The Midlands Regional Discussion 13/01/13 --------->

[Staffordshire]

We'll get snow out of the second front.. trust me.

my thinking... the quicker we can get this first front out the way the better our chance

[SL7]

Nothing at all in Leicester!

[Costa Del Fal]

covering here, tomorrow is rain all the way for west of midlands, and then rain later through cheshire Gap, at least dry tue to fri

Negativity at its best in the light of such uncertainty.

[Nigel Langton]

Front stalling and slow moving so who knows may get an inch

[Gord]

Negativity at its best in the light of such uncertainty.

Good to see you looking in. You're not missing much by the way, hardly 18th Dec 2010 out there right now! Nice dusting though.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Gord

[TonyH]

Light snow on the Bablake cam:

http://bws.users.netlink.co.uk/

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Negativity at its best in the light of such uncertainty.

That is not negative, every single forecast, model, dew points etc all suggest pure rain, and T12 not really FI

[cyclonic happiness]

Good to see you looking in. You're not missing much by the way, hardly 18th Dec 2010 out there right now!

Why, what happened on the 18th dec 2010?

[Bishop Brennan]

Snowing very lightly in Knowle now

Bish

Why, what happened on the 18th dec 2010?

Snowmageddon for some parts of the region, including here very memorably. Great snow event, but very localised.

Bish

[beccaboo]

Just been outside to try and find the cat, and.....................nothing here yet, not even the cat, not quite cold enough for her to want to come in yet then! Still watching my lampost

[dvdfjojo]

it's snowing here? have you checked your lamp post?

It's just started - very very lightly. Yay, it's snowing :-)

[Gord]

Why, what happened on the 18th dec 2010?

Heatwave

[snow freak]

Nothing in Northampton so far and according to the bbc forecast not likely to get much, if anything tomorrow either. what a complete let down

[cyclonic happiness]

That is not negative, every single forecast, model, dew points etc all suggest pure rain, and T12 not really FI

Why has the met office issued warning not so long ago if it were certain that it's not going to snow tomorrow?

[hammy]

light snow here in rubery near the lickey hills

sugar dusting makes everything look a lot better!

[azores92]

That is not negative, every single forecast, model, dew points etc all suggest pure rain, and T12 not really FI

we can't write off the rest of the week though mark. anyway, there are fine lines in dew points as we all know. tomorrows a different day and the warm sector may be much further west.

[andy_leics22]

Leicester snow shield is working on full power right now! Snowing in Warwickshire (south of here), snowing in Stoke (North West of here) and snowing in Birmingham (West of here) but i've not even seen a flake here yet this evening!

[kiddydaz]

Been snowing for atleast an hour in Kidderminster. Started to really pep up last 20 mins. If its snowing in Kiddy there is hope for everyone !!

[PolarWarsaw]

Turned into a misty snizzle. Poor this.

[Stationary Front]

Very light snow in Balsall Common (west of Coventry)

[snow freak]

Can someone please enlighten me as to why, when we have SSW and a -NAO, we still get marginal snow events, which means likely rain/sleet? If we can't get snow when these systems are in place, when can we? Also it puzzles me that although we are on the gulf stream, the seas around us tend to get the snow, whereas the UK itself gets rain. Surely the waters around us are even warmer than the island, so why do they get snow and we get rain. They are in the gulf stream too!!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Why has the met office issued warning not so long ago if it were certain that it's not going to snow tomorrow?

For my location that warning is for ice, snow for East midlands

[TonyH]

Country file only use charts up to Friday just gone, so don't write off this week just yet

Really? To me they use the very latest charts as they are MO employees.

[smethwickgg102]

Light snow in Wilnecote :-)

[Bolton67]

Noticed a few reports from Members in the East Mids saying '' nothing yet'' well same here in this part of the East MIds. could be the precip we are seeing is evaporating before it hits ground level, a good sign that it's hitting colder air, this could mean that any later precip could intensify.