Midlands Cold Spell Discussion - Part 15

[we_want_snow]

So, with it impending, where are the main snow zones across the region???

I think more of the ame with Nottingham, perhaps Leicester

[i love snow]

Temp 3.0c and dewpoint -0.1c sunny with dark cloud to north and north east

clouded over now and looking dark to the north! hopefully snow.... even though think it will start as rain!

[we_want_snow]

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

The blue bit (rain) is getting smaller but looks like it'll hit me.

People, you need to remain optamistic, there's plenty of potential with this

[I remember Atlantic 252]

coming in black but bright to west, this looks like sliding east as usual

[robert]

Well very snowed in here on the Staffordshire Cheshire border. People abandoning cars!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Yes, heavy snow now and sticking on surfaces.

looks like sliding East, so bright to west with sun out

[we_want_snow]

Going yellowy grey from the N now which is good, temp id 3.7C

[weather_it_will]

No snow here yet, but temperature is starting to fall now.

[Banjo]

Heavy rain now, temp has dropped to 3 C, and the wind has picked up .

[Supercell]

The ppn band seems to have more of an eastward movement to it at the moment. Taking an age to get here. The GFS showed the precip to be stuck around the midlands for some time.

[we_want_snow]

I think Telford will be getting something heavy soon

[conor123]

Usual case of oranges and reds going east of here whilst the blue scrags head towards us, why are we so cursed this past 2 winters?

[weather eater]

Just been down to Tescos, the Landrover is a big bonus, cars having to turn back as they try and make it up the hill, no 4x4, no chance.

[we_want_snow]

Grey all over now

[I remember Atlantic 252]

sleeting but still bright to west with sun out, cant see this lasting, moving W to E

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Well, only just managed to log on.

Late this morning, we had some snow closer to the city (in a more n/w direction) form home. A nice coating on the ground, but by the time we got home, it was pretty much non-existant.

Has now been raining for the last 45 minutes, however, seems to be getting heavier and turning more to sleet (and now looking like turning back to snow).

Suggestion is that lower ground in this precipitation seems to be experiencing some rain. Perhaps its to do with the current batch of showers, and perhaps it is effecting some higher round as well. Not sure of the reasoning, but like the other day, perhaps some warmer air mixed in. Everything else suggests snow (or at least not rain).

However, this is an added bonus as to whatever you get later and next week.

Nowt point in complaining...if its raining, it ain't gonna get any worse, is it?!

[conor123]

Oh there's a surprise, it's started raining...

[we_want_snow]

The heavier stff does look to be going east of Telford, there's nothing happening here yet

[jimben]

Temp 4.2c and dewpoint 0.7c still sunny but cloudy to the north

[we_want_snow]

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Still lots pepping up in the Irish Sea and over Wales

[Convection currents]

It's stopped snowing now....after taking ageeeesss for it to settle on the wet surface....we have about a 1-2cm covering of snow

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Oh there's a surprise, it's started raining...

Some of the posts in here are actually funnier than the fact that it is raining or sleeting.

There is no reason why rain can't return to snow, its just sometimes its just the way it goes.

Things are a lot more positive for us than a few days a go...you just have to patient.

[we_want_snow]

Alot of dark clouds bubbling to the north, I think, however, they will go more East and hit Birmingham ish

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

It's stopped snowing now....after taking ageeeesss for it to settle on the wet surface....we have about a 1-2cm covering of snow

I was actually quite surprised at the elevation of Stoke up until recently when I used my SatNav driving through. Quite a chunk of Stoke is a good few hundred feet ASL, with parts around the city nearly up to 600ft.

[Banjo]

Sleet now , temp 2 C, sorry about the one liners , just to let you know what it's doing here .