The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 8

[Costa Del Fal]

Whilst there is a fair bit fo cloud, its not 100% like most days unlike Telford and the sun peeks through now and again and it is fairly pleasant.

Edited May 6, 2012 by Blizzards

[Snowy Easterly]

well where was this frost, i was waiting all week for it, so i didn't put my crops out, when it turns out i could of, typical

a bit milder today up to 10c wow

[BlueHedgehog074]

So this explains everything: ;-) ( see the pic for the reason why Telford is always cloudy. ). I just hope that shield can be sorted because I know how the people in North-West Shropshire feel.

[conor123]

Weve actually just had 15 minutes of pleasant sunshine which was very nice indeed. Edited May 6, 2012 by conor123

[BlueHedgehog074]

Yey, looks like the local Telford authorities are trying to do something about that shield already. :lol:

[Eugene]

Really says something about how bad the weather has been when people say today is warm, it feels freezing with dewpoints of -2C, even though it stayed cloudy all night temps still got down to 3C which for May under overcast skies is very cold indeed, usually you need clear skies for 3C at night in May.

I see the plume has gone for end of the week also, could be extremely wet mid week, i think the weather will remain cool either westerly or northerly for the rest of May with only brief HP ridges.

Edited May 6, 2012 by Eugene

[BlueHedgehog074]

Gone for a walk while the Solihull Sun Shield is weak. ;-) Feeling a bit more warmer than I thought, although it was a little bit cold when I first started to walk.

[TonyH]

Felt quite warm in the sun here today although I did wear my jumper on my constitutional just now.

Edited May 6, 2012 by TonyH

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Thursday is looking like an absolute washout for the W midlands, rather unusual for meto to issue an advisory this far out? GFS also gives a grim outlook for thursday

[BlueHedgehog074]

Just got back from my walk and surprised to find on the local Met Office report that it was only 9.2*C. Honestly thought it felt more like 12*C or something. Though I suppose even 9.2*C can feel pleasant in the sun, despite their being quite a lot of cloud around, too, so I kinda concur with what TonyH said.

Edit: Also had a very quick look on the GFS for Thursay and indeed it looks like the weather is going to be very disturbed on that day with that stretchy Low Pressure system over us.

Edited May 6, 2012 by Rainbow Snow

[conor123]

Thursday is looking like an absolute washout for the W midlands, rather unusual for meto to issue an advisory this far out? GFS also gives a grim outlook for thursday

Indeed and yet AGAIN washout by day, it seems like its compulsory for these weather fronts to give depressing washout days followed by dry often clear nights, tommorow for example to.

Edited May 6, 2012 by conor123

[Ian Ballinger]

Wasn't today supposed to be a washout

[Terminal Moraine]

Wasn't today supposed to be a washout

I was thinking the same myself. The rainfall for the Midlands seems to have been much exaggerated; there seems to be very little moving north east from Wales and what there is of it has split in half leaving me staring at a wide, dry gap.

[skyblusam]

Hope the rain missis me today got to go and help a mate stone his front garden. Looking at the radar looks like i might just get lucky

Edited May 7, 2012 by skyblusam

[cyclonic happiness]

We're just getting the very northern tip of the southern half of the band here atm.

Shouldn't last long and then hopefully the sun'll come out and it'll be 70'f and a perfcet end to the day (well maybe not the 70'f bit)

[cyclonic happiness]

Yay! the sun's come out! *does a little dance*

[Costa Del Fal]

Yes barely anything on the front. Just a few spots here. Now just the low - moderate risk of some showers, maybe thundery.

[syed2878]

I thought today was gona be a washout too. When i checked the weather we suppose to be raining with heavy showers in the afternoon.

[conor123]

Yep hardly any rainfall but no surprise that the 100% overcast skies never fail to come off :lol:

[Costa Del Fal]

Which front, Blizzards?

Hasnt an Occluded front just passed over???

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_latest_pressure.html

[BlueHedgehog074]

Anti-sunny skies here at the moment with a bit of rain falling. Looking at the radar, does look like not all that much rain fell in places.

[Terminal Moraine]

It is raining here now but nowhere near heavy enough to satisfy my pluvial cravings, nor will it last long enough either.

C'est la vie.

[picog]

The radar blobs that have appeared off the SW may bring more rain to us later?

[A.J]

there's nothing quite like a good old fashioned West Midlands washout, you know, the kind of washout that provides a 3 drops of rain deluge

[A.J]

Well, yes, part of the frontal boundary has occluded but we still have a part of the waving CF trailing to the SW, which is likely to bring further rain, potentially heavy, later on today. With a slight risk of thunderstorms developing within the warm sector, I should add.

Get in my son, I'll have a bit of that!