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4 minutes ago, Vmistry said:
That ppn looks seriously heavy, heavier than yday
We should start getting some reports in here pretty soon, looks to just be on the edge of our area.
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1 minute ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
Actually there was a bit of sun yesterday, low cloud cleared and could see frontal cloud coming up from south
Must have been then, it felt fabulous, a little hope for the warm days ahead once we've had our winter fun.
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1 minute ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
wednesday? helped to create those mega snow showers
I'm trying to remember, couldn't have been Wednesday as I was at school all day. Feel like it was yesterday but don't recall any sun...
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35 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
hear on this forum, that the sun dosen't make any difference to snowcover in Feb/Mar, absolute twaddle! it's higher too, so shines on way more areas than it would in Dec
the thaw in late Feb will be huge in sunshine even in -5C
I was stood looking out of the patio doors in a bit of sun the other day and it felt lovely and warm, plenty of energy in it.
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4 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Big dry slot has developed over here.
It's breaking up over here now, seems to be travelling up to the east of us now.
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3 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:
Wow..
According to Netweather Radar(again) a new 50milewide streamer from Brugge has developed in the last half an hour (no not a naughty rhyme!) - and it seems to be heading towards Ipswich and then the East Mids....
It is a monster....
It couldn't extend the life of the trough further could it?
It looks as if we may be attacked from two directions later in the night. ( East and South).
I think I would rather have the Belgium/ Dutch variety as it may well help to keep the cold for longer than the French variety.
MIA
Started building around an hour and a half ago, wondered if it would be feeding the stuff we have over the Midlands. Sadly it seems to be breaking up over Stafford.
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Just now, weirpig said:
How greedy am yow ?
He's starting to sound like them in the Wales group. They're wishing any semblance of snowy PPN to drop on them. That is despite them having around 80 foot of the stuff already...
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1 minute ago, Arctic Hare said:
I was a kid in 1982, so I have vague memories... but I was living in Kidderminster at the time. It wasn't exactly snowdrift central, and sadly I was too young to be allowed to go out to the hills! Mind you, the lowish-lying Bromyard road in March is surely a different thing to parts of Staffordshire in January.
In terms of cold December 2010 beats both spells of course -- on Boxing Day it was -6 °C in mid-afternoon and the Severn froze bank-to-bank, which it seems it didn't even do in Bewdley in 1982, though I think it did in Bridgnorth. (1963 was the previous time it happened in Bewdley.)
Yes, we did great that year. We used to be collected early, much to the disgust of the local kids, from school as the bus companies couldn't guarantee to get us home at the usual home time.
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1 minute ago, Arctic Hare said:
Some amazing pictures on Midlands Today after the 10pm news. The Bromyard to Ledbury road looked like the Arctic, with snowdrifts 10 feet high and more. I don't recall seeing anything like it.
Luckily I remember 1982, our village was cut off for around a week before diggers could get to us. I remember seeing and playing in drifts that were easily 15' high and we made tunnels in drifts on the local lanes. I'll have to have a look through my mom's photographs to see if I can find some with the snow on.
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2 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Not often the UK gets blasted by relentless, strong easterly winds. Horrible to walk in and annoying that it's spoilt the snow cover this week but the snow drifting and the mini blizzards are nice to watch.
The anarchy of it all and the feeling of not being able to do anything to stop it has really hit me this week. Just shows how feeble we really are when Mother Nature bares her teeth.
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4 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
I would include Tue/Wed, blizzards at times those 2 days, wind howling, especially in a shower
Despite the fact the wind has blown a lot of the lying snow away, it's been a great few days weather wise.
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Putting the snow and freezing temperatures aside for a moment, how long have these high winds been blowing for? Feels like we've had them for over 40 hours now, that must be pretty unprecedented.
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Just now, Midlands Ice Age said:
Talking of the radar
The next batch coming into the south coast has nearly caught up with the tail-end of our sgtalling trough!
Is it snow on the south coast?
Off to the Centra Southern lEngland thread I go....
MIA
Looks like rain on the radar but nowt better than from the horse's mouth.
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2 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
think ours is mounting up, no sign of wind dying down though
Breaking up a little but there's PPN all the way to just North of Luton.
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2 minutes ago, Weather of Mass Disruption said:
Nobody from Nottingham posting and with good reason, not a flake to be seen. We have definitely missed out on the heavier stuff when it’s been forecast...
I was really hoping to see some large flakes and it booting it down before I head off to bed, haven’t the energy for a night of lamp post watching!
Thought Nottingham was pasted by a streamer the other night.
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1 minute ago, MattStoke said:
Wonder if I could sneak a decent fall out of this. Snow lightly but persistently and could go on for a good few hours looking at the radar. Would be great if we could get the brighter radar returns up here but they've weakened all week before getting here.
The radar looks okay for you.
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1 minute ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
still snowing lightly, but gap opening up, seems to be moving southwards
The radar seems to be pushing the leading edge a bit further North, it's been stuck around Stafford but seems to have edged up to just south of Stone. It's only started moving north in the last 10minutes.
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4 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
Ay, perhaps we should be with Cheshire really
2 minutes ago, MattStoke said:I often think Staffordshire's weather is more similar to that of North West England/Lancashire or Cheshire than the Midlands.
We need our own small group, call it something like Mid/North Staffordshire Regional Weather Discussion.
What weather do we excel at in this neck of the woods? Perhaps we need to switch alliances...
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4 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
Yes, we've had this setup many times, prime spot is always W Midlands, Hereford area, B'ham area, Stafford okay, but too far north for mega dumping, but better placed than Stoke
Dec 18th 2010 another one, decent event here 6cms, but B'ham area over a foot, Stoke probably 1cm
The worst part is that we're continually lumped into forecasts as having the same chance as those areas you mentioned, when in reality we should have a separate forecast.
It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand
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1 minute ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
there you are matt!
Ouch...
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7 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Just home got from work. Still nothing.
The radar has you under a dark blue blob though, madness!
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Just now, VeryCold said:
Really ??? No way it’s still light snow 5 miles down the road and about 8-9 cms on the ground
That was posted mid-January!
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flakes are getting bigger here, still the same intensity too. Roads are getting covered again...
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49 minutes ago, Staffordshire said:
The band is literally 2 miles to my south, this is a joke.
It must have got to you by now, it's coming down well here now albeit tiny flakes.
The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 19/01/2018 Onwards
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You Pelsall folk are getting greedy!
Whereabouts in Pelsall are you? My grandma lived at the bottom of Mouse Hill and my cousin lives on Church Road.