The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 5

[Arctic Hare]

As requested

NMM model snapshots as of 1900 hours....PPN type, T850's and Dew points

Freezing rain shown for here, I see... I wonder. Rain has stopped, and it's now dry. 0.8 °C.

[PolarWarsaw]

Turned from freezing rain to pure hailstoney-ice pellets now. Is the big chunk of PPN to the north sea what we're looking to pivot and stay over us throughout the night?

[JonMillar]

Finally doing something of note in Nottingham. Small flakes though, but beginning to settle on cold ground next to lying snow.

Question is will that band to the east come on a direct southwest track from where it is at present or will it track further south first and go underneath Nottingham.

[mother nature rocks]

Travelling from Worcester to bham airport in just over an hour...that should be an interesting journey if the mods are correct

[JonMillar]

Finally doing something of note in Nottingham. Small flakes though, but beginning to settle on cold ground next to lying snow.

Question is will that band to the east come on a direct southwest track from where it is at present or will it track further south first and go underneath Nottingham.

Edit- and all of a sudden the roofs are coated (happened in about 5 mins flat)

Edited February 9, 2012 by JonMillar

[the lad sharp]

Frozen rain falling now in Hartshill. Hopefully will turn to snow as (if) it intensifies

[andy_leics22]

Nothing here. In fact getting brighter.

Mind you I am looking south

You are near Western Park? Whereabouts? My Girlfriend lives just off Park Rise!

Edited February 9, 2012 by andy_leics22

[Potent Gust]

Still dry here at the moment.

[Polar Low]

Turned from freezing rain to pure hailstoney-ice pellets now. Is the big chunk of PPN to the north sea what we're looking to pivot and stay over us throughout the night?

Yes, and it's expected to clear through in the early hours, perhaps 3-4am.

[PolarWarsaw]

Lets hope it stalls and stays for longer or is heavier then as its looking very wet outside now.

[dvdfjojo]

Radar has had greens and even yellows over my postcode over the past two hours but not a flake so far, it really is like a proper snowshield as it's falling south of me once it's gone over :-) How weird, I know there's usually loads of anaprop in cold situations but I've never known this.

[Garfmort]

You are near Western Park? Whereabouts? My Girlfriend lives just off Park Rise!

I'm on Hinckley Road near Eco House.

[andy_leics22]

Radar has had greens and even yellows over my postcode over the past two hours but not a flake so far, it really is like a proper snowshield as it's falling south of me once it's gone over :-) How weird, I know there's usually loads of anaprop in cold situations but I've never known this.

It's been here for 4 hours now and still not a flake. According to the accumulation charts.. If all of that had reached the ground we would have about 5cm of snow now!

[Gord]

Rain coming down quite a bit heavier now....still nothing remotely wintry in it. However, temperatures can't be far from freezing which is a worry.

[BlueHedgehog074]

That's very good news. If it can turn increasingly wintry before the real heavy stuff gets here we'd be looking good! Still just light rain here.

Hopefully you should get something wintry soon, especially as those colder upper temperatures edge further West. Icy rain here started to become a bit sleetier before currently easing off (not bad really considering the upper temperatures are around 0*C/-1*C here), so hopefully another sign that colder air is spilling further West.

[Adzyy]

Cloud has thickened here, but nothing falling yet.

[Hathers]

Just rain here throughout the night according to bbc weather. Only 8hours ago we were in the firing line.

[Gord]

Hopefully you should get something wintry soon, especially as those colder upper temperatures edge further West. Icy rain here started to become a bit sleetier before currently easing off (not bad really considering the upper temperatures are around 0*C/-1*C here), so hopefully another sign that colder air is spilling further West.

Rain seems well set in now here west of Birmingham. A dissappointing start but not unexpected. Still encouraged by your reports though. It's very early days. Started off on the back foot but may not be a problem as the evening and night wears on.

Edited February 9, 2012 by Gord

[kmanmx]

Just gone and baked some bread, was hoping for some activity by the time i got back, but nope!

[wrcstarlet]

light sleet in Chesterfield, are we too far north to see any decent snowfall?

[Essan]

Sleety snow pellets on the walk home from work just now

[fourseasons]

On the radar, precipitation just a little to the north, west and south west of us, But nothing here yet.

Edited February 9, 2012 by fourseasons

[A.J]

just had a look at the NW Radar T850 overlay, and if it is to be believed, then it's bad news for all of the west midlands currently as the milder uppers are encroaching even further eastwards...the T850 Oc boundary is now to the east of Birmingham, going against the model outputs from last night and this morning. That in itself is bad news for West Midlands folk, but this really is a nowcast situation, things can change rapidly and some members will see these rapid changes...Whether the changes are good or bad, only time will tell

[Costa Del Fal]

Rain coming down quite a bit heavier now....still nothing remotely wintry in it. However, temperatures can't be far from freezing which is a worry.

Our dewpoint is -1.6c!!! Not seen rain at this DP before but shows how the upper air is too warm. However if its sleeting in Birmingham then surely it cant be far away here as things push west.

Ground seems slightly slippery here. Nothing major but rain seems to be freezing a touch.

Edited February 9, 2012 by Blizzards

[Ryan05]

Definitely snow falling consistantly now in Nottingham, not big flakes but settling on roofs etc