Midlands Cold Spell Discussion - Part 15

[we_want_snow]

They're advancing quickly and could hit Telford, possibly

[golfstar71]

Shrops/Staffs border 7 miles W of Wolverhampton and its clouded up and just started raining! 4c at mo

[i love snow]

Light sleet here now! Where's the heavy stuff?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

still sleet but temps very high, 2.5C, higher than last weeks sleet

[ISAAC]

just stopped snowing after about 1 and half hour of continues snowfall with some heavy stuff in last 20 mins, didnt settle at start but dew points dropped and left us a nice cm covering all around..

bring on more

still sleet but temps very high, 2.5C, higher than last weeks sleet

my temperature was 3.6c two hours ago... now it's 0.9c after continues snowfall... so don't worry

[john arrowsmith]

Rain sleet + snow.

Temp. 1.3c.

[Serendipity]

The showers seem to be slipping south now. We have clearish skies here still although I can see cloud banks in the distance. Temp here is a rather barmy 4 degrees with a dp of 1 so am hoping no precipitation hits here at the mo!

[dvdfjojo]

Argh - heavy rain here. Temp still 3.5 although dewpoint is now at 0.0. Hope for some evaporative cooling before the precipation goes as I think we've probably only got about half an hour of it.

Can't believe it's warmer than our failed attempt earlier on in the week.

[tom_f123]

Still dry here, looks to be just to my north. Hopefully see something soon, be it rain sleet or snow.

[kar999]

Shrops/Staffs border 7 miles W of Wolverhampton and its clouded up and just started raining! 4c at mo

Ditto... but then we are not that far apart!

[jimben]

Temp at long last starting to fall back after high of 4.5c at 14:08

[loopydreamer]

yep! i see the clouds skirting s/e but tbh i doubt we will get snow here in worc if a shower comes this way because the temp is 4 and dew point 2. im just hoping the temp and dew point will drop!

Temp at long last starting to fall back after high of 4.5c at 14:08

well... hope temps and dew points start dropping back here too! fingers crossed xx

[Serendipity]

yep! i see the clouds skirting s/e but tbh i doubt we will get snow here in worc if a shower comes this way because the temp is 4 and dew point 2. im just hoping the temp and dew point will drop!

Hey loopydreamer, happy new year!

Temp just started to fall away a bit here - did reach 4.3 but is now 3.9, but I agree it's a bit too warm still! Clouding over here now too.

[golfstar71]

Ditto... but then we are not that far apart!

In Pattingham. Sky looking dark to the north but all the red stuff (snow) on the raintoday radar seems to of petered out, with sleet coming in behind it. We are not going to see snow here today unless temps drop sharply and the band coming through the cheshire gap hits us later on.

[i love snow]

sleet turned towet snow here heavy to

[snowhope]

yep! i see the clouds skirting s/e but tbh i doubt we will get snow here in worc if a shower comes this way because the temp is 4 and dew point 2. im just hoping the temp and dew point will drop!

well... hope temps and dew points start dropping back here too! fingers crossed xx

I am even further south in Worcestershire than yourself, I will be waiting until next week to see any of the white stuff (Hopefully)

[loopydreamer]

dark clouds edging closer! its getting dark here but dew point is too high

[wednesburybaz]

hi this is my first post after a year of watching forum so be gentle with me x

i live in wednesbury which is just off jct 9 of m6.

its gone very cloudy but weve had light rain which has washed away the 1cm we had this morning.

that is the only bit of snow weve had in the whole winter so far!!

[derby4life]

hi this is my first post after a year of watching forum so be gentle with me x

i live in wednesbury which is just off jct 9 of m6.

its gone very cloudy but weve had light rain which has washed away the 1cm we had this morning.

that is the only bit of snow weve had in the whole winter so far!!

welcome to the mad house baz

Edited January 2, 2010 by derby4life

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

OK. Trying to work out why ppn for some has turned to rain and sleet. Looking at the 06z, the 0oC Isotherm remained across the n/w, far west midlands and eastern Wales. This seems to disappear, and gains height throughout the day. So for later, i'm going to hold my breath. Not due to pessimism, but due to this factor.

However, dew points are starting to look more positive again, and H500 and 850's looking plausable.

Looking further in to next week, and it looks more positive.

However, as proven for quite a few people, it is not always a clear cut case of when snow does and does not happen.

[Serendipity]

Yes - looking at http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ the precipitation on the western side is falling as rain.

[cyclonic happiness]

And as per usual we go through "THE GAP OF DEATH"

[Convection currents]

Light drizzle is eroding away my 1cm snow cover lol

Now turning to sleet...with more and more flakes

Edited January 2, 2010 by Convection currents

[Bottesford]

Now light rain/sleet washing away the earlier snow.

Little precip left heading this way so I think that's it for here for now at least.

Oh well nice to see a bit of it anyway!

[loopydreamer]

Yes - looking at http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ the precipitation on the western side is falling as rain.

yea i know! it sucks!

there is a bit of sleet in that though! lol!