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  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :)
  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)

Okay guys, looking at the models things aren’t looking rosey at all, all I can say is keep an eye on the radar, you never know, it’s happened before peps.

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  • Location: Bournville Birmingham
  • Weather Preferences: Hot n cold
  • Location: Bournville Birmingham
2 minutes ago, cyclonic happiness said:

There is a nice northeastward movement of the precipitation in the latest radar

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i thought itwas just me seeing thongs

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands

Downgrade for me in Yeovil rain until 7 then light snow until 5am. Gfs is teasing the mids.

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  • Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
2 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Okay guys, looking at the models things aren’t looking rosey at all, all I can say is keep an eye on the radar, you never know, it’s happened before peps.

I've already seen a tiny flurry today, which is way more than I was expecting. Absolutely beautiful frozen landscape as well. Got some great photos on my camera. Might take a walk up to Meir Heath and Park Hall Country Park over the weekend, if there's still snow there by then.

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  • Location: Wythall, Worcestershire, 150m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Continental climate, snow winter, sunny summers
  • Location: Wythall, Worcestershire, 150m asl

Snow closing in on a line from Hereford to Gloucester currently.

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  • Location: Leicester Forest East (Leicestershire)
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and dry in summer and cold and snowy in winter
  • Location: Leicester Forest East (Leicestershire)

Just been broken cloud here with the sun shining through

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl

Liam Dutton just tweeted that it's pivoted sooner than expected, which would keep everything further south.

So not good news I'm afraid.

 

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  • 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
4 minutes ago, Gord said:

Liam Dutton just tweeted that it's pivoted sooner than expected, which would keep everything further south.

So not good news I'm afraid.

 

Was just going to mention that. Dutton says the small low pressure appears not to be where it was modelled to be. I'm not knowledgeable enough to say why that might have happened, but it seems to be tonight's bluebottle in the lotion! Now expecting pretty much nothing here in N Worcs. Who'd have thought it? The ten minutes of sleety stuff a couple of days ago could well end up being the most snow I see falling in the entire week!

 

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  • Location: horsehay, Telford 153m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Heavy Rain
  • Location: horsehay, Telford 153m ASL

Keep the faith it’s closer than i thought.

still likely to be nothing tho

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
1 minute ago, Arctic Hare said:

Was just going to mention that. Dutton says the small low pressure appears not to be where it was modelled to be. I'm not knowledgeable enough to say why that might have happened, but it seems to be tonight's bluebottle in the lotion! Now expecting pretty much nothing here in N Worcs. Who'd have thought it? The ten minutes of sleety stuff a couple of days ago could well end up being the most snow I see falling in the entire week!

 

Indeed. Been a real punch in the stomach this week. However, it now looks rosier for the southeast at least.

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  • Location: Leicester Forest East (Leicestershire)
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and dry in summer and cold and snowy in winter
  • Location: Leicester Forest East (Leicestershire)

Wow this front is really moving slowly

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  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
  • Weather Preferences: obviously snow!
  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
22 minutes ago, MattStoke said:

I've already seen a tiny flurry today, which is way more than I was expecting. Absolutely beautiful frozen landscape as well. Got some great photos on my camera. Might take a walk up to Meir Heath and Park Hall Country Park over the weekend, if there's still snow there by then.

Unreal hoar frost, still there in patches, was 'snowing' off the trees, left a covering underneath

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  • 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
2 minutes ago, Gord said:

Indeed. Been a real punch in the stomach this week. However, it now looks rosier for the southeast at least.

Ah well, this is the Midlands after all. This is what we get 90% of the time. We should know better by now! I suppose last winter lulled many of us into a false sense of security.

One thing that did give me a smile. Laura Tobin tweeted a video someone had taken of heavy snow in Newquay. Must be a pretty rare sight there, so I'm glad at least someone in a usual snow desert is getting the stuff.

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
4 minutes ago, Arctic Hare said:

Ah well, this is the Midlands after all. This is what we get 90% of the time. We should know better by now! I suppose last winter lulled many of us into a false sense of security.

One thing that did give me a smile. Laura Tobin tweeted a video someone had taken of heavy snow in Newquay. Must be a pretty rare sight there, so I'm glad at least someone in a usual snow desert is getting the stuff.

But at least we had last winter. If we hadn't, we could* have been looking down the barrel of a 6th appalling winter** in a row!

*most important word in this sentence as it's the 31st January.

**Although with it's occasional frosts and Tuesday's slightly slushy mess, we're still ahead of winters 13/14, 14/15, 15/16 and 16/17.

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  • Location: Nottingham, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and snowy or warm and sunny
  • Location: Nottingham, UK

Hopefully the east mids can get a dusting from streamers from the north east overnight

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  • Location: Aldridge, West Midlands (180M)
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Snow, Snow and Cold
  • Location: Aldridge, West Midlands (180M)
15 minutes ago, Arctic Hare said:

Ah well, this is the Midlands after all. This is what we get 90% of the time. We should know better by now! I suppose last winter lulled many of us into a false sense of security.

One thing that did give me a smile. Laura Tobin tweeted a video someone had taken of heavy snow in Newquay. Must be a pretty rare sight there, so I'm glad at least someone in a usual snow desert is getting the stuff.

I disagree, don't think you can generalise the whole of the Midlands, this is just the unlikely event where snow remains south of the M4. Here in the Black Country/ WM Conurbation we often do pretty well each Winter compared to surrounding areas, to suggest the current situation happens most of the time is incorrect. If you think the Midlands is bad for snow then I wonder what would you think of living in the South West and South East. Granted I'm only speaking about a rather small area of the Midlands as a whole. Of course I do have the positive on living on a relatively high area as does Birmingham so it is a pretty snowy city relative to elsewhere.

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  • Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire 123m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow (Mostly)
  • Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire 123m ASL
15 minutes ago, Gord said:

Liam Dutton just tweeted that it's pivoted sooner than expected, which would keep everything further south.

So not good news I'm afraid.

 

That's got to be Game Over then!!!! 

Experts say so 

Joking!  Guess it shows shows what gets modelled is so dynamic on the day. Hey ho!

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
9 minutes ago, Barometer Cat said:

That's got to be Game Over then!!!! 

Experts say so 

Joking!  Guess it shows shows what gets modelled is so dynamic on the day. Hey ho!

It is game over the Snow is going to struggle to make it past Bristol. Love your optimism though

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Max temp today of -1.9c with an air frost all day. Temp currently -3.8c. I'm hoping to get some snow showers tomorrow blowing in off the North sea.

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  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine, thunder, hail & heavy snow
  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)

Didn’t realise Dominos Pizza did this! 

Expensive. But very very tempting...

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Our troubles would be over!

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  • Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl
  • Weather Preferences: the weather extremes in general but my favourites are snow & thunderstorms
  • Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl
1 minute ago, snowangel32 said:

It is game over the Snow is going to struggle to make it past Bristol. Love your optimism though

Yes it’s looking unlikely we will get much at all but it’s certainly not gameover at 5.30 pm. Get a grip if we have had nout by about midnight then yeah say game over

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