Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[ISAAC]

I've told you guys time and time again... Leicester has it's own climate, it is a snowless zone.

Comes from someone who did pretty well in Feb, we got Lettuce all LOL

[StormChaser]

I've told you guys time and time again... Leicester has it's own climate, it is a snowless zone.

We have got the same problem here in didcot, Didcot is the only place I know that gets it own snow system from the powerstation. I have photo of my freinds backgarden coverd in snow yet no where eles has any.

[whitestuff]

Only saving grace here is if any of the heavy showers in the SW make it here and fall as snow.

you're only about 4 or 5 miles from here' how can it be possible that you have no snow and its coming down really well here?

[Albion Snowman]

Temp currently 0.5 and falling. Still moderate/heavy snow.

[Costa Del Fal]

Hmm snow seems heavier now than what the radar suggests???

Edited December 29, 2009 by Blizzards

[dvdfjojo]

Sorry to intrude but heavy snow is falling at Villa park (Aston Villa's ground) Which is located in Birmingham.

Thought I would tell you as I am watching the Villa vs Liverpool match on Sky Sports 1.

Be nice to have a draw there - brilliant to see Birmingham top of the form league and 7th in the prem (nosebleed time).

Sleeting here but nice temps & dewpoints - both below zero now.

[NorthantsSnow]

Nowt but rain here. To be honest I'm not as disappointed as I'd usually be but given it was always highly marginal for here and the fact that we got snow last week with the prospect of more on the way in the coming days, I can take it this time.

Well done to the Met Office/BBC who have called this one excellently. An area of rain turning increasingly wintry particularly over higher ground in the West Midlands/Wales as it hits the colder air. That is precisely what has happened.

Shame the colder air wasn't slightly further south. That's what has prevented it from being an even better event. But still, some snow for a lucky few.

[Nick L]

To prove I am not fibbing, take a look at this:

[cold stoke]

Be nice to have a draw there - brilliant to see Birmingham top of the form league and 7th in the prem (nosebleed time).

Sleeting here but nice temps & dewpoints - both below zero now.

stoke were robbed

[Blizzard]

1 inch of snow at the top of the Lickeys (294m asl), about 1/2cm of slushy snow down here (156m asl), still snowing though. Goes to show what a difference a bit of altitude makes sometimes.

[snowmadchrisuk]

Glad I came to Hinckley tonight , Chucking it down with Snow here in HInckley town centre

[PolarWarsaw]

Still a very sleety mix..occasionally a little more in the way of snow. This WONT AT THIS RATE AT ANY POINT accumulate.

[cyclonic happiness]

band of showers to the south of us are catching the main band up ever so quickly, that may reintensify the southern half of the front

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

[Serendipity]

I have to say I am seriously gutted. We have been so unlucky this winter so far. I have 4 children who would love some snow and we have had nothing bar one tiny sprinkling that looked like frost. The front has moved over me now and nothing falling from the sky so I guess it's all over here. Good Luck to those of you who are in Birmingham area as it seems to be stalling over you and your temps are more conducive to the snow hence you getting these falls you are all mentioning.

Am signing off now to drink wine!

[Nabraxas]

Starting to turn to snow here. 1.4c and dew point of -1c. I'm at 165m ASL

[phantom]

To prove I am not fibbing, take a look at this:

Yeah but when I zoomed in the date on that pic said Jan 1963:whistling:

[Albion Snowman]

Nice 1 Nick now dont ever throw the towel in again!!

[Supercell]

Glad I came to Hinckley tonight , Chucking it down with Snow here in HInckley town centre

You're having a giraffe ! That's barely 10 miles away.

Edit: It's now snowing right at the very end of the PPN band lol.

Edited December 29, 2009 by Supercell

[Jan]

Just watching the Liverpool match at Villa Park on TV and its snowing heavy there, but the radar shows it as sleet??

[I remember Atlantic 252]

snowing better now, but seems like im too far north, i remember Ian Brown saying this wouldnt make it north of penkridge, certainly looking that way

SKY 401 hmmm am i too far north

Edited December 29, 2009 by mark forster 630

[saint]

Really heavy snow at Villa park now! Hope some of you that are getting it are enjoying it!

[MKN]

starting to turn to turn to snow in hinckley? What u mean its already chucking it down and starting to settle here in the centre. Surely it is in leicester to nw?

[Nick L]

Nice 1 Nick now dont ever throw the towel in again!!

Well it worked didn't it?

Looks heavy at Vile Park, must be heavy if it's settling on a pitch with undersoil heating!

[Richard Taylor]

Not onIy snow at ViIIa Pk, but aIso a ROBIN...pIaying on th wing too!!

[NorthantsSnow]

Just watching the Liverpool match at Villa Park on TV and its snowing heavy there, but the radar shows it as sleet??

The precip type overlay is taken direct from the GFS data, which is inaccurate. The Rain Today radar is actually picking up reds/greys where the snow is occurring:

www.raintoday.co.uk.