Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[loopydreamer]

OMG!!!! bloody biggest snowfalkes I've ever seen??!!! must be 3" across, will try and upload some photos

i know! they r amazing arent they? we had those enormous snow flakes about 45 mins ago! i dont think i ever femember seeing snowflakes that big!

[cyclonic happiness]

I will take that as a sign \leicester might be about to change from rain to snow . How far are you from Junction 21 of the m1/m69

I'd say abot 4 to 5 miles west

Edited December 23, 2009 by cyclonic happiness

[Snowmoon]

Snow has stopped here in Malvern now, as expected. Looks like that's it for the night in this neck of the woods, unless the more showery precip now in south-west Wales somehow makes it this far east, which looks unlikely.

[TEITS]

Looking very poor for the E midlands at the moment based on the 18.00 radar. The E flank is weakening which is what happened on Monday. I reckon because the surface temps are much colder in the E this is causing these systems to weaken.

Still I will be delighted if nothing falls as I will retain my snow cover till xmas day.

[Nick L]

Flakes getting bigger now, hope I see some of these megaflakes

[cuckoo]

Sleet starting here near Belper (75msl)

Edited December 23, 2009 by cuckoo

[icy toes]

Raining here in West Cambs

[we_want_snow]

I'm just wondering, when looking at the radar, there's a band of showers behind. Will they follow the same NE track as the main band? (Just off the SW Wales coast)

[Polar Low]

Hmm, not so sure about the turning to sleet and rain thing. Reports from other people suggest the snow just gets lighter until stops. Anyhow, getting heavier here now, settling without a problem!

So far this is going as forecast, for East/North Midlands it was always forecast for lighter precip to readily turn to sleet/snow for a time throughout the evening and overnight.

[Costa Del Fal]

I wonder if any showers from the SW will make it here. NMM seems to think so.

[pj cov]

left trouser leged it down continually here in cov,,,,never felt so frustrated in all my life,,had next to no snow at all here,,

but soon as the rains forecast it clatterstraight through us,,for as well as most of the country seem have done out of this cold spell,,

1 10 minute fall last saturday night is all we"ve had,,,,totally and utterly left trouser leged off...

[phil nw.]

Heavy snow here but struggling to settle at the moment.

[Koppite]

Snow not as heavy now, think that could be it for a while.

Edited December 23, 2009 by Koppite

[Costa Del Fal]

Bigger flakes again now. Traffic slowing down.

[Albion Snowman]

Huge flakes for the last 20 mins and settling readily. about half an inch fallen so far and rising Temp 0.8C and falling. LAAAVLY!!

[cyclonic happiness]

left trouser leged it down continually here in cov,,,,never felt so frustrated in all my life,,had next to no snow at all here,,

but soon as the rains forecast it clatterstraight through us,,for as well as most of the country seem have done out of this cold spell,,

1 10 minute fall last saturday night is all we"ve had,,,,totally and utterly left trouser leged off...

amazing!!! you are 4 miles south of me and 200ft lower!

[Nick L]

So far this is going as forecast, for East/North Midlands it was always forecast for lighter precip to readily turn to sleet/snow for a time throughout the evening and overnight.

According to the forecast Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire were supposed to get 5-10cm...

This makes up for Saturday though

Edited December 23, 2009 by nick2702

[we_want_snow]

Strange as I've had light snow, but it's settled really well

[I remember Atlantic 252]

snowing moderately now

[high ground birmingham]

The reason is very simple. The beavier precip hasn't reached the E midlands yet. Let me explain this another time.

Using the Met O radar as an example if you havce blues/greens over your region then it will be rain or sleet. For this to turn to snow you need the yellows. The simple reason is the situation is marginal you need the heavier precip to cool the temps thus meaning the rain turns to sleet and then to snow. Watch how in your region once you move out of the yellows your snow will turn to sleet and then rain followed by a thaw.P.S the area of precip that will hit me is still around Luton.

I disagree with it turning to sleet then rain. Here, the snow is turning lighter and now stopping without any transition to rain. There are no mild uppers behind this band that would turn the backedge to rain plus the West Midlands i greatly helped by altitude with much of the region above 100m asl. Much of birmingham is in fact 120m asl plus.

[Nick L]

Definitely going on a bike ride to Castle Ring in the morning. If it's like this at 150m then 250m should be fun!

[ISAAC]

still snowing here lightly although settlinng on top of the already iced up/frosty surfaces.

Should get heavier fingers crossed

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

Definitely going on a bike ride to Castle Ring in the morning. If it's like this at 150m then 250m should be fun!

nice one nick im pleased you got your snow!

[cyclonic happiness]

Back to rain now for us, is north warks gonna be the only green bit left on the map?

[SalopWatcher]

Pretty Heavey now.. great to see