doubt much will be left by nightfall.

Although I wouldn't entirely rule out a late surprise or two, I think I can live without them now. Short of something incredible like April 1981, anything we did get would just feel like a pale reflection of past glories, especially as it would probably be marginal and slushy at best here in Bewdley.

Best winter for years all round, in spite of a rather uninspiring January. My scoreboard for the December and Feb/March spells:

Hits

* Deepest single-day (23 cm) and total (28 cm) snow cover for decades on 11 Dec, beating even 1991

* A Cheshire Gap streamer on 9 Dec that delivered shower after shower and left 8 cm, very unusual for here

* 24 hours of pretty much continuous snow in December

* Snow falling in daylight during both spells

* Very deep cold uppers (I think -16 °C was the lowest here)

* Three successive ice days -- and from 28/2 to 2/3!!!

* Snowdrifts! Only smallish ones, nothing above 18 inches, but they count

* Pure easterly powder snow, totally non-marginal on every occasion

* An actual blizzard! Okay, it lasted 15 minutes, but visibility was about 50 metres

* Wind scouring the snow off roads and creating snow devils

* A really severe wind chill, the coldest I've experienced in many years

Misses

* No freezing rain -- although I don't mind that one!

* The easterly only lasted a week, rather than being extended

* None of the enormous snow drifts places not that far away got

* No exceptional night minima -- lowest was -6.6 °C

* No bright sunshine on extensive snow cover -- Jan 2010 remains the king on that score

 

I've probably forgotten something, but that will do for now!

Edited March 4, 2018 by Arctic Hare

[Fozfoster]

2 hours ago, WalsallWeather123 said:

What's the chance of seeing some sun today? Very foggy at the moment 

Got any sun yet?

[Winter80s]

Definately confident a surprise will be on the way until end of April.  Got that feeling.  Then December will deliver a full on 80s style Beast.  So sad to see it going.