Snow & Cold Spell General Discussion Part 6

[Pickles]

latest radar

It's a lie I tells ya

[Daisy]

sweet. How far south is Hereford or is it round the Midlands area?

South-west midlands about 45 minutes drive from where I live (near kidderminster) direction Wales!

Ops: Fender beat me to it!

Edited February 8, 2007 by Daisy

[mackerel sky]

I'm getting slightly nervous about the temperatures to be honest. Upto -1.6C under cloud from a low of -3.8C about 10pm. A quick cautionary glance at xcweather shows prospects south of the M4, even at this early stage are rather grim.

I expect some snowfall in the next hour or so, I'll wait up for the first few flakes.

Edited February 8, 2007 by mackerel sky

[surfs up]

Ye. Actually been snowing now for about half an hour...not as heavy as i expected but still time yet...lots of snow flakes flying around but not any real heavy snow fall. Hereford is in the west midlands SW of birmingham.Temp now 0.8c dropped from 1.1c 35mins ago.

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[Hilton]

It's 1.3C here and dewpoint of -1.5C. No signs of the temps being too marginal, big fat flakes coming down fast. :ph34r:

[PersianPaladin]

Ye. Actually been snowing now for about half an hour...not as heavy as i expected but still time yet...lots of snow flakes flying around but not any real heavy snow fall. Hereford is in the west midlands SW of birmingham.Temp now 0.8c dropped from 1.1c 35mins ago.

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How much you got lying now? 1cm\2cm?

[mackerel sky]

Is there an error on the NW Extra radar at 2.45am, it seems to have gone slightly mad....?

[cycloneuk]

I'm getting bored now, precip all around me but this stuff just dosn't want to fall.

[andy_leics22]

I'm getting slightly nervous about the temperatures to be honest. Upto -1.6C under cloud from a low of -3.8C about 10pm. A quick cautionary glance at xcweather shows prospects south of the M4, even at this early stage are rather grim.

I expect some snowfall in the next hour or so, I'll wait up for the first few flakes.

I wouldnt worry about the temp mate, -1.6 is fine and it was meant to rise to about -1 by 6am for our area, but not get above 1-2c all day so its perfect temperatures for snow really. I'm more worried about the PPN stalling south of me, that would be devastating, but if it does I wont throw a paddy and go mad like some of the guys on here were earlier. I will be truly gutted but there is nothing I can do about it if that happens. If the band reaches me though I shall be a very happy bunny.

[shrike]

Hereford is in the west midlands SW of birmingham. Thanks!!

Everythin is fallin in place with the Met/BBC prediction. Could be a fun day for you guys in central England!

[Daisy]

Hey Pickles

Snow!!!!!!!!!!

[Globe]

Snowing in Galway atm.

While boards is down, are you going to give any further teasers as to why it might be worth staying up? :ph34r: Felix btw

[surfs up]

Not even 1cm yet mate..Nothing really significant coming down...some nice flakes but its all just blowing around. Temp now down to 0.7c. Anyone from worcester,gloucester,west mids having it any different?

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[cycloneuk]

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/webcam...e.asp?camID=259

Caerphilly looks like they have done very well.

[Pickles]

Hey Pickles

Snow!!!!!!!!!!

:ph34r: are you teasing me you little minx?

[Daisy]

Not even 1cm yet mate..Nothing really significant coming down...some nice flakes but its all just blowing around. Temp now down to 0.7c. Anyone from worcester,gloucester,west mids having it any different?

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Just started snowing, but quite small flakes, blowing around quite fast. I don't care how much we get. This is the first snow I've seen this winte.....sooooo excited!

[wellington boot]

Woohoo!!! SNOW!! Opened my window and was hit in the face with barrage of big wet snow flakes. Wet, but settling on everything very fast. Blowing moderately heavy snow on top of me for the moment!!

[fender]

I think its a case of get the snow first and then worry about how much. Once it starts it could snow for many hours

[wellington boot]

And temp appears to have plummeted by more than a degree to 0.4C!!

[SMU]

Another good 3am radar update for all concerned.........

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!

S

[wellington boot]

This is the stuff on the radar close up.

http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi-bin/subs/hiradarzoom2.pl?map=;xtime=03:05;sx=;sy=;xw=;yw=;places=1;sharp=;postcode=OX1 3BH;pcz=y;actime=;prec=;scale=://http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi...e=;prec=;scale=://http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi...e=;prec=;scale=://http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi...e=;prec=;scale=

Edited February 8, 2007 by wellington boot

[andy_leics22]

3am radar looks decent still from a personal point of view, I think there is some serious ana-prop going on tonight with all the radars, the meteo one keeps going haywire, the met-office one shows moderate-heavy snow over worcester but people are reporting lightish snow, and earlier on this evening around 10pm I had a big blob of heavy PPN over my area and it was clear sky, I feel that the band is actually further south and lighter than its showing up as.

[Pickles]

Daisy, We have it here too now.

[fender]

There you go, exactly as the radar shows. Nest stop Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country

[jethro]

Steve, is it going to get any heavier than it is now?