Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[falmouth]

A light snow shower ahead of the main band has left a dusting in Derby on all surfaces even the road. Bodes well for the main band?

[azores92]

Moderate Snow at Manchester city football ground right now. :lol:

come on, only 90 miles or to go, you can do it! make our day

[I remember Atlantic 252]

come on, only 90 miles or to go, you can do it! make our day

going SE not S, but if manchester gets snow then midlands should

[we_want_snow]

In every location so far its started as rain, and then lashed it down (so everyone says)

However, in some, it's only been rain. Its nearly here, i hope something materialises

[Snowyowl9]

Moderate Snow at Manchester city football ground right now.

Well thats a positive sign,although it `s further east but heavy ppn pepped up in north Wales now.

Temps are rising now 1.3c

[Costa Del Fal]

Yes, it has pepped up a bit now with Moderate intensity for most now. Lets hope it holds on.

[jimben]

Heavy snow being reported in Leeds

[Bolton67]

Latest radar is showing the band now getting more intense south of manchester, yet east of that seems to be a fizzling..

Edited December 19, 2009 by Lancs_Northants

[chapmanraven]

Just been out for a smoke, there is a light breeze starting up & temp starting to drop back. temp rose to 1c but falling back fluctuating 0.5c to 0.7c

[NorthantsSnow]

Moderate Snow at Manchester city football ground right now.

Mark Hughes will be all white.

[Serendipity]

1.4 and a dp of 0.1 now here. Feels much warmer than earlier and with rain up north I have no hope left in me again! Good luck to those in the east, I'm off to drink wine :lol:

[Supercell]

Damn... looks like I an going to lose my first ever Ice Day in bright sunshine. Temp has risen to -0.3C. Still, plenty of chances over the coming days to record one.

[Bolton67]

1.4 and a dp of 0.1 now here. Feels much warmer than earlier and with rain up north I have no hope left in me again! Good luck to those in the east, I'm off to drink wine

There is time yet dont panic.

[NorthantsSnow]

Cloud thickened markedly over the last 20 minutes, so any minute now according to the radar.

A bit O/T but what are your current thoughts for Jan, Ian? If you say potentially record breaking mild then I'm ordering a sledge right now.

[chapmanraven]

1.4 and a dp of 0.1 now here. Feels much warmer than earlier and with rain up north I have no hope left in me again! Good luck to those in the east, I'm off to drink wine :lol:

Don't give up hope just yet, think you might be pleasantly suprised.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Cloud thickened markedly over the last 20 minutes, so any minute now according to the radar.

I'm a few miles south temp 0.4C height 103m, looking good for a covering then?

[jimben]

Temp of -0.5 and weather gizmo says snow, so that will do for me lol. Interesting that I still have upper air temp of below -6c and similar and lower approaching from the north

[we_want_snow]

People, read the NW thread, very interesting and it's coming our way

[millzzz]

The rate of temp increase has reduced a lot in the last half hour. It was 0.38per hour, it's now 0.019per hour. At this rate of change, the temp should begin to drop again pretty soon (currently 0.1^oc). I just need the dp to drop another degree lower (currently -1.5^oc) and I should be set for anything that does arrive.

Edited December 19, 2009 by millzzz

[Bolton67]

Temp of -0.5 and weather gizmo says snow, so that will do for me lol. Interesting that I still have upper air temp of below -6c and similar and lower approaching from the north

Maybe west Northants will do ok out of this .

[ISAAC]

the band is at my door step now... temperature 1.6c.

oh please don't rain!

[we_want_snow]

Another interesting view for you.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

Look at the map

Click on 17:30 and its fragmenting in the NW and getting lighter

Click on 19:30 and compare. Tighter and heavier it looks to me

[Nick L]

From an IMBY point of view, this is looking very promising now. I will probably get the stuff that is over North Wales - this is intensifying. Also, despite the fact we are bemoaning the fact that it is moving more east than south, this will actually help us. If it was going directly south then we would have an even briefer window of snow, but it will slide across us rather than go straight through the region.

[lesta_snow]

Has anyone got anything yet?!?! lol

[we_want_snow]

I'm thinking 8:30-9:00 for me in Shrewsbury, who knows