The Midlands Regional Winter Discussion

[Costa Del Fal]

Very dense fog here...but it's arrival seems to have melted the frost that started to form.

Sadly not cold enough uppers for any snizzle.

[Costa Del Fal]

Excellent 18z for the weekend thus far. If thats right, even I in Penryn, near Falmouth at 100m ASL may even see a few flakes!

[Staffordshire]

no fog here -1.1°C now, lowest temp since Dec 13th

seriously? I have very dense fog here and have done for a large part of the day! Obviously it is patchy though!

[Costa Del Fal]

Sadly the rest of the 18z is rubbish but lots of disagreements and the GFS is still on its own. Cant be dismissed though.

Still, snow looking quite odds on for at least the Central Midlands Southwards this weekend but probably some for the North Mids to keep the moaners happy there too.

Edited January 9, 2013 by Blizzards

[picog]

No fog here near Ludlow. Temp a chilly -5.1C. Lovely! Looking forward to some snow now!

[tom_f123]

Crazy the difference between the GFS and pretty much every other model atm.

GFS says return to mild zonal SW's by Tuesday/wednesday next week, ECM has us in the freezer.

Saturdays snow risk seems to be moving a little south each run. Hopefully we all see some.

[Shezale coventry]

Looks like the low will slip further south on sat/sun so dont think anything will happen in terms of snowfall in our region. Will we ever get s snow event deary meee

[cyclonic happiness]

As I said yesterday, it's bound to move south, it ALWAYS misses the Coventry area just like 2010, we're still paying for the great Midlands blizzard of 1990 2 1/2 foot of snow over night!

[Stour7]

Well minus -1.2 here last night, according to the netweather forecast for my postcode on Saturday it will snow Most the day heaviest in the afternoon, rainfall total just over 1cm, how much snow could that be???

[jimben]

Surprisingly no air frost last night here in rural Northants. Min temp of 0.1c was foggy and misty at times but now lifted to general murkiness. Fingers crossed for a bit of the white stuff over the weekend and maybe Monday.

[cyclonic happiness]

Well minus -1.2 here last night, according to the netweather forecast for my postcode on Saturday it will snow Most the day heaviest in the afternoon, rainfall total just over 1cm, how much snow could that be???

1cm of rain would be 10cm of snow ;-D

[conor123]

Well i've admitted defeat now regarding Saturday's snow, just gotta pray that for once this winter the GFS isn't right and we get something more like the ECM for next week.

[Essan]

Warnings now out for the SW MIdlands - basically Glos, Worcs, Here and Shrop but with the caveat that other parts of the Midlands may also be affected. And an inch or two of snow to low level

[cyclonic happiness]

Well i've admitted defeat now regarding Saturday's snow, just gotta pray that for once this winter the GFS isn't right and we get something more like the ECM for next week.

Well, we're used to dissapointment here aren't we, nothing every seems to go our way.

I'm sort of getting fed up with the whole weather scene, all the variety has completely gone nowadays, all we're left with is cloud and rain or just drought and cloudy, no storms, no snow, no big freezes, no heat waves....just bland boring crap!

[Turnedoutniceagain]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/em/em_forecast_warnings.html?day=3

METO Level 2 warnings out for Saturday

[Adzyy]

As per, any symbol of snow for Rugby has now shockingly been replaced with cloud...

[conor123]

A chilly 0.6c here at the moment, the fog refusing to lift.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

A chilly 0.6c here at the moment, the fog refusing to lift.

Same here, stuck at 0c all day - pea-souper in Hellidon !!

[Stour7]

As always I think it will go right to the wire, as usual, 50 miles either way will make a huge difference as always :-/

[ANYWEATHER]

Yes a Rain to Snow case scenario looks likely for Worcestershire and surrounding counties by Saturday and Im sure low levels will too get falling and settling snow. If nothing else from the gfs confusing output the last few days its been pretty firm in its idea with this scenario.....

Edited January 10, 2013 by ANYWEATHER

[conor123]

Sorry guys as suspected Saturday's low even further south on Saturday, barely even scrapes the south of the region now.

Best hope is for Sundays low to end up further east before milder air takes over Monday

[Staffordshire]

Sorry guys as suspected Saturday's low even further south on Saturday, barely even scrapes the south of the region now.

Best hope is for Sundays low to end up further east before milder air takes over Monday

are you watching the same gfs as me?! much better synoptics for an overall colder theme early in this run. yes may not be as good for satarday but would you rather a 10cm max snowfall or a couple of weeks of cold and snow? definately trending towards ecm/ukmo, slowly but surely and i expect another upgrade on the 18z Edited January 10, 2013 by Staffordshire

[cyclonic happiness]

are you watching the same gfs as me?! much better synoptics for an overall colder theme early in this run. yes may not be as good for satarday but would you rather a 10cm max snowfall or a couple of weeks of cold and snow? definately trending towards ecm/ukmo, slowly but surely and i expect another upgrade on the 18z

I'd rather a couple of days of snow, then spring now :-D

[Staffordshire]

I'd rather a couple of days of snow, then spring now :-D

then you want the block to be more southerly so the low isnt deflected south and east, ahh well only time will tell!

[Barbmac]

We appear to be having a mild day in West Malvern compared to some of you... but we are at elevation. A balmy 3.4^oC currently. Foggy all day, though. Looking forward to some snow on Saturday! Fingers crossed.