The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 4

[shaky]

Definite risk of heavy snow across the midlands and eastwards between 60 and 72 hours on the meto!!temps of 0 on friday and -1 the night before under heavy precipitation!!oh and upper temps of -2!!perfect!!here we go again!!

[Midlands Ice Age]

The temperature is dropping rapidly now after a few snow flurries between 15:00 - 16::00.

Temperature has already fallen to 0.8C here with cloud cover (from max of 3.2C at 15:00)

Expected to drop very rapidly now with clearing skies.

If you want to see how dry and cold the air is that is coming just pop into the London and SE thread where dp's of -10C are already being reported. Essex is reporting temps of -5 and falling very rapidly.

I've been out to put the covers on the fish ponds and also put in the poolo heater for the first time this winter!!

Wife says can she pit the extra heating on and I said NO!!!

MIA.

[conor123]

Can't see things getting as cold as forecast here unless the cloud clears, the fog however is finally gone.

Very cold today, max of 0.5c

[hollisk]

are we expecting rain or snow this weekend then?

[Matty23]

so any risk of snow in shropshire?? what are the upper temps atm are they cold enough for snow this far west in england??

[conor123]

No snow tonight or this weekend guys! a small risk Thursday Night-Friday but very marginal.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

cant see any snow friday, uppers are just above 0C, hopefully GFS still right as it keeps us dry, but meto/bbc has the front moving east with rain and mild air

tonight, cloudy so cant see where the -7C coming from

[shaky]

cant see any snow friday, uppers are just above 0C, hopefully GFS still right as it keeps us dry, but meto/bbc has the front moving east with rain and mild air

tonight, cloudy so cant see where the -7C coming from

[Bolton67]

Great looking charts Tonight..the big 3 kind of agree out to T+144.

As for snow chances? meto has me down for light snow Thursday and Friday. we all know that can change.

[Costa Del Fal]

Thursday night is a bit of a change!!! Probably will change but if the set up comes off as per predicted now then a very decent chance of some some snow across much of the Midlands imo. Mostly light snow it seems but with an Easterly feed of sorts with those low dewpoints again I wouldnt be surprised to see at least some frontal edge snowfall.

Personally I expect the front to be kept to the North and West for now but one to watch for as It may give a surprise couple of cm etc.

[Matty23]

any chance of seen some rain/snow charts of this or we to far out yet??

[Bolton67]

any chance of seen some rain/snow charts of this or we to far out yet??

Looks marginal.

Ps, took from South West thread.

[Matty23]

hmm very doubtful uppers arnt cold enuff

[Turnedoutniceagain]

-4c & plunging here

[MKN]

Very cold night coming up -10 somewhere in the midlands i think. shame we have no snow to preserve anymore, coulda done with the cold temps 48hours ago

[Costa Del Fal]

hmm very doubtful uppers arnt cold enuff

The uppers were higher than -5c last Saturday but the dewpoints are low and with an Easterly hopefully battling against this, I certainly see potential for snow.

[Costa Del Fal]

ECM has prolonged light snow - moderate for a time between Thursday night and Saturday night here.

[Matty23]

So is this front bringing mild air with it or just a cold frnt passing threw.

[leicsnow]

-1.2c here, was only -0.7 just a few minutes ago.

[fourseasons]

There may be a possible snow event on Thursday evening and Friday according to the 5 day Met Office Forecast for my area. It claims that it's going to be sleet on Thursday and Friday night but shows snow in Friday daytime. The uppers are probably quite marginal but we'll just have to see. It could get interesting though I don't think it's going to beat the snow event we had in the weekend.

In the very short time, we've got a very very cold night coming tonight and similarly the same applies to tomorrow night.

Edited February 7, 2012 by fourseasons

[Supercell]

The temperature has really started to plummet in the last hour or so. -4.1C. Cloud will be spilling in from the east though, so the minimum temperature will be recorded much earlier in the night.

[Arctic Hare]

It'll be interesting to see what the min is tonight. Here, I still just about have full snow cover in the back garden (today's max of 2.2 °C and no sun helped there -- it's a north-facing garden) though in truth it's more like a crust of frozen slush. Not that cold yet, though, at -0.3 °C.

Edited February 7, 2012 by Arctic Hare

[Barbmac]

Currently -2.0^oC and slowly falling.

[hollisk]

For the first time ever I'm going to say I need it to warm up this weekend and rain! Please. Midlands Rugby Cup Semi-final on Saturday!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

partly cloudy -1.7C, looks like cloudy tomorrow as well, still bits of snow left, so not a complete thaw, but E areas no thaw at all