MattStoke Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Share Posted March 16, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw2680 Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl Weather Preferences: the weather extremes in general but my favourites are snow & thunderstorms Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl Share Posted March 16, 2018 Is this going to be the view come Sunday morning that is the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezWeather Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 110m Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 110m Share Posted March 16, 2018 Humber streamer on EURO4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el tiempo Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Stoke-on-Trent Location: Stoke-on-Trent Share Posted March 16, 2018 Nice up on The Roaches over the next few days https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqw6rxvc#?date=2018-03-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattStoke Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Share Posted March 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, ChezWeather said: Humber streamer on EURO4 I think that looks good for here. So hard to pinpoint Stoke on these charts though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunky Flake Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Cannock Location: Cannock Share Posted March 16, 2018 What time is the snow meant to start falling ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Posted March 16, 2018 Location: South Staffs Location: South Staffs Share Posted March 16, 2018 Hard to know exactly what will happen this weekend. Radar watching it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearing Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Wildwood, Stafford Location: Wildwood, Stafford Share Posted March 16, 2018 Stafford Half Marathon has been postponed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarWarsaw Posted March 16, 2018 Location: South Staffordshire Weather Preferences: Snow Location: South Staffordshire Share Posted March 16, 2018 58 minutes ago, WalsallWeather123 said: Sensational snow depth charts from GFS and ICON. These charts are where the snow depth is at a maximum Thankfully, this weekend and what looks like a 'non entity of a spring' are more than enough of a bonus for us cold folk who have lapped this winter up. Long term charts show another shot of cold air next week and then April looks predominantly below average....more winter gloves than gardening. Anyway, after feeding the mild troll. The fax charts don't look quite as good as they did the 2 days ago with the updated faxes showing a streamer over the humber and E Yorkshire rather than the wash - I expect the amber warning to be moved northwards. However, much like the other week, showers will form anywhere for a 36 hour period and everyone is with a shout of seeing falling snow. Accumulating? Not sure. Big depths? Very unlikely. Still an absolute bonus, it's been an amazing winter of accumulating snow, snow falling, frost, general cold weather - plenty more of the latter to come before a quick transition from spring to summer at the end of April and into May. Only 4 months of possible warmth there before we are back into the winter hunt, come the end of September. It's been a great winter and my advice is for everyone to have A) Savioured it and B) Enjoy any falling snow you see this weekend. We need the transition of rain to snow to be quick tonight or the ground will be too wait for anything to settle. Best chance of settling snow comes from sun down tomorrow to sun rise Sunday. Just another light covering to see snow in the dark cover the streets again would be the cherry on the cake of a superb winter. To those wishing spring in....start your search for summer. It's going to be another chilly/predominantly cold/interspersed with milder spells 4-6 weeks or so. Have a good one all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksp Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Matlock Derbyshire Location: Matlock Derbyshire Share Posted March 16, 2018 well, sat out outside in back garden at 3.30, with just shirt no coat and had a coffee, whilst watching dogs runaround garden. wow by 5.00 it had turned quite cold, definately not sitting outside weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstorm27x Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Oldbury Weather Preferences: Snow and ice, thunderstorms Location: Oldbury Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just light snow forecast here tomorrow morning. As the saying goes we are the meat between the sandwich. North and South looks like getting plastered why we get a sprinkling. Still time for changes as the beginning of March demonstrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancerwithwings Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-) Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :) Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-) Share Posted March 16, 2018 40 minutes ago, bearing said: Stafford Half Marathon has been postponed. And Coventry, with snow and ice forecast across the region organisers decided it was too dangerous to allow the event to go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattStoke Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Share Posted March 16, 2018 Didn't see a single gritter while walking home, despite the Amber warning. Oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalopWatcher Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Shrewsbury Weather Preferences: Storms, Snow, Floods... Location: Shrewsbury Share Posted March 16, 2018 All this talk of snow and here in Shrewsbury we just had an epic hail storm and lightening and thunder! Close too. Crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Jones Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Nottingham. Location: Nottingham. Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) Pretty much in the middle of amber warning area ...can't remember it going past yellow a couple of weeks ago despite receiving a relative pasting. Surely we won't see a repeat of those crazy blizzard/drifting showers again so soon? They seem to be suggesting that. I'm a little surprised they've gone amber over yellow...especially with it being the weekend so less commuters/traffic about. Edited March 16, 2018 by Lee Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Ashby de la Zouch Location: Ashby de la Zouch Share Posted March 16, 2018 Ashby 20 run has also been cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwestsnow Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Scouthead Oldham 295mASL Location: Scouthead Oldham 295mASL Share Posted March 16, 2018 As is tradition for me, just a quick good luck to the midlands, esp those areas that have missed out previously.. Sweet spot probably the peak district 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer of 95 Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Shrewsbury Location: Shrewsbury Share Posted March 16, 2018 16 minutes ago, SalopWatcher said: All this talk of snow and here in Shrewsbury we just had an epic hail storm and lightening and thunder! Close too. Crazy. Heard a bang in Bomere Heath but no precipitation at all- lots of people seem to have heard it, only a few had the hail..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixShep Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Hinckley Location: Hinckley Share Posted March 16, 2018 2 hours ago, WalsallWeather123 said: Sensational snow depth charts from GFS and ICON. These charts are where the snow depth is at a maximum don't think 1 cm is sensational? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty23 Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Boring Shrewsbury Location: Boring Shrewsbury Share Posted March 16, 2018 Had the hail here in Shrewsbury and thunder and lighting. Really heavy rain atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Hare Posted March 16, 2018 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 March 16, 2018 (edited) I'll be at the Severn Valley Railway gala tomorrow -- an outdoor event that goes on from around 9am to 8pm. Could be very interesting! I'm virtually certain it will go ahead, though: I'm not expecting to see a massive amount of snow here, and I know from past experience that steam trains can cope with snow unless it's really deep. In fact, the equivalent gala in 2013 was slap bang in the middle of that cold spell, and although it was freezing and there was plenty of snow, the trains did run. (The SVR did cancel one of the Santa Special days in December 2017, but that was largely because families couldn't get to the station by car, not because the trains themselves couldn't cope.) Edited March 16, 2018 by Arctic Hare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksp Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Matlock Derbyshire Location: Matlock Derbyshire Share Posted March 16, 2018 49 minutes ago, MattStoke said: Didn't see a single gritter while walking home, despite the Amber warning. Oh dear. different over here in Derbyshire, gritters been out since 4.00pm, all over town and roads even side roads, using up winter supplies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksp Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Matlock Derbyshire Location: Matlock Derbyshire Share Posted March 16, 2018 37 minutes ago, northwestsnow said: As is tradition for me, just a quick good luck to the midlands, esp those areas that have missed out previously.. Sweet spot probably the peak district hope so, live just 2.5 miles outside the eastern boundary, hoping for streamer to pile in the snow showers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattStoke Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just now, marksp said: different over here in Derbyshire, gritters been out since 4.00pm, all over town and roads even side roads, using up winter supplies They're normally on the ball here but I haven't seen a single on today. The high resolution models I rate highest all look very snowy here, and even more so for you. I see some trying to make out there will be little or no snow. Certainly not the case for some of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancerwithwings Posted March 16, 2018 Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-) Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :) Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-) Share Posted March 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Dancerwithwings said: Met office fax charts shows a streamer out in the north sea for 12pm tomorrow, incoming for the afternoon methinks in them strong gusty easterly winds Updated fax charts, looks great for the North of our region 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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