Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[Bolton67]

temp now 3.7 in northampton

???

well i've got 2.8

[Fatbird]

Right, I really don't understand all this dew point and temp stuff so can someone just give me a bit of a run down? I tried to google, ended up on wiki..... and well... I'm feeling ever so slightly dumb right now.

Looking at that link someone posted for nearby weather stations it says my temp is 3 with a dew point of 3 also. I have a few flakes of snow coming down (it's warm!!) How do the temp and dew point correlate when trying to work out what's optimum for snow??

[stevomatt]

well wellingborough

[loopydreamer]

redditch weather station is recording temp of 3C and dew point of 1C

[Nick L]

Right, I really don't understand all this dew point and temp stuff so can someone just give me a bit of a run down? I tried to google, ended up on wiki..... and well... I'm feeling ever so slightly dumb right now.

Looking at that link someone posted for nearby weather stations it says my temp is 3 with a dew point of 3 also. I have a few flakes of snow coming down (it's warm!!) How do the temp and dew point correlate when trying to work out what's optimum for snow??

Ideally the dew point needs to be below zero and temperature less than about 2c for snow falling

[phantom]

???

well i've got 2.8

And I got 3.3 in Blisworth.

[Bolton67]

well wellingborough

Where did you get your temp from?

[Nick L]

Dew point really is plummeting here, 0.3c now! Temp is still creeping up though, 2.1c.

[Bolton67]

And I got 3.3 in Blisworth.

What the hell is going on

[ISAAC]

ok im defintaly seeing some sleetiness in the rain now even though temperatures and dew point do not support this.

Positive indeed!

[phantom]

What the hell is going on

My sensor is very close to the house so that might raise it a bit.

[stevomatt]

Where did you get your temp from?

my weather station- i am situated in wellingborough

[Bolton67]

dry spot

[Fatbird]

Ideally the dew point needs to be below zero and temperature less than about 2c for snow falling

Thanks Nick. So mine is miles off and I have some flakes falling...... There doesn't seem to be any rain in it, just some lonely flakes.

[Bolton67]

my weather station- i am situated in wellingborough

Pitsford weather station?

[Hathers]

Shropshire and Mid Wales was today braced for an Arctic-style battering — with the region set to be gripped by the worst cold snap for 40 years.

Experts are predicting heavy snowfall and strong easterly winds combining to create blizzard conditions — rivalling the big freezes of 1963 and 1979.

http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/12/29/arctic-snap-set-to-bring-worst-freeze-for-40-years/

[Nick L]

Shropshire and Mid Wales was today braced for an Arctic-style battering — with the region set to be gripped by the worst cold snap for 40 years.

Experts are predicting heavy snowfall and strong easterly winds combining to create blizzard conditions — rivalling the big freezes of 1963 and 1979.

http://www.shropshir...e-for-40-years/

What a load of old tosh that is! Where do journalists get this crap from?

[stevomatt]

Pitsford weather station?

yeah that says 2.8 however mine on 3.6 at mo

[Hathers]

What a load of old tosh that is! Where do journalists get this crap from?

They make me laugh.

[snowmadchrisuk]

They make me laugh.

how can the say 15cm on high ground and 1963 in the same sentence.

[stewfox]

Shropshire and Mid Wales was today braced for an Arctic-style battering — with the region set to be gripped by the worst cold snap for 40 years.

Experts are predicting heavy snowfall and strong easterly winds combining to create blizzard conditions — rivalling the big freezes of 1963 and 1979.

http://www.shropshir...e-for-40-years/

A bit of sleet on high ground maybe ?

Time will tell

ps Heavy heavy heavy drizzle here

[jimben]

???

well i've got 2.8

Yep 2.3c at Moulton

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

BBC going for a mixture of rain sleet snow tomorrow,graphic i watched showed mainly rain over the midlands

with a wintry mix over my area.

On a brighter note Midlands should do well today but by tomorrow as the band fizzles its looking wet.

[MKN]

well bbc weather just now said 2-5cms for lower areas in wales and 20cms up over the hills, well if thats what the hardest hit region is expected to recieve i can see mass disapointment on here. I think the precip may be there but the temps, both ground and air wont support settling snow for many of us. The graphics also showed no band of snow far the midlands moving north more of a rain and snow mix.

[Bolton67]

yeah that says 2.8 however mine on 3.6 at mo

I know my area of kingsthorpe is quite high up 125 asl i think

that some temp different from my area to yours (10 miles)