Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[Serendipity]

Yes could be VERY impressive in some areas I feel. It is INCREDIBLY wet here though so despite heavy snow, it's only beginning to settle very slightly on the lawn and plant pots, nowhere else at all and of course, getting wetter and wetter on the ground all the time.

[Phil UK]

Maybe a multi-cellular thundersnow massive storm? Please?

Ony ever seen thundersnow once. Unlike last Feb when much of the SE had PLENTY OF IT!!

Here's hoping.

Oh and here's a link to that BBC reporter event when thundersnow happened I can't remember where, but somewhere in the south east...

Phil.

[snowmadchrisuk]

Is it falling as Snow yet , or mainly rain ? There is a very thin line of Snow extending across the Midlands on the Netweather radar , but mainly showing as rain apart from SE Wales.

Edited February 18, 2010 by snowmadchrisuk

[Tom D]

Ony ever seen thundersnow once. Unlike last Feb when much of the SE had PLENTY OF IT!!

Here's hoping.

Oh and here's a link to that BBC reporter event when thundersnow happened I can't remember where, but somewhere in the south east...

Phil.

It says Kent on the video description

[locneverstop]

Ony ever seen thundersnow once. Unlike last Feb when much of the SE had PLENTY OF IT!!

Here's hoping.

Oh and here's a link to that BBC reporter event when thundersnow happened I can't remember where, but somewhere in the south east...

Phil.

Was watching that only the other day. Quite out of the blue! Would love to see that, especially at night as in the video.

Edited February 18, 2010 by locneverstop

[Serendipity]

Is it falling as Snow yet , or mainly rain ? There is a very thin line of Snow extending across the Midlands on the Netweather radar , but mainly showing as rain apart from SE Wales.

Defintitely snow but not settling, just making everywhere very wet!

[Costa Del Fal]

Advisory out for next Monday already!

[A.J]

A few flakes blowing around in the wind here (Penkridge, Staffs) ...Its debatable whether or not 'the main course' will make it here or not, but it'll be damn close either way!

[Eugene]

lol why are you lot panicking its supposed to start as rain/wet snow then turn to snow later, patience grasshoppers

[Geordiesnow]

I think patience is required by some on this thread, i think it will be more than just a wet snow event(not sure why IB was so quick critisizing the MO about there warnings when it has just started) and some places could see quite a bit of snowfall today. The main action is not suppose to start around this afternoon/evening time so it would seem things are on track.

Some places could see 10CM but in general 2-5CM(and probably a bit more) is easily possible.

[Serendipity]

We have the most ENORMOUS flakes falling here!

[Higher Ground]

Hmmm judging by the radar we will literally get 5x as much snow here if the "streamer" edges just 5 miles to the east. Thought it would have done by now, but hasn't........

Anyway still too early to tell - may all expand so everyone gets a lot (both west and east), who knows.

[Phil UK]

I'd love to see lightning at night, period! Last time I saw anything like that was back in July 1994.

There was another occasion in May 2005 but dopey me slept through the lot. High level cumulonimbus giving off loads of intracloud lightning. Ironically my younger Brother said to me the next morning... "Did you see all that lightning last night?"

I could have killed the git for not waking me up at the time. That said, I was not expecting anything like that. (But he could have woke me up the git)!

Anyway, I digress. Still quiet up here in Solihull. Temp still at 2ºc , DP 0º and humidity at 87%

Phil.

[Costa Del Fal]

Few flakes here now i think.

[chapmanraven]

I'm trying to be patient.....I'm resisting the urge to get up every 2 mins to look out of the window.....honest.

Its grey cloud but my sensors reading 4c I'm willing it to drop.

[azores92]

Few flakes here now i think.

same here, just the odd one. bring it on :lol:

[Hailsowen]

Dew Point plummeted down to -1.1C.

Even though radar says there was something in the air 15 minutes ago, it's not the case yet.

[Phil UK]

This lot is DEFINITALEY intensifying. Check the 11:30am METO radar!

As Harry Hill would say... Cold air v mild... FIIIIIIIGGGGHHHTTT!!

Phil.

[azores92]

getting ever more persistant now, gonna take a fair punch to settle though, looks quite wet snow in nature.

[chapmanraven]

Is the front moving faster that it was predicted to, I thought this was to be a late afternoon evening event?

[azores92]

Is the front moving faster that it was predicted to, I thought this was to be a late afternoon evening event?

i really dont have high hopes for this settling it has to be said, i think a few hours of precip is most likely, starting to dissipate late afternoon/early evening.

[kar999]

Advisory out for next Monday already!

I think the word "already" gives it away. We've had advisorys out for the Midlands a few time recently and all I've seen is a few limp wet flakes of sleet!

Monday is FI in this current set-up.

Edit: Today.. or more this evening, is hopefully a different story.

Edited February 18, 2010 by kar999

[Higher Ground]

It got moderately heavy here, now gone very light again, so the main intense part of band still not here yet - therefore will be a while yet before it gets to central Brum etc...

(Assuming there is more intense snow still to come? Sky looks a fair bit lighter to the S again )

[Serendipity]

It is nice to look at but we have so much water on the ground now, it's just getting wetter... and wetter... and wetter.

It gets to being really fat flakes in heavy bursts and then back to smaller snizzle - right now it's back to sleet.

Now rain again...

Edited February 18, 2010 by Serendipity

[chapmanraven]

i really dont have high hopes for this settling it has to be said, i think a few hours of precip is most likely, starting to dissipate late afternoon/early evening.

The temp here is certainly on the wrong side of marginal even though the dew point is -1c (according to the weather channel). Still I'm always wrong in my predictions for weather so...I'm saying it will be wet snow that won't settle....lets hope that true to form I'm very very wrong.