Midlands Regional Discussion Jan 2021 Onward

[andy_leics22]

8 minutes ago, shunthebartlett92 said:

If anyone can make a snowman out of what we have in store today i'll be very impressed

A slush man

[Battleground Snow]

Heavy snow in  west Coventry at 100m now... Gotta give it to the ECM , has got it spot on.. another hour of this and we will have accumulations

[Midlands Ice Age]

14 minutes ago, phil b said:

Hi MIA, your dew point seems a little low, I've have it at 0.2C here, I tend to find with light snow it needs to below 0C for the snow to stick and around 0.8C ish with heavier snow

Yep.... 

Have you missed out a minus sign on your dew point figures above?

The dew point needs to be below zero for it to stick. 

I can now announce its snowing heavily here now and sticking on the grass, so I am pretty certain that it has dropped below zero..

 I think that the heavier stuff is now coming up from the south east..

I think my dewpoint is a little low. You are probably correct,

PS My relative Humidity is 82% at the moment.

But I am certain the DP  is below zero now.

MIA

Edited January 30, 2021 by Midlands Ice Age

[andy_leics22]

Is it just me or is the PPN pepping up big style, to the South West Midlands? Moving Northwards as well. I would have expected the band to be moving away Southeastwards by now

[mother nature rocks]

Definite sleet here now with occasional snow!! Band has intensified on its southern flank

[stewfox]

Just now, andy_leics22 said:

Is it just me or is the PPN pepping up big style, to the South West Midlands? Moving Northwards as well. I would have expected the band to be moving away Southeastwards by now

Heavy snow here now

Not settling 

[Battleground Snow]

Just now, andy_leics22 said:

Is it just me or is the PPN pepping up big style, to the South West Midlands? Moving Northwards as well. I would have expected the band to be moving away Southeastwards by now

Yes it will be much more intense around 12-1... This is where the evaporating cooling will overcome the ground temps and give accumulations. Will almost look blizzard like in the brisk wind

[markw2680]

[Arctic Hare]

Temp now down to 1.8 °C and we have very wet sleety snow. Extremely wet on the ground, so even if it gets less sleety it'll need to keep going for a while before it even begins accumulating, but you never know.

[MattStoke]

Wet snow but none settling up at Downs Bank nature reserve, 200m up. Yet a dusting lower down in Lightwood. 

[Gustywind]

Much heavier here now also but still struggling to settle.

[phil b]

8 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Yep.... 

Have you missed out a minus sign on your dew point figures above?

The dew point needs to be below zero for it to stick. 

I can now announce its snowing heavily here now and sticking on the grass, so I am pretty certain that it has dropped below zero..

 I think that the heavier stuff is now coming up from the south east..

I think my dewpoint is a little low. You are probably correct,

But I am certain it is below zero now.

MIA

No it has stuck at 0.8C when its heavy but the slushy wet stuff,

Looking at the radar we may get a covering out of this, Good luck

[Dancerwithwings]

12 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Yep.... 

Have you missed out a minus sign on your dew point figures above?

The dew point needs to be below zero for it to stick. 

I can now announce its snowing heavily here now and sticking on the grass, so I am pretty certain that it has dropped below zero..

 I think that the heavier stuff is now coming up from the south east..

I think my dewpoint is a little low. You are probably correct,

PS My relative Humidity is 82% at the moment.

But I am certain the DP  is below zero now.

MIA

Agreed, evaporating cooling/wet bulb and don’t forget dew point depression as a lot to answer for regarding snowfall and it settling.

Anyway nothing wet about my snow here, lovely and fluffy even in the light precipitation.....could be interesting for us in an hour

[Wipper179]

Snow is very heavy here now but still not settling anywhere :/

[mother nature rocks]

Front now stalled and rapid intensification

[mother nature rocks]

100% wet snow here now!! 

[Gustywind]

Just now, mother nature rocks said:

Front now stalled and rapid intensification

Like the sound of that just need to get the blasted DP’s below zero now!

[mother nature rocks]

Temp now 2.9*c and dew at 1.5*c and dropping and I have this

[Barbmac]

Been snowing heavily here for the past half hour or longer. It's sticking to cars, grass, roofs, but not the road.

[andy_leics22]

1 minute ago, mother nature rocks said:

Temp now 2.9*c and dew at 1.5*c and dropping and I have this

IMG_1174.MOV

OH NICE!!

[snowangel32]

Still heavy snow grass and cars all white but pavements and roads are just to warm to settle on.

[BlueHedgehog074]

Bit like a blizzard in Solihull with the wind blowing the little white dots all over the place! Though was more a sleetzard around 45 minutes to an hour ago.

[Eskimo]

Settling here on anything organic. Slighly different to last week! Temp 0.7C.

Edited January 30, 2021 by Eskimo

[I remember Atlantic 252]

still light wet snow at times, of course not settling

[shunthebartlett92]

Anyone want a kick; look at the clee hill Facebook page, building up well on the Shropshire hills