Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[dvdfjojo]

Nightmare - just the coldest, bitterest rain out there at the moment. I pity anyone who's out in it, it's brutal. Looks like Northants might just be luckiest out of the Midlanders from this event - the radar looks really intense for them. Hope to have some great snow pics on here soon.

[weather_it_will]

Diddly squat falling here now despite radar showing intense showers.

[we_want_snow]

What is it doing overnight, as i thought it would've stalled by now

http://www.meteox.com/gmapstatic.aspx?zoom=6&type=zoom&x=166&y=206

[Serendipity]

We seriously have the BIGGEST snowflakes now - some are the size of apples!

[cyclonic happiness]

Snow here is fizzling back to sleet now, and what snow cover we have is melting rapidly, hope we get something later on, or this will be write off number 5 this winter so far!

[phil nw.]

Mod.Snow a cm lying but very marginal,soft variety.

Been snowing here since 7pm would have been deeper if temps. had been just a lttle lower.

[loopydreamer]

We seriously have the BIGGEST snowflakes now - some are the size of apples!

hey gal

its going crazy here now! proper snow falling! its laying everywhere!

hope this snow dont stop for a long time!

[mackerel sky]

Big fat fluffly snowflakes here, about 2cm now, temperature down to 0.2C! MetOffice 1 - 0 GFS.

I get confused as to what consistutes 'high ground' really. I'm about 300ft which is a good 200ft higher than Bedford 15 miles south, where it usually rains.

Edited December 29, 2009 by mackerel sky

[cold stoke]

whats gone wrong no snow for stoke the grass is still green just windy

[LeeKay]

White over here, still snowing but becoming lighter now.

Just took a couple of photos...

One of the street Other the depth, roughly 1 inch

[we_want_snow]

Metoffice = joke, Shropshire regularly mentioned, nothing has happened

As usual

Worst for snow here

[laheymichele]

whats gone wrong no snow for stoke the grass is still green just windy

yes i agree!!really fed up now!!!!!!

[Serendipity]

hey gal

its going crazy here now! proper snow falling! its laying everywhere!

hope this snow dont stop for a long time!

Hey loopy!

It has to stop soon because the radar says so but nice to see isn't it?

[MKN]

We seriously have the BIGGEST snowflakes now - some are the size of apples!

Has it settled? looks to be heading this way the stuff you have now. still snowing here just not settling as its to light.

[TEITS]

Big fat fluffly snowflakes here, about 2cm now, temperature down to 0.2C! MetOffice 1 - 0 GFS.

Snap, huge snowflakes now coming down.

[kar999]

An hour or slow of heavy sleet earlier caused some slushy settling. A mixture of Light sleet and wet snow only now and it's melting faster than it's settling as temperatures are above freezing.

I cant see anything major happening in the immediate future. Maybe a minor covering by morning so it looks like it's a trip out to the Shropshire hills tomorrow morning to see any significant snow lying.

[NorthantsSnow]

Snow a bit lighter and patchier now and radar not looking quite so promising but can't grumble, a dusting of snow on all surfaces in low level Northamptonshire was not something that looked at all likely 2-3 hours ago.

Good stuff!

[we_want_snow]

Don't come to shropshire for snow.

Dunno about the hills but it's bearly snowed here

[Nick L]

Snap, huge snowflakes now coming down.

Congrats TEITS on your prediction last night

It has indeed stalled and just plonked a heavy area of PPN right on top of me, must be pushing 5cm out there by the end of all this, still snowing pretty heavily as well.

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Just starting to turn to sleet...

....JINX

[Summer of 95]

Metoffice = joke, Shropshire regularly mentioned, nothing has happened

As usual

Worst for snow here

We had a *severe* warning for snow and still only got rain and sleet, it beggars belief how bad this town is for snow! Yet again surrounding areas get snow at exactly the same temps we get rain and sleet- I think my New Year's resolution will be to be living somewhere else come next winter.

[loopydreamer]

so guys! tell me! whats going on? i thought the snow was going to stop for tonight? do u lot know if we will get snow like we are having now for the rest of the night? sorry if that post didn't make much sense, had too much wine

[lobbox]

Very heavy snow in Kettering right now. T 0.8°C D 0.5°C. Starting to accumulate on wet surfaces

[conon]

Really heavy now here in New Invention.

The last time I saw this much white stuff it was on the top of warm Norton Vic pint.

[we_want_snow]

Who's likely to see the snow tonight????