Bishop Brennan
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Great sight outside, heavy snow with really big flakes. The snow gods are clearly smiling on us (so far).
Bish
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Light sleety rain here in Solihull for the past hour or so, disappointing since the DP is still below zero.
HOWEVER, in the past five minutes we suddenly have snow, getting heavy as well - YAY!!!
Bish
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Morning campers.
We did okay last night eventually, once I'd gone to bed! About 1cm or so - nothing spectacular, but better than nothing
The Midlands forecast had the rain/snow line pretty much equal distance between Birmingham and Coventry, so a nerve-wracking day ahead.....
Bish
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Great vid, cheers for sharing.
Just a modest dusting here so far, although more might be on the way perhaps.
Long day ahead of me tomorrow, so I'm off to bed - good luck everybody for Monday!
Bish
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So what's going on with raintoday.co.uk all the precip has disappeared from the last frame, which it clearly hasn't from the posts on here.....
Frustrating, isn't it? Of all the times for it to decide to throw a wobbly.........
Bish
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Can someone please enlighten me as to why, when we have SSW and a -NAO, we still get marginal snow events, which means likely rain/sleet? If we can't get snow when these systems are in place, when can we? Also it puzzles me that although we are on the gulf stream, the seas around us tend to get the snow, whereas the UK itself gets rain. Surely the waters around us are even warmer than the island, so why do they get snow and we get rain. They are in the gulf stream too!!
The effects of the SSW have yet to be felt at ground level apparently, plus this cold spell is only just getting started therefore we don't, as yet, have a deeply entrenched pool of cold air above us.
Bish
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Snowing very lightly in Knowle now
Bish
Why, what happened on the 18th dec 2010?
Snowmageddon for some parts of the region, including here very memorably. Great snow event, but very localised.
Bish
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PPN to our northwest certainly seems to have intensified considerably in the past half hour
Bish
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For those who may have missed it earlier my in depth look at the week ahead is here:
For all of you who are interested as to what the week ahead might have in store for us Midlanders, this is very highly recommended reading.
Keep up the good work Tony H. We're very fortunate to have such a knowledgeable poster in our midst
Bish
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Current conditions: hazy sunshine, Temp 3.2C and DP a very nice -5.1C
Bish
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By which time its very light btw. Id say if that was a trend it might not make it past Birmingham before dying out completely
But the first band is practically knocking on our door already? Are you sure you don't mean the second band?
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Wouldn't get too downbeat if I were you yet Bish, the BBC/Met forecast a max of 4-5c here on Friday and it didn't get above 3c all day.
Also the UKMO 00z run shows a max of 2c by lunchtime
Very true. Also, marginal events can of course produce those lovely 50 pence-sized snowflakes!
Bish
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Hmmmm..............
Bish
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Current radar suggests first band looks very mediocre.
I believe it's expected to pep up somewhat as it heads further south. However, neither event is anticipated to be a raging blizzard.
The BBC News 24 forecast earlier had the central swathe of the Midlands under snow between 6.00pm tonight until an hour or so after midnight
Bish
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Latest NAE charts firming up more & more on the overnight snow event:
However tomorrow's event is looking ever more marginal bar for those in the North and East of the region:
Bish
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My feeling is that it will snow tomorrow night but we washed away by rain on Monday in West Midlands.
That may well be how it pans out for us in the west of the region, although don't forget just because it starts out as rain on Monday doesn't mean that it can't turn to snow soon afterwards
Also, the latest 18Z charts look like prolonging the cold spell through to next weekend and maybe even beyond, so potentially plenty more opportunities in the days ahead
Bish
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well, there's no point in getting upset, we're used to this kind of crap every winter aren't we? just make sure you have plenty of beer to hand whilst radar watching tomorrow night
Get ready for a lot of very sloshed-sounding posts in that case!
Bish
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The 18z NAE is looking very promising for Sunday night & the early hours of Monday morning..............
Bish
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NAE does look more promising for the East Midlands. The Peak District could get a good dumping between 6pm Sun and 6pm Mon. Add to that the snowcover will probably not melt anywhere next week and the chance of further falls as disturbances run through the cold air, by next weekend there could be some seriously deep snow up there.
Walking in the Peak District anytime after tomorrow could be very interesting indeed.
I think you'll be in a prime position, Supacell. You're further North and East than most of us on here, plus you've got elevation on your side as well
Bish
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It's looking precariously close for those of us in the Solihull/Coventry area, but I think we should just about be okay. Most of the charts I've seen today have us just inside the the snow line.
East Midlands looking good for a snowfest. Good luck everyone!
Bish
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Wow, really big flakes coming down all of a sudden. YAY!
Just a reminder that you can put your location as your signature, which helps everyone keep track of where people are reporting snow (or lack of) from
Good thinking Batman!
Bish
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Nothing here in Northampton, tbh I was not expecting anything we always looked to be a little too far East for today's precip.
Patchy cloud at the moment but feeling a lot colder.
You should be well placed for the Monday event though, fingers crossed
Bish
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Very light snow here in Knowle. Nice surprise to wake up to!
Bish
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Thank you for your contributions to this thread Shuttler, very much appreciated.
An encouraging update from a cold perspective - patience is the key, plus a bit of luck of course.
Bish
The Midlands Regional Discussion 13/01/13 --------->
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Still coming down heavily in Solihull, great stuff! I hope it stays like this & doesn't turn to rain a bit later.
Current temp 0.3C, DP -0.3C, these have barely shifted in the past couple of hours.
Bish