Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[cyclonic happiness]

centre of the eastern low is moving N/e still, but the centre of the western low is now almost at cornwall.

This is what is giving the forecaster so much of a headache, they didn't know which centre would be dominant, but it looks like the midlands on is.

This is better for us because it's further north and east so the precip' is further north and west than was forecast.

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

[smethwickgg102]

Heavy snow again and no sign of it stopping, bring it on ......

Tipton

Edited January 5, 2010 by smethwickgg102

[windysnow1]

well good evening everyone........................here in south derbyshire, swadlincote, near burton to be precise we have had little or no snow all day...i cant understand!

what do you all think my chances are for tonight?

thanks

[phantom]

It's moving faster than expected Andy but still won't reach here for a good while yet!

If it does arrive earlier than my forecast then this can only be a good thing for snowfall amounts and I will have to revise them upwards. Rampety ramp.

You best start revising its here.

[we_want_snow]

Am i seeing things or is some WHITE stuff falling. It is SNOWING incredibly lightly. Nothing on the radar though, but it's so light

[Macey]

Just started snowing in Blisworth. Get in there.

It's on my way then

[kar999]

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[Gord]

OK, Telford and Shewsbury...its closing in on you from the east and its closing in on you from the west.

Surely you cannnot miss this lot!

[windysnow1]

why are you from?

Am i seeing things or is some WHITE stuff falling. It is SNOWING incredibly lightly. Nothing on the radar though, but it's so light

[weather_it_will]

Some phone cam shots of overnight forecasts. Forecasted main area of snow shown.

The bottom forecast from BBC Oxford shows area where they expect between 20 - 40cm

They even admitted the snow is in a different position to what they expected.

[phil nw.]

Yeah. One guy at work got a call from his wife saying the snow was pretty bad in Coventry and her car was stuck. We were all laughing at work thinking she was joking because there's just a dusting outside. I'm hopeful that the stuff further south with give us a decent covering. Hope you're enjoying it

lol its wasnt bad to start with but it got moderate from 5 pm onwards slowed down a bit now.but im still confused why ppl near us are not reporting the same kind of snowfall?

Still snowing in Nuneaton moderately.It`s been going since about 3pm.

Added to the 2cm this morning so now have 7cm lying across level surfaces.

Amazing how this area of snow keeps swirling around the central midlands.

[we_want_snow]

why are you from?

SALOP, SALOP

Shrewsbury

[GreatBarr]

Hi, im in Great Barr Birmingham and a very busy road outside my house is covered in snow, the gritters have gone past twice already but its doing nothing. Not good conditions for drivers. What are we ment to expect? Will there be much more?

P.S. Sorry about name, its still the county in Wales where I used to live!

[A.J]

OK, Telford and Shewsbury...its closing in on you from the east and its closing in on you from the west.

Surely you cannnot miss this lot!

Well, here in Penkridge (15 miles east of Telford) we have an inch of laying snow, and its been snowing lightly but steadily for around 5 hours...Long may it continue

[we_want_snow]

STOPPED IN SHREWSBURY

[i love snow]

Snow settling alot better now hope it's set in for the night! It's very intresting watching te radar even though is quite misleading since it's heavy now!

[frozencamel]

Well after having pretty much nothing all day and thinking that we will probably miss out tonight as well I spent an hour clearing a 12ft section of the road to stop cars sliding into my car currently stranded on the road.

You may think this was a little over the top but after watching a car slide down the hill into the wall opposite you would understand.

I look outside to see if the table salt has taken effect and low and behold it snowed and all my handy work has gone

Edited January 5, 2010 by frozencamel

[Costa Del Fal]

A few snow pictures.

p.s Its still snowing here!

[NorthantsSnow]

You best start revising its here.

Indeed! Snowing already in NN2. Well that's my forecast out the window. 4 inches here we come! :)

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

well good evening everyone........................here in south derbyshire, swadlincote, near burton to be precise we have had little or no snow all day...i cant understand!

what do you all think my chances are for tonight?

thanks

What sort of depth are you at now? We are only at junction 3 of the A50...about 1-2cm and still snowing (lightly).

[conor123]

It is snowing now in Telford lightly with small flakes, considering the amount of snow elsewhere is getting though were be lucky to be 1cm here.

[marksp]

snow started again here about 50 mins ago and has put down another 3cms, we are noe at 15cms total for the day, and it looks as if theres more to come over night.

[we_want_snow]

PUT YOUR LOCATIONS ON EVERY POST.

THANKS

[weather_it_will]

It looks like the Reading snow is pivoting, swinging up through Oxford and coming back up the M40.

[Costa Del Fal]

Looking at the radar i think here will get hit by Precip from the South quite easily tonight.