BlueHedgehog074

Nice... That sure is alot of snow you've got there.

Man, those poor insects. I think those snowflakes should watch where they are falling. And to think things are only going to get more intense for tommorrow and some of next week, they really don't stand much of a chance.

Had one or two light to moderate snow showers earlier, with a slight dusting of the white stuff on the ground. I also took some close-up pictures of the snow on the patio. Despite the lightness of the showers, the snow seem to settle straight away.

Yey, I can see some tiny flakes starting to fall (I live just to the south east of Birmingham). You could almost say this has turned out to be a little bit of a snowy new year! Yeah, there's definitly potential for quite a bit more tommorrow. It should be good.

Looks like those blobs could just reach Birmingham.

Although I live a long long way from the coast, there was one day in February 2007, where I encountered a wintry shower, with a very dark looking cloud overhead. I was at Moretan Morrel College at the time where a group of us were observing the quality of the grass/lawns. I did not really consider looking up at the sky (despite the fact I like to do it alot), because for most of the day the sky was dominated with a few cumulus clouds and perhaps the odd cumulus congestus. So I didn't think anything major would develop. Nevertheless, just as it reached quarter to four, darkness suddenly flooded the whole area, and that was when I noticed a particularly monsterous looking cloud approaching the Campus. I thought to myself, "Uh oh, we're gonna be in for it. That's sure going to come down heavily with hail." I was pretty sure it would have been too dark for snow, even though it was rather chilly outside. But then, it started. There was one hailstone, then two, then three, and after a minute the air was filled with... small hailstones! The kind of hail that was falling, though, was more of the softer, wintry type and it did, in a way, look very much like snow. There was no sign of anything too drastic yet, but some of the group decided to shelter under the nearby building. After a while, the sky seemed to be becoming a little whiter and more blurred. I thought this meant that snow was following, but to my horror, I could see a patch of blue sky to the east heading this way. And so the main part of the shower was beginning to pass. I thought to myself, "That's probably going to be it now." And although throughout the whole thing there had been the odd snowflake falling with the soft hail, I could here a rumble of thunder, just as the patch of blue sky got closer. There had been no lightning (or at least I couldn't see any), and the rumble of thunder was quiet and brief. With much clearer weather to the east, I assumed that the thunder had come from that passing shower. I think it's fair to say that isn't really the best example of Thundersnow, but is still the closest I have ever come to it.

*taps hand lightly on chin* Hmmmmm... ...This could be quite an interesting week ahead then with 'some snow' or 'lots of snow'. Which ever way it turns out, I will still be pleased just to see a bit of snow - after what happened in the last few days or so I guess it is something to expect. Clearly, though, if the winds do end up being from mainly the East or North East, then it could really get the gears of the snowy weather turning.

Cloud increasingly by a sixth of an hour. And with those new weather warnings, things do indeed look good.

Looking at some of the weather forcasts and the intensity of the snow for Tuesday, I guess anywhere around 7 - 15cm with perhaps upto 30cm on the tallest hills.

So either rain or snow tonight? Personally, I hope it will be the latter, though I do have a slight uncomfortable feeling that any snow we'll get may start to become more sleety as temperatures slowly rise. Just hope I'm wrong.

I guess we'll just have to see how the weather progresses. I still have high hopes for some snow (even if a little wet/sleety) to gang up on us sometime this week.

Currently sunny with some patchy cloud to the North West of me. Snow still very much intact.

Let's hope it does snow for Thursday, although there may still be a possibility for Wednesday night, too. If not, then I really hope next week will bring us a big blanket of snow.

@ Stelmer: Great pictures. I particularly like the one with the Traveller's Inn. Makes me want to be their. (A snowy scene I took from Birmingham International Train Station. It was around half past one last Thursday, when suddenly, out of nowhere, this happened).

Looking at that rain/snow band, I am starting to get a little hopeful now. I just can't believe how close it is going to get at around 9:00pm. Now if only that band could just reach a few more miles to the west, then we could be in for a nice surprise. Come on weather, you know you want to. Even a few flakes of snow would be better than nothing.

Hello, I thought I'd drop in. Yeah, I have to agree about the lack of snow we have been having and how much we were promised. It seemed, at one point, that we would be in for a snowy week, but now I am not too sure. I just hope that it still snows sometime later this week, at least. Even if it seems very unlikely now, perhaps that band of rain, sleet and snow for Monday evening will move much more Northwards than predicted.