Ryukai
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5 minutes ago, andy_leics22 said:
We had around 1cm overnight from a few showers. Its all gone now Anyone else surprised at how fast the snow has melted? We had snow on the ground yesterday morning that melted by the afternoon, as well. It's even melted in the shade. I wasn't expecting snow to melt in the shade in these conditions. It hasn't got above 0c since Sunday
There is (unfortunately) more energetic photons bouncing around. Was standing in front of the window when the sun was out and it felt really warm.
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4 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Blue sky looking towards Fenton as the snow hammers down Longton.
Looking back at you with clear blue skies overhead the distant hills of Parkhall fuzzed out by snow. LOL
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7 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:
I too had noticed this. The Yorkshire thread are reporting the showers beefing up inland.
The north of our region are also looking as though they may turn a bit heavier.
Whereas in the Central and southern band they have now died out.
I have also observed that here a thin veil of cirrus has moved across from the east here turning the blue skies a milky colour, and the shower cumulus have disappeared. Also that the showers are now dieing out before reaching Leicester and are now non existent from Coventry westwards.
What is happening?...
I have also observed that the showers around the North of E Anglia and the Wash are intensifying with higher tops.
I am wondering whether these higher tops are injecting more moisture to a higher level.
This may be good news for us in the central Midlands if the showers over the Wash can mange to move westwards as they may be showing more convection. OR it could be the veil will hold and dampen down all activity.
MIA
Seems to be some sort of interaction going on with the low heading into France. Gravity wave interfering??? I think that's what's fuelling the formation of cirrus cloud.
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3 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Chucking it down. Yes!
Lucky you, stopped here now, just a sugar sifter coating of graupel on cars and paving slabs, but skies clearing out now, so it'll prob be gone in 5-10 mins
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9 minutes ago, Ryukai said:
Same, just a sparse falling of small non-sticking flakes drifting in the gentle breeze. Least it's not Graupel.
Correction It is now Graupel, alot of it too (still not sticking though)
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8 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Snow lightly here. Not heavy enough to settle at the moment.
Same, just a sparse falling of small non-sticking flakes drifting in the gentle breeze. Least it's not Graupel.
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13 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
More coming in. Looks like a mini stream of showers.
Crossing my fingers that Leek won't 'eat' it up.
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23 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Please please please!!!!
Split on either side of me. Got a few tiny (re. millimeter) flakes drifting in the wind glinting with sunlight, looks pretty at least.
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54 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Come to papa! That shower to my east is travelling almost directly west instead of south west. Looks like the wind direction is changing.
Looks like our SnowShield has finally fallen.
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It's still snowing longest it's done so all day, Pavement, Gardens and Road Edges have a thin layer!
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Got some big 10p size flakes coming down outside o_O
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Clouds heading over me are going West now, looks like the change in wind direction is starting (here at least anywho).
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16 minutes ago, Vmistry said:
Wowwww guys how close is this
I know and understand your pain.
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2 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
I’m about a mile or so outside of the Longton Town Centre, not very far from Trentham. I can walk just part way down Trentham road and there will be more snow than here. I notice big differences over very small distances when I got on my walks.
Got to love weather apps. 77% chance of precipitation but dry at 7pm. 41% chance of precipitation and heavy snow at 9pm
LoL no chance then
Also got another sugar sifting going on outside, wonder how long this'll last before it vanishes.
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12 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Snow cover in this country seems to break the laws of physics. Most melts when temperatures are below freezing point and yet some patches hang on for days temperatures above freezing point.
Snow hasn’t melted here. Are you lower down and/or in a more urbanised area? Could be a bit of residual heat from builds and artificial surfaces. My part of Stoke isn’t very high up but isn’t hugely urbanisation either.
Not sure where exactly in Longton you are, but I'm about 100foot higher in elevation the Longton's town centre, and it's much less built up here, Norton's a very small council estate about half way up the Eastern side of Whitfield valley looking West (Smallthorn's on the Western side of the valley looking eastwards) and we are basically surrounded by greenbelt.
So not sure why it's vanishing so fast, I could understand if the snow was sublimating or something along those lines due to dry air, but humidity's at 80+% ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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And in the 20 mins it took me to do the dishes it melted, how is it melting!! The roads/pavement/ground is dry, the temps at -1, the sun set ages ago. WHY!!!
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4 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
I’ve noticed a lot of times this, winter when I’ve had snow down here, the radar has shown snow all over Stoke only for people in other parts of the area to report no snow. Don’t understand it
I like to think the whole area is getting it, so it’s disappointing.
I have snowflakes \o/ Actual REAL snowflakes, none of that Graupel rubbish \o/ only lightly coming down but it is sticking so the cars have a very light sugar sprinkle look to them.
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Radar is lying again. T_T I have clear skies above me.
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Decent blob over Buxton heading my way, fingers and toes crossed that the Northern Stoke Snowshield fails.
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2 minutes ago, davehsug said:
Temperature must be back below 0. Light shower blowing through and all sticking again, after overnight cover had melted by early afternoon.
Still not a flake here and considering I'm only a mile and half away, that's what you'd definitely call a localised snow shower.
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1 minute ago, Andypvfc said:
See Stoke on Trent in an Easterly, so def no need to be Jealous lol
That's what it's like where I live , just a tiny bit left clinging on in a pavement crack at top of drive.
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18 minutes ago, Dibdabbers said:
Stoke always gets it, had a decent covering from every single snow event to date. Its been rubbish here need a break from the regional thread its soul destroying lol.
Not necessarily, I live in the Northern part of Stoke just 5 miles (as the crow flies) away from @MattStoke and there's been no snow where I live from the previous 2 event's and so far today only 2 1min (if that) long 'flurries' of graupel dust (which almost instantly melted) so far.
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15 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Wow. Completely clear to complete whiteout from this single shower! Must be great being under one of those streamers.
Missed me completely, went a bit dark as it passed by but no whitestuff from the sky. Suns out in all it's glory and no snow to be seen anywhere now.
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1 minute ago, MattStoke said:
Not seen much today? Had a few decent snow and graupel showers and a dusting earlier.
Nope, this is the 2nd 'flurry' I've seen both have just been graupel, no actual flakes.
Midlands Regional Discussion Feb 2021 Onward
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Personally I'm keeping an eye on the one that's forming near to Matlock, I'm assuming @MattStoke will be too It's got our name on it as long as it keeps building and makes it past Leek/Cheddleton.