Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[drgl]

Indeed and there were perfect shaped snow crystals landing on the windscreen earlier, a rare sight.

The Station Road which goes down to the doctors i live on has big piles of slushy snow at the sides but was clear when i got back around 30 minutes ago but the snow has covered it again now.

The back garden which has no sunlight in the winter has a good 3-4 inches now aswell so will make a snowman later before the thaw sets in.

Get down to where the pig monument was(until someone knicked it!), make a nice big one in that area, as experience tells me The circle is also pretty good

[Costa Del Fal]

Starting to settle here on cleared areas e.g Driveway. A little darker to my South too.

[Nick L]

Starting to break up just before it hits me, I don't believe this

[loopydreamer]

Starting to settle here on cleared areas e.g Driveway. A little darker to my South too.

oooh really? im off outside for a look!

[Costa Del Fal]

Starting to break up just before it hits me, I don't believe this :lol:

Its not like youve had nothing!

Weve all done very well from this-dont know about Shrewsbury however...

Edited January 13, 2010 by Blizzards

[drgl]

Some pics of our road & garden.

Edited to resize pics!

Edited January 13, 2010 by drgl

[SalopWatcher]

I cant complain that much really... its snowed all day, still is and there is a fair lot on the ground (not sure how much now been stuck in work all day and my window only gives me a view of a snow covered hedge)... cosidering the altitude compated to Telford, most of the West Mid, some of Staffordshire, and the town center location, its not too bad...

Certinly out of town its as bad there as many other places around the Midlands...

[Hailsowen]

It just looks so nice out there at the moment. No wind, big flakes fluttering down over a white landscape. Not bad for the first half of the winter!

[SalopWatcher]

Just to add the thaw here over the last few hours has stopped, and surfaces are starting to get recoverd, that got cleared this morning...

[adi1477]

wow! its snowing very heavily in redditch! from what i have seen in the last 13 hours this is the heaviest

was heavyish here too but now fizzled out to nothin please come back even heavier and bigger flakes!!

or is this really the end????

[loopydreamer]

great to see but i hope these main roads stay clear otherwise rush hour is going to be a nightmare! its laying rapidly here!

[Koppite]

Nearly stopped here now, its been snowing since about midnight. Another approx 3 inches has fallen in this time, on top of what we already had.

Edited January 13, 2010 by Koppite

[SteveElbows]

Had some quite nice big flakes here about 20 mins ago after snow almost constantly since around 4am, albeit rather light at times and the reasonable amount that stuck to surfaces melted away in many places during the day. It has now stopped snowing here. My brain hurts as I stayed up till the snow arrived and ended up with only 4 hours sleep, time for a long nap methinks!

Edited January 13, 2010 by SteveElbows

[loopydreamer]

was heavyish here too but now fizzled out to nothin please come back even heavier and bigger flakes!!

or is this really the end????

flakes are getting slightly smaller here but they are whizzing down! im afraid we are near the end now!

[Eugene]

Nearly stopped here now, its been snowing since about midnight. Another approx 3 inches has fallen in this time, on top of what we already had.

Yes amazing isn't over 12 hours of continuous snowfall though light most of the time, going to be a great night tonight for walking in the countryside should be thicker snow and colder out in the sticks.

[Nick L]

Radar is up the shoot again me thinks, either that or something extremely unlucky is happening!

http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi-bin/subs/hiradarzoomv42.pl?map=;xtime=15:10;sx=0;sy=0;xw=64;yw=64;places=0;sharp=a;postcode=WS11%209WS;pcz=y;actime=;prec=;scale=alt;sferics=0;metar=;sess=1d3d228139d5ba6d5119c67af0427434

http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi-bin/subs/hiradarzoomv42.pl?map=;xtime=16:05;sx=0;sy=0;xw=64;yw=64;places=0;sharp=a;postcode=WS11%209WS;pcz=y;actime=;prec=;scale=alt;sferics=0;metar=;sess=1d3d228139d5ba6d5119c67af0427434

Seems to be breaking up at the same point!

[Snowmoon]

Not big flakes, but we're having the heaviest snow here at present since overnight. Hardly anything on the radar to account for it, so it just goes to show you can't go entirely by the radar with regard to snowfall.

Edited January 13, 2010 by Snowmoon

[kev238]

Interesting day here in Nottingham. Freezing drizzle left a sheen of ice across most surfaces- especially treacherous around the hillier Northern and Eastern sides of the city.

Now light snow has been falling for the past couple of hours-- beginning to lay I guess. Peanuts compared to other parts of the country but nice to see nonetheless!!

[Costa Del Fal]

Not big flakes, but we're having the heaviest snow here at present since overnight. Hardly anything on the radar to account for it, so it just goes to show you can't go entirely by the radar with regard to snowfall.

Thats interesting as nothing really shows on the radar there!

[loopydreamer]

its stopping now

[Nick L]

I think that will be my lot for today now, doesn't look like anything else is on the way now, excellent day though. Roads will be a nightmare in the morning.

[adi1477]

flakes are getting slightly smaller here but they are whizzing down! im afraid we are near the end now!

all over me now thinks but never say never!!!! its stil snowin in glous at mo. but sadley not here at all

[loopydreamer]

all over me now thinks but never say never!!!! its stil snowin in glous at mo. but sadley not here at all

[cold stoke]

Should see a marked increase in snowfall in the next 20-30min. There is a larger and heavier band to my NW which looks to either hit Stoke dead on, or just pass to the east of that area. Hopefully some further intensification before this band arrives here, as this will most likely be the end of it for a good while.

light snow here in stoke no heavy stuff

[Nick L]

light snow here in stoke no heavy stuff

Yeah it pretty much died out when it reached the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, stopped looking at the radar about half an hour ago though so it might have changed, but I would be surprised if we got anything else tonight.