Snow Watch: Midlands & C Southern England

[barmybrummy1]

Yeah loads here snow still going strong. SW Birmingham doing as well as anywhere out of this snow event :lol:

yh where are you by the lickeys?

[Higher Ground]

feb 96 was a big snow event so you should have got that - it hit the midlands and the northwest - i think it was eskdalemuir that got massive snowfalls -we got around 6-7 inches but it snowed for 24 hours and was very cold, -6 in snow is quite rare... staffs had it really bad!

nov 96 happened in the daytime, was around 18th of the month i think.......that may have been more localised.

thanks very much for the info, will look up some old charts when i get a spare mo

[Albion Snowman]

Look, can we just get this clear that it's snowing all over this region! Quite heavily in places as well.

As for the Midlands, it looks like mainly rain to me.

LOL, how very wrong you are.

[andy_leics22]

Well look who's online, 'ello Andy

Did I tell you it was snowing quite hard here?

Hello David, did I tell you it was snowing here with big fat juicy flakes? Well I have now Hours more of this to come, thank you very much!

[bethpink]

blizard snow here on dartmoor...settling on saturated roads..just got over having 20inches here over the weekend!

[toonarmy32]

wow still heavy and with the winds its great wooooohoooooooooo

[Yeti]

its not stalled if you tyoe in le10 it and then look at the 700hpa wind vectors its following that, as you can see clearly in the last 15mins or so. hopefully will bring the heavy stuff just north of oxford this way :) wheres andy gone, does he have snow now i take it?

Basically it's pivoting so the Nern half is moving SW and the Sern half is moving NE, meaning that it looks like it's stalling but really it's "spinning". It should continue to do so until somewhere between midnight and 3am, when it will quickly drag SE.

[Higher Ground]

yh where are you by the lickeys?

more like on the lickeys lol snow central

[Potent Gust]

Whoever that dj on BRMB is has got it wrong. Nothing in the local media/websites about all Brum schools been closed.

[stoke weather watch]

Just Started to snow here in Alsager north of stoke on trent.

[len]

Radar looks to me like the ppn is already pivoting and receding Southeastwards on its western edge. ATM it looks like to me like the ppn is only punching Northwards on the Eastern side of England with any conviction. We might already be at the peak for the Midlands???

Certainly an anticlimax (if snow ever is) so far, compared to the hype/warnings/forecasts.

Could they have taken down those warning because they extended into tomorrow and that's not going to happen???

Len

[Yeti]

Hello David, did I tell you it was snowing here with big fat juicy flakes? Well I have now Hours more of this to come, thank you very much!

Nice! I'm actually pleased for you lol, I'm a nice guy really

Is it settling?

[chin86]

will i get any snow tonight ? anyone? i am really disapointed

[NorthantsSnow]

Whoever that dj on BRMB is has got it wrong. Nothing in the local media/websites about all Brum schools been closed.

Maybe they are reading LAST Monday's press release. Whoops!

[jimben]

Yep, think that band might actually reach us going by the track over the past half hour. Could be waiting another 45 mins though. Meanwhile the current snow has eased a little but those winds are really picking up.

Ppn seems to be following 300hpa wind vectors and that puts us in for a direct hit as long as it keeps it's act together.

I think you can update your sig to include 9 February

[cyclonic happiness]

warnings appear to be back on the meto

[andy_leics22]

Nice! I'm actually pleased for you lol, I'm a nice guy really

Is it settling?

Not yet, the ground was SOAKED before this started, and did say earlier that I didn't expect any settling snow for places in the Midlands under 70m tonight... I still could be ok with that prediction lol. Has settled on the window sill though, I expect it's settling on the cars and grass now though, the precip looks like it should continue for a while yet, hoping it will settle on the soaked roads, the temp has droped to 1c now which is better than the 2c it was at at 7pm.

[Costa Del Fal]

Warnings back out for the Midlands!

Heavy Snow continues here.

[Nabraxas]

I've got loads of flakes here... Cornflakes

[mozza81]

im getting worried now...................

a covering -2cms max, but its fairly light snow. things need to change fast if its gonna be a snow event to remember.

[Potent Gust]

warnings appear to be back on the meto

Great stuff still hope after all!

[Albion Snowman]

warnings appear to be back on the meto

Warnings back out for the Midlands!

Heavy Snow continues here.

Yay! Still heavy snow here and the wind is really picking up making the snow swirl around before it lands.

[Nick L]

Warnings back out for the Midlands!

Heavy Snow continues here.

Game over then...

[whitestuff]

will i get any snow tonight ? anyone? i am really disapointed

Are you serious?

Its not snowing in Dingletown?

[Potent Gust]

Well stone me! It is coming down really heavy now and beginning to stick to grass. If this keeps up Tamworth is in business!