[Solar and Aurora Activity Chat]

 

INCOMING CME, CHANCE OF STORMS: Big sunspot AR1967 is crackling with solar flares and hurling CMEs into space. The biggest CME so far was propelled away from the sun on Jan. 30th by an M6-class explosion in the sunspot's magnetic canopy. It is expected to reach Earth on Feb. 2nd: http://www.spaceweather.com/

 

[Rainfall Statistics, 2014]

27.2mm so far today, giving a total of 204.6mm this year 

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

All snow gone, Foggy  Temp 0.8c.

[Solar and Aurora Activity Chat]

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Light wet snow falling here, temp 0c

Looks to be a bad accident on A515 with road shut off.

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Persistent Moderate snow here now.

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Still showers here of mainly light snow, but sometimes turning moderate for short periods of time.

 

Temp 0.3c

Dp -0.3c

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

50 p flakes falling heavy now, around 4cm covering with no green left in sight, It actually feels and looks like Winter !

 

Temp 0.3c

Dp -0.4c

Wind Chill -1.2c N/E 4mph

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Slight covering here with snow showers on and off.

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Temp -0.2c, Dp -1.3c, Wind Chill -0.3c S/E 7mph.

 

No snow overnight here as yet..

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Grey skys and light showers here at Bakwell where im working, feeling cooler today, theres a chance of wintry showers later this afternoon onwards, we shall see..

[Solar and Aurora Activity Chat]

OLD SUNSPOT RETURNS, SOLAR ACTIVTITY INCREASES: Crackling with solar flares, a large sunspot is emerging over the sun's southeactive limb. It appears to be AR1944, returning after a two-week trip around the farside of the sun.http://www.spaceweather.com/

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Moderate rain here, Temp 3.8c N/W 12mph

[Snow Poll Winter 2013/14]

Snow has now fallen 5 times here, with one fall lasting overnight.

[Model output discussion 25th Jan onwards]

There are no lifelines Captain S, the writing is on the wall for the foreseeable future unfortunately !!!

 

And that chart CS posted is just out of the foreseeable in imo, let's see where we end up after this deep low has swung through during the weekend, the weather is not written on the wall by no means that far out.

 

Im not hunting for Cold and im not expecting a deep freeze any time soon, just being realistic. anything can happen 6/7 days out,  this is standard stuff ! be it summer or Winter. 

[Model output discussion 25th Jan onwards]

Exactly rjbw, after reading all the winters over posts this morning i was amazed, the weather will do what it wants no matter what the models show and there is plenty of time left for a change in the Northern Hemisphere, and with Feb being the month were the Atlantic traditionaly runs out of steam theres plenty to play for, lots of interest in the models in the coming days with yet more stormy weather on the way, but nothing mild in the reliable timeframe, lots of snow for the Highlands and maybe some wintry surprises for the Midlands North over the next week... Nothing boring thats for sure.

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

A blustery wet morning here, A very heavy shower with sleet has just subsided, Temp 2.8c, Dp 2.2c, Wind Chill 2.7c.

[February 2014 CET Forecasts]

3.1c ta. 

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Nice clip here lightning strike from the storms of the 25th. Bet that was a shock to see!http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/01/27/lightning-strikes-over-shropshire-in-pictures/

 

I nearly got hit that day while getting into the car, only striking a tree 100 or so yards away, i thought my time was up !

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

A mostly dry day here with the odd spot of rain, but nothing to wet the ground any more than it is so..Currently 3.8cDp 2.6cWind Chill 3.6c

Roll on spring/summer. Hopefully we have a record breaking temp summer with lots of Thunderstorms. We deserve it after this terrible boring winter.

I have a feeling we could be in for another cold Spring, just a feeling mind...

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Surprised at that, P.M. There's a light dusting of snow here down to about 270 m, with earlier showers falling entirely as snow.

After a drive round this morning it does look like we had a slight covering of snow during the early hours as there were the odd patch still remaining here and there, all gone now and rain has eased.

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Nothing but rain here last night and 5c now, seems my cynical view for the week is increasingly looking like it was right all along, no sub -4 upper's and Atlantic rolling back in Friday, roll on Spring.

 

Yes C,  After looking at the overnight model runs it's certainly looking poor for any real cold here in the UK over the next week or so, Maybe mid Feb/ March will deliver.. 

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Mod sleet/rain, Temp 1.1c, Dp 0.5c, Wind Chill -2.7c

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

A snow shower has just started here, sky gone every dark. Temp 2.6c Dp 1.2c.

 

Edit; that soon blew through..

[The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 14/1/14 21z ------>]

Colder air should start pushing through now, Temp 4.5c.