Midlands Cold Spell Discussion - Part 15

[Convection currents]

Quite dark here, and has been for quite a while, but still nothing falling out of the sky lol....Wonder what it'll be..rain...sleet...snow...or nothing! lol

[Bottesford]

Moderate snow here with some heavier bursts. Plenty heading this way - so long as Notts doesn't slide down the gap in precip like usual!

[icy toes]

First band just hit me in West Cambridgeshire - started off as light snow, then chucked it down with rain, then turned to sleet.

[ISAAC]

Quite dark here, and has been for quite a while, but still nothing falling out of the sky lol....Wonder what it'll be..rain...sleet...snow...or nothing! lol

yep, very frustrating indeed!

[we_want_snow]

Someone on the NW thread has said its intensifying as it's getting towards the Midlands and could be a widespread event. Clouding over with higher white/grey clouds, temo 1.8C

[Convection currents]

Well it's drizzling/sleeting at the moment now..hard to really make out though

Definitley sleeting now! More flakes mixed in now!

Edited January 2, 2010 by Convection currents

[Terminal Moraine]

Quite amazingly heavy snow here, it's like being inside a giant pillow fight.

[tooby]

Happy new year.

Been snowing here for half hour or so.

Not yet settled on roads though.

Current dew point -o.1c

Air temp 0.8c currently.

turned lighter and sleety now!

[conor123]

Im so jealous that we are missing out yet again here in Telford, just hazy sunshine as usual..

[ISAAC]

Well it's drizzling/sleeting at the moment now..hard to really make out though

Definitley sleeting now! More flakes mixed in now!

a little drizzle/snizzle here but very light atm

[Convection currents]

a little drizzle/snizzle here but very light atm

Ahhh, where bouts in stoke you in? It's wet snow here....not very heavy though....and when it gets light turns back to sleet

[rob_weiss]

Bright sunshine here, so far a lovely winters day.

[ISAAC]

Ahhh, where bouts in stoke you in? It's wet snow here....not very heavy though....and when it gets light turns back to sleet

Near Longton.

Snowing here now.... has to be really heavy if it's going to stick!

[chapmanraven]

Those of you getting snow, did you see a much temp rise before the snow arrived? If you did how high did it go and what did it drop back to?

I'm so pleased for you all, what a brilliant start to the new year.

Edited January 2, 2010 by chapmanraven

[Nick L]

Just rain now and a friend in Crewe says bucketing down with rain there and 5C - incredibly warm temps for the set-up that we have.

Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable. We can get the precipitation, but not the temps. We can get the temps, but not the precipitation.

What do we have to do to get some snow that isn't half melted and is reasonably heavy?!

[we_want_snow]

2.2C here now, so this is the temp rise. I think i'm going o miss the best bulk of this. I hope it decreases in time so it's snow asmy covering from yesterday has now largely vanished

[Bottesford]

Chucking it down with snow here - taking time to properly settle as I think temps are a little too high. Still it's falling as proper flakes and now settling properly.

Don't envy my dad driving to Manchester and back today though...

[Nick L]

Like the other day, writing was on the wall when temps were so high early in the morning. However, back to sleet now.

Still, marginality shouldn't be a problem next week...should it?

[butler_son]

Chucking it down with snow here - taking time to properly settle as I think temps are a little too high. Still it's falling as proper flakes and now settling properly.

Don't envy my dad driving to Manchester and back today though...

Yes, I noticed that - though it's certainly putting off my trip to Sainsbury's in the car, all I want is some chicken, a red pepper and mange tout so probably isn't worth driving through this just for that!

Though of course, this is very much the starter before the main course! Even Faraday Road is looking white, even with the cars going over!

[Bolton67]

Sunny in my part of NN2.

Got more chance of getting sun stroke than i have of seeing any snow from this band.

[we_want_snow]

I can see three counties from my house and what's amazing is how bright the sky still is over Shropshire.

Is it?

It' going grey from the North here now

[Nick L]

Doesn't look like I am going to get any of this, will be rain anyway so I am not missing out on much!

[loopydreamer]

omg!

temp 4C

dew point 2C

no chance of snow falling out of the sky here

[Mark Bayley]

Chucking it down with snow here - taking time to properly settle as I think temps are a little too high. Still it's falling as proper flakes and now settling properly.

Don't envy my dad driving to Manchester and back today though...

Snake pass is apparently closed, not sure about the woodhead! Really heavy snow up that area. Getting over to me to but it seems were right on marginal. Still its accumulating i suppose!

[dodge]

Just about to wave a cheery sendoff to the 4hrs of snowfall we've had here in North Manchester. It's left about 3 to 4 inches, it's now heading in your direction Midlanders, so enjoy it if the temps are low enough!