Cannock Chase Weather

This is what I wrote this evening on my webpage and then published to my Facebook account Facebook and Twitter. I am getting a lot of messages asking about heavy snowfall at the end of the month. There are a lot of alarming reports and images of heavy snowfall for next weekend. I know some sources do write this stuff and also i am seeing some people writing this stuff too who should know better. I have been watching this period for several day's now and the models are showing a cold spell of weather with some snow for parts of the UK. What do I make of it all. For snow the first thing I look for is temperature around -5c at 850hpa that's 1,500 metres I also like to see us pass the 528 line and dew point close to 0 c I see the criteria's being met for the -5 c and the 528 line but the dew point I am not so sure. Maybe it will during darkness hours. If we look at this image you can see -7c at 850 hpa, so that is cold especially for the end of October. But we are in October not December, January or February. So I see the temperature in the day being around 5 to 7 c. Yes this is cold for the end of October, but if it was the winter we would see daytime temperatures struggling to get above freezing. So I see snow for Scotland the mountains of Wales, Bodmin moor and maybe some of the peaks on the Pennines. I dont see any for our area but I would not rule out any precipitation during the night being a little sleety at times. The reason I say this is because where the snow starts out it will be around -5 to -7 c but on it's journey to ground level it will meet warmer air and it will turn to rain. My observation readings from my weather station will become more importent later in the week and next weekend I will be watching this carefully and will keep you updated.

MIA thanks for your reply and interest in what I wrote. I am pleased your weather station is close to what my weather station shows. I will try and add things on this page and get in the habit at looking. I am busy with my weather page and Facebook page and weather forecasts I write for Cannock Chase Radio. I will add my stations height. CCW

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Good morning last night on my weather Facebook page I wrote this for Cannock Chase. Good evening, another change tomorrow, dropping very cool. Temperatures today reach 21 c. Tomorrow the temperature will drop through the day to around 10 c by mid afternoon. Looking wet with around 15 mm of total rainfall. Temperature now is 9.2 c and now recorded 12.2 mm of rain and still raining 2.4mm per hr. Sure we will reach the 15mm I predicted. Graph image from my weather Davis Vantage pro plus 2 and WeatherLink

Hello I thought I should introduce myself. I am Steve Hopley and mainly write weather forecasts for the Cannock Chase, Trent Valley and surrounding area. I have a Facebook account Cannock Chase Weather, Twitter cannockchasewx and my own webpage ...www.cannockchaseweather.co.uk . I also write weather reports for the local radio station Cannock Chase Radio. I upgraded my weather station from the Davis Vue to Davis vantage Pro 2 with WiFidata logger. Looking forward to reading your ideas for this area.