Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[Nick L]

metoffice warning issued!!!!!

Only for icy roads though.

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

Only for icy roads though.

not true mate heavy snow east midlands!!

flash warning!!

[Crimson_Sprite]

metoffice warning issued!!!!!

woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in the snow warning!!!!

[we_want_snow]

snow is being recorded in Wales at less than 100m which is a good sign

The metoffice have admitted they've read it wrong and are now covering for heavy snow. Bring it ONNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

[Bolton67]

Raining.

[TEITS]

Only for icy roads though.

Looking at the warnings and Peteborough is in the bullseye.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ee/ee_forecast_warnings.html

Note heavy snow is mentioned in Peterborough with falls of 10cm. The other warning areas just says rain turning to snow. This is what the GFS indicated earlier!

[chapmanraven]

Temp here now falling steadily. We're down to 1.3c.

I had given up on the idea of snow this side of christmas and here we are again willing that band to bring us snow snow.

[Nick L]

not true mate heavy snow east midlands!!

flash warning!!

Oh yeah. But I was on about west Midlands, the poster I quoted was from Stoke.

[we_want_snow]

Who was it who said that the best is always the un-expected?

This COULD, COULD be that time

[Bristawl Si]

Looking at the warnings and Peteborough is in the bullseye.

http://www.metoffice...t_warnings.html

Note heavy snow is mentioned in Peterborough with falls of 10cm. The other warning areas just says rain turning to snow. This is what the GFS indicated earlier!

Chucking it down with rain in North BTL;the odd flake, but generally all rain. The milder air seems to be on the march northwards into the Midlands for now. Things could change i suppose.

Plus, our local BBC forecaster, has been posting on a regular basis in the south west discussion thread and we had a warning for Monday Evening this week for snow, which we didn't have. He explained that these warnings go out from the MetO with a 50 mile margin of error. So be prepared for some letdowns as well. Cheers

Edited December 23, 2009 by Bristle boy

[Wales123098]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/travel/trafficcams/camera019.shtml

hello my midland buddies:)

[Nick L]

Chucking it down with rain in North BTL;the odd flake, but generally all rain. The milder air seems to be on the march northwards into the Midlands for now. Things could change i suppose.

Not a good sign, although I suppose altitude isn't on your side.

[we_want_snow]

OOOOH i love you, dont use all our snow!!!!!!!

[Supercell]

Spitting with rain ever so slightly. Temp is 0.3C, dew point at 0C.

[we_want_snow]

What altitude are you at? For it to raining at the moment

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/travel/trafficcams/camera019.shtml

hello my midland buddies:)

wow.

HEAVY snow.

its coming guys even the beeb had no mention of heavy snow in SWales!!

Watch them backtrack now the meto have issued flash warnings!

[mildmuck]

Oh yeah. But I was on about west Midlands, the poster I quoted was from Stoke.

Sleety rain here at the moment the shower is just to the west of me.

[Nabraxas]

Oh god, there must be a mistake, Leicester has a warning for rain, turning to snow!

Must say though, the pptn looks to be going West of Leicester... though I haven't actually looked what track it's meant to take.

Edited December 23, 2009 by Nabraxas

[Nick L]

I don't understand how the East Midlands can get warnings for 5-10cm, they will miss the heaviest of the PPN!

[Cheese Rice]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/pws/invent/weathermap/ Well worth a look!!

[chapmanraven]

where do I look up the accurate dew point for Hinckley and what does it need to read for snow?

[Crimson_Sprite]

Looking at the warnings and Peteborough is in the bullseye.

http://www.metoffice...t_warnings.html

Note heavy snow is mentioned in Peterborough with falls of 10cm. The other warning areas just says rain turning to snow. This is what the GFS indicated earlier!

I hate you guys! you always get snow!! ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TEITS]

Chucking it down with rain in North BTL;the odd flake, but generally all rain. The milder air seems to be on the march northwards into the Midlands for now. Things could change i suppose.

Plus, our local BBC forecaster, has been posting on a regular basis in the south west discussion thread and we had a warning for Monday Evening this week for snow, which we didn't have. He explained that these warnings go out from the MetO with a 50 mile margin of error. So be prepared for some letdowns as well. Cheers

I hear what your saying but thankfully temps are on my side as its only -2C here!

[Wales123098]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/travel/trafficcams/camera034.shtml

No warnings for south Wales, but ummm its snowing even at lower levels here and sticking on top of what we already got. Theyve got it very wrong, instead of temps being 5c they are 0.6c here.

[kold weather]

This will be one of those situations where it could be snowing heavily in one place whilst another has a horrible wintry mix. I'd suggest that places that are still below 0C right now probably have a reasonable shot at getting some snow, places that are above are probably going to start with snow then much comes down to the exacts of the location itself...