Snow Watch: Midlands & C Southern England

[Soma]

After rain then a bit of sleet I can report big wet flakes falling now - really quite dark too.

[SalopWatcher]

Gone from light snow then sleet, now just modertate rain...

[stewfox]

Ding ding! I guess round 1 was Monday, 2 Thursday and 3 Friday then!

Aren't we doing well!

Here to pure snow looks like north and south its the wrong stuff

[loopydreamer]

well it's stopped here now! that was a bit of a non event! nether mind there is always tomorrow/tuesday.

[Albion Snowman]

Just started to settle on grass and cars-How long will this band of PPN continue into the night?

[mackerel sky]

ONLY!? 2-3 inches is a lot IMO, besides I can't even see it settling much the way it's carrying on, might be lucky to get 3cm.

Well, 2-3 inches doesn't seem like a lot compared to Thursday/Friday! Wet snow lies on existing snow, so it doesn't get wasted so much! If you see some of pictures i've posted, mostly out with the dogs in the fields you will see I live in on the edge of a very rural area!

Edited February 8, 2009 by mackerel sky

[NorthantsSnow]

Ding ding! I guess round 1 was Monday, 2 Thursday and 3 Friday then!

Aren't we doing well!

We certainly are, but I'm struggling to get excited about today's event even though it IS now snowing. All I can think about is tomorrow! Quinten is coming and certainly packs punch. BBC not holding back in their forecasts either, an almighty ramp from Schafernaker just now going on about blizzards and whatnot through the Midlands.

[Potent Gust]

Had nothing but rain here for 40 mins now! Those with sleet or wet snow enjoy LOL

[Higher Ground]

Wintry scene here - been proper snow all the way.

Snow depth now increased from 8cm to 9cm.

Temp -0.7C.

Has anyone else noticed how cold it's been up north today? latest temps 15.30: -7C Great Dun Fell, -6C Loch Glascarnoch, -11C Cairngorms

[azores92]

Well, 2-3 inches doesn't seem like a lot compared to Thursday/Friday! Wet snow lies on existing snow, so it doesn't get wasted so much! If you see some of pictures i've posted, mostly out with the dogs in the fields you will see I live in on the edge of a very rural area!

chucking it down now, and settling. it really annoys me when people say its over based on one run. give me strength.

[andy_leics22]

Well, 2-3 inches doesn't seem like a lot compared to Thursday/Friday! Wet snow lies on existing snow, so it doesn't get wasted so much! If you see some of pictures i've posted, mostly out with the dogs in the fields you will see I live in on the edge of a very rural area!

Spose, but we only got 1-2 inches on Thursday and we got light snow all morning on Friday that amounted to nothing so right now i'd take 2-3 inches very nicely.

Anyway tomorrow your snow will be washed away because it's going to rain, I will be VERY surprised if it snows for Northants or Leicester tomorrow, it looks like rain or sleet at best. So all this talk of people in Northants with 4 inches of snow still laying...Make the most of it because it will be gone by Tuesday.

[stormyskys]

Had nothing but rain here for 40 mins now! Those with sleet or wet snow enjoy LOL

well its snowing here?

[Potent Gust]

Finally just started to sleet/wet snow

[andy_leics22]

We certainly are, but I'm struggling to get excited about today's event even though it IS now snowing. All I can think about is tomorrow! Quinten is coming and certainly packs punch. BBC not holding back in their forecasts either, an almighty ramp from Schafernaker just now going on about blizzards and whatnot through the Midlands. :lol:

Prepare to be massively disapointed then

[Potent Gust]

well its snowing here?

Which area of Tamworth are you from? I live in the Coton Green area.

[WestMidlandsWeather]

Heavy Snow in Walsall North Brum.

How long is this ment to continue and how much are we expected to get?

[Cableguy]

Spose, but we only got 1-2 inches on Thursday and we got light snow all morning on Friday that amounted to nothing so right now i'd take 2-3 inches very nicely.

Anyway tomorrow your snow will be washed away because it's going to rain, I will be VERY surprised if it snows for Northants or Leicester tomorrow, it looks like rain or sleet at best. So all this talk of people in Northants with 4 inches of snow still laying...Make the most of it because it will be gone by Tuesday.

That told you didnt it!

[Higher Ground]

Spose, but we only got 1-2 inches on Thursday and we got light snow all morning on Friday that amounted to nothing so right now i'd take 2-3 inches very nicely.

Anyway tomorrow your snow will be washed away because it's going to rain, I will be VERY surprised if it snows for Northants or Leicester tomorrow, it looks like rain or sleet at best. So all this talk of people in Northants with 4 inches of snow still laying...Make the most of it because it will be gone by Tuesday.

Don't wish the snow away :lol:

At the moment i'm very surprised by the size of the flakes falling out of the sky here lol

[MKN]

light rain here, barely a sign of snow

[tom_f123]

Starting to stick a little now

[JamieUK]

Well, the front has not long arrived and it's on the sleety side, as soon as the front arrived the snow on the ground has really started to thaw, is it supposed to bring higher temps??

[azores92]

That told you didnt it!

andy, no offence mate but you cant judge what will happen on one gfs run, you need to compare all the models.

[Nick L]

This is rubbish. It is just melting the snow I have left and it is making the ground even wetter. Met Office have dropped yet another clanger by the looks of it.

[weather_it_will]

This is going to be a big let down tomorrow for anyone in the Midlands or South expecting snow from it. It's not going to happen.

Thats from the latest GFS run that came out about 15 minutes ago, it's over. No more snow for Northants, none for Leicester, none for Birmingham.

Those charts are often wrong.

It will be a case of nowcasting.

[toonarmy32]

this is the heaviest i have seen it fall and wooooooooow flakes bigger than 50p