Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

[Hailsowen]

I still think it looks an hour ahead of it's time. Perhaps that's a good thing, as temps will be low enough for it to start with.

[Arctic Hare]

Now snowing here in Bewdley. Very light and teeny tiny flakes, but lamp-post watch has done the trick. Temp -0.6°C.

[smethwickgg102]

Light snow here at present, must go to bed I'm off to Bristol in a few hours!!!!!

[Hailsowen]

Snowing in Halesowen. Temporature's shot up to -2C, but it's still making that magic instant settle effect.

S.F.1

[Arctic Hare]

A balmy -0.3°C here in Bewdley, but like with others it's settling instantly, so we now have a nice white dusting on the roads again.

[Hailsowen]

Say, all this is arriving quite alot earlier than forecast. So much for the reliability short-term forecasting then...

Also, I'd think that there's more chance of the classic large flakes this time around as there's heavier precip with lower temps. The winning mix, of course.

EDIT:

It's a blizzard out there, Jeff!

I usually find the "night watch" horrible, especially on a weekend, but this has made it all different. Watching the Winter Olympics and this just outside is fantastic.

EDIT 2:

Just Head&Shoulders out there now. But that heavy spell shot here gave an inch in an hour and shot here straight up to S.F.7.

Also, Stourbridge Road is absolutely covered. Doesn't happen often, but when it does it shows how heavy this is.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Hailsowen

[shaky]

sky has gone nyc and orange n leicester.can anybody from the west midlands fill me in as i c the snow band has reached there.

[Hailsowen]

sky has gone nyc and orange n leicester.can anybody from the west midlands fill me in as i c the snow band has reached there.

Just one phrase: It is very very very heavy. I could class it even higher than "Very Heavy Snow" here right now. Perhaps close to extremely heavy. If this carried on for a hour it would be feet of snow. A tyre track made no less than a minute ago has simply vanished.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Hailsowen

[tom_f123]

Steady snow falling here, good couple of cms on the ground.

[shaky]

Just one phrase: It is very very very heavy. I could class it even higher than "Very Heavy Snow" here right now. Perhaps close to extremely heavy. If this carried on for a hour it would be feet of snow. A tyre track made no less than a minute ago has simply vanished.

wohooo!!shiuld be here any minute then.hoping for at least 5cm.current temp -1

[Costa Del Fal]

If it was windy it would be a true Blizzard right now. Large flakes. Excellent. Meto mentioning risk of travel disruption on Monday and the outlook remains the chance of snow.

[Hailsowen]

Back to ol' Head&Shoulders. I don't care what happens now, I've had my lot for winter.

[Arctic Hare]

Absolutely chucked it down a little while ago, with big flakes, but now back to the teeny tiny stuff. Radar suggests no more serious snow now, so nowhere near Dec 2000 levels (the best "band from the west" snow I can remember here) but I don't mind. Everything looks white again - well, orange - and all's right with the world.

[SteveElbows]

Still in the early dusting stages here, heavier stuff due to hit me soon, though it looks like I might not get the heaviest stuff that some others have gotten, time will tell.

[Costa Del Fal]

HUGE Flakes right now! Brilliant!

[SteveElbows]

Yay the fakes I just saw here are monsters too.

[Hailsowen]

HUGE Flakes right now! Brilliant!

Same here again.

Nothing like the "crisis-level" snow earlier. The lampost was almost invisible! Couldn't see across the road at all...

Edited February 21, 2010 by Hailsowen

[Costa Del Fal]

Same here again.

Nothing like the "crisis-level" snow earlier. The lampost was almost invisible!

Ours was worse here this time. Could barely see the other side of the road briefly!

Edited February 21, 2010 by Blizzards

[marksp]

Hooray,just started here now, 4.53am god what am i doing up at this time. temps -2.7 and snow flakes are quite large, falling on to solid frozen ground instant white covering, best way for snowfall to happen. As i type it just gets heavier.

[Hailsowen]

It's been a nice night, hasn't it? Although it's leaving us now and retreating over to the east. Roll on the next front.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Hailsowen

[Costa Del Fal]

Ours was worse here this time. Could barely see the other side of the road briefly!

Now very small flakes.

Should start easing off with perhaps a few snow showers a little later. Very nice watch indeed.

[marksp]

sure has been a nice morning, looks like i've got plenty more snow to come. I think rugby training at 10.00am will be cancelled. To be replaced by sledging

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[Hailsowen]

4 Inches is the magic number over here. Maybe take more than a few hours of the february sun to melt...

Meanwhile, support growing in strength for an event tommorrow.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Hailsowen

[Costa Del Fal]

Big flakes again. Radar suggests it would be light now.

EDIT: Radar suggests its developing on the back edge. More showery stuff behind too.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Blizzards

[ISAAC]

Absolate whiteout here in stoke. Could pan out to be one of the best of this winter. Easily 10cm around these ends!

Absolate whiteout here in stoke. Could pan out to be one of the best of this winter. Easily 10cm around these ends!