Midlands Regional Discussion

[MattStoke]

5 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Updated fax charts, looks great for the North of our region 

That could not be more perfect for here!

[marksp]

5 minutes ago, MattStoke said:

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.

 

very true, could be a great event here in next over next 72 hours, 

last steamer here I think in 2013 produced 36 cm everywhere with patches in garden over 50cm !!

while in Derby they only had 5cms, so fingers, toes crossed where in the firing line. haha

[Dancerwithwings]

1 minute ago, MattStoke said:

That could not be more perfect for here!

I did feel for you a couple of weeks ago Matt when us down here had 10cm plus, but now it looks like it's your time.....tomorrow for looks juicy for ya!!!

 As for the rest of us, there will be frequent heavy snow showers in many areas covering most of the Midlands, but the north of our region later should see longer periods of snow as the showers merge

[MattStoke]

10 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

I did feel for you a couple of weeks ago Matt when us down here had 10cm plus, but now it looks like it's your time.....tomorrow for looks juicy for ya!!!

 As for the rest of us, there will be frequent heavy snow showers in many areas covering most of the Midlands, but the north of our region later should see longer periods of snow as the showers merge

Yup. Just hope the wind direction won't be off! Will be during the late part of Saturday into early Sunday, when it is most likely to settle as surfaces will be colder. Good timing! During the middle part of the day it would be a waste.

Edited March 16, 2018 by MattStoke

[NixShep]

10 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

I did feel for you a couple of weeks ago Matt when us down here had 10cm plus, but now it looks like it's your time.....tomorrow for looks juicy for ya!!!

 As for the rest of us, there will be frequent heavy snow showers in many areas covering most of the Midlands, but the north of our region later should see longer periods of snow as the showers merge

but good old Leicestershire missed out toon, and will do again it seems!!!!  

[Walsall Wood Snow]

Although I could end up pleasantly surprised, it seems that this mini beast just isn't going to cut it here unfortunately. We did quite well in the last one though and I do think as usual it'll be a nowcasting situation. It's just that the models aren't offering us the best outlook as things stand, though I do expect some snow of course, but doesn't look a great deal in comparison to what other areas might expect, the north of the Midlands might do well though.

Edited March 16, 2018 by Walsall Wood Snow

[Staffordshire]

It has been turning quite misty over the past couple of hours here.

[syed2878]

 The Met office has been putting out yellow warnings for snow since Wednesday how ever I personally don’t think the warnings for many parts of the West Midlands is needed waste of yellow warnings I believe specially for the likes of Birmingham and other places 

[mother nature rocks]

Large hail here in Worcester 

[Dancerwithwings]

12 minutes ago, syed2878 said:

 The Met office has been putting out yellow warnings for snow since Wednesday how ever I personally don’t think the warnings for many parts of the West Midlands is needed waste of yellow warnings I believe specially for the likes of Birmingham and other places 

They must be looking at the HIRLAM model

[markw2680]

I really don’t want much snow here tomorrow, it can all start at 4 am Sunday morning in bucket loads

[Walsall Wood Snow]

1 minute ago, markw2680 said:

I really don’t want much snow here tomorrow, it can all start at 4 am Sunday morning in bucket loads

Do you think we'll get more then, then?

[DerbyshireDales]

Smack bang in the amber warning here for tomorrow and Sunday (Derbyshire Dales). Fingers crossed! 

[markw2680]

29 minutes ago, Walsall Wood Snow said:

Do you think we'll get more then, then?

I really haven’t a clue tbh but will be typical if my night out gets ruined lol

[Sparkiee storm]

The front is starting to turning increasingly wintry now, the cold air tucking into it.

[MattStoke]

Latest Euro4 snow accumulation.

[syed2878]

 drizzling here also getting breezy and cold the BBC app has light snow from 4 AM tomorrow morning 

[Walsall Wood Snow]

Maybe I'm just imagining it but it seems to me a lot of the models often show little to nothing for the Midlands generally only for us to end up with more than they thought. It's as if we just get ignored here or something only for the radar to end up picking up on something a few hours or even minutes in advance and for us to end up doing better than we thought we would the day before. Here's hoping anyway .

[RobR]

3 hours ago, MattStoke said:

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.

 

I get emails from the council on gritting and they will be out from 2am. 

[DIS1970]

Just be prepared for an uninteresting weekend, as currently it looks like we will miss most of the fun (weather wise that is!)

[shaky]

Snowing in leicester

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate snow here with a thin covering so far.

Temp -0.8c

Dp -1.6c

Wind chill -5c

[MattStoke]

1'C with a few flakes of snow. A drop from 12'C yesterday afternoon.

[syed2878]

 moderate snow now falling here leaving a slite dusting on beans and grass but the wind is quite strong so it blowing the snow quite a bit 

[Daffy]

Snowing here in South Shrops and sticking. . No wind yet. 0.7 degrees.