Midlands Regional Discussion Jan 2021 Onward

[Summer of 95]

Rain rain rain and drizzle, there was a bit of sleet in it here when it started but not any more, just been walking the dog and it was still all rain on the top of Nesscliffe hill at 160m asl. Again it seems to be just Shropshire.... Lots of frost still on the ground, temp did edge above freezing in the sun earlier but dew points have not been higher than around 0C all day. Another bizarre fail, lets see if tomorrow is the one!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, i love snow said:

Is tomorrow's snow whats in the North East now? 

Aye

[Josh Rubio]

Freezing fog seems to have intensified here in Leicester. Though it never really lifted fully throughout the day. 

[chris pawsey]

As it's that marginal, would it help if I turned my heating off? 

[Sweatyman]

certainly looks like it is dying pushing towards Brum. Typical

[PolarWarsaw]

Driven home from Stafford where it had started snowing, slowly turned to drizzle and rain the closer to home. It's 100M there and 70M here which just goes to show how marginal things are. The roads are slowly turning wet and considering how little intensity is expected on any of this PPN, that probably spells the end of any chances to see settling snow. Obviously, this is perhaps a fickle moan as last week we had probably 5-6CM split over 3 marginal events and falling snow on 4 days out of 7 but it's early January in the middle of this set up, how on earth are we even discussing things being so borderline for portions of the Midlands? 

Not sure if it's perhaps how the MOD thread has gone this year, but in even the last decade or so it seems the 'methods' of getting snow to this region are getting harder and harder. For years we relied on the Cheshire gap effect, but honestly I can't remember the last time that genuinely provided region wide? It's near impossible to get the correct set up to see accumulating snowfall from that these days. 

The only set ups that seem to be reliable at the moment are battleground snow events and true easterly set ups. The problem with easterly scenarios is that they have to be notable enough to deliver showers with enough strength to reach the western part of the midlands and battleground situations have to go just our way to bring a proper event 

Perhaps it's just the frustration of what looks like the winter of charts that never come to fruition, but it's so hard these days to get a snowfall we can be relatively confident is going to happen and is widespread enough for all to feel in the game. 

We shouldn't be so excited about what is in effect, a band of Snizzle for the most part. 

Edited January 7, 2021 by PolarWarsaw

[Walsall Wood Snow]

Fine light snow falling here

[i love snow]

Light snow in wednesbury now.

 

Also just seen the BBC forecast which looked awful really. Breaking up north of the midlands

Edited January 7, 2021 by i love snow

[I remember Atlantic 252]

which part of Stafford?

[Polar Maritime]

Very light flakes here now, Frost persisted all day, Hardly any wind to speak of but N/E. 

Temp 0c

Dp -1c

[wolvesman]

Have had just enough to give a sugar coat sprinkling of fresh snow and it has picked up in intensity a little albeit still light at best.

[nobble]

Must have been snowing here a while 

just looked and as others have reported it’s sugar dusting over !!

Really fine snow with the occasional bigger flake

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

9 minutes ago, i love snow said:

Light snow in wednesbury now.

 

Also just seen the BBC forecast which looked awful really. Breaking up north of the midlands

It looked shocking, yet the one 30 min before that, looked great and mentioned several cms of snow on low ground tomoz over the mids, graphics are always crap on that, 

[smethwickgg102]

Completely non scientific but it seems to be scared of the lower DP's 

[nobble]

4 minutes ago, wolvesman said:

Have had just enough to give a sugar coat sprinkling of fresh snow and it has picked up in intensity a little albeit still light at best.

Yes intensifying here now too

[smethwickgg102]

Just now, smethwickgg102 said:

Completely non scientific but it seems to be scared of the lower DP's 

Take that back moderate snow now 

[nobble]

Wowsers

snow has really got going

[mother nature rocks]

Very light snow here in Worcester @30m asl ️️

[I remember Atlantic 252]

5 minutes ago, Severe Siberian icy blast said:

It looked shocking, yet the one 30 min before that, looked great and mentioned several cms of snow on low ground tomoz over the mids, graphics are always crap on that, 

Shaun, aye that one I saw

Edited January 7, 2021 by I remember Atlantic 252

[kirksnow88]

Radar doesn’t look like much but really coming down now  

[sheikhy]

The band hits the central midlands and sort of gets eaten by the cold air to the east of it!!its -2 here with freezing fog!

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

1 minute ago, sheikhy said:

The band hits the central midlands and sort of gets eaten by the cold air to the east of it!!its -2 here with freezing fog!

Where you at lad? 

[smethwickgg102]

Much lighter now but left a nice fresh dusting on all surfaces 

[wolvesman]

Still snowing gently.

[sheikhy]

6 minutes ago, Severe Siberian icy blast said:

Where you at lad? 

Leicester mate!!!