West Midlands Regional Discussion 18/01/13 14z ------>

[nobble]

One of the best surprise snow events ever yesterday , we may get a couple of cm,s if lucky but now 7cm of fresh snow and counting. -1.5 and now wind is increasing . Possibly 6-7 more hours of this

[Gord]

BBC has that going miles north, just watched it

Could well do, but I wouldn't assume just off a BBC forecast right now. Radar watching is the best forecast there is for how this ends.

[Aamar Farouq]

Still Snowing here 7cm almost of todays falls

For Birmingham School Closures:

http://disruption.birmingham.gov.uk/

[nats]

Hhmmmm I don't think we've seen the end of the snow today just yet, not looking at the radar

[fourseasons]

Snow only started settling on the main roads towards the late afternoon, it may have very briefly turned a little sleety in the afternoon. However, its snowing quite heavily now and it appears from the radar that there may be a lot more to come this evening ...

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Could well do, but I wouldn't assume just off a BBC forecast right now. Radar watching is the best forecast there is for how this ends.

See what you mean, Andy mentioned it as well in E midlands thread, bbc does still give me 6 hours of snow

[fourseasons]

See what you mean, Andy mentioned it as well in E midlands thread, bbc does still give me 6 hours of snow

Bbc gives us snow until 3am.

[nats]

Might have to pop in the east mids thread I think, radar looks like they may be getting some quite heavy snow soon?

[Soma]

After snizzle all day here it's still coming down but now the sun has set its starting to settle on roads and cars

[cyclonic happiness]

Bit of swearing so be warned :-D

[Wadey]

Is the wind blowing east to west at the moment ?

[Stour7]

Mmm, looking at the radar it doesn't seem to be able to get north, it seems to hit a wall then slides off west, which is good for us, an interesting few hours of radar watching to come.....

[Lukey]

Still Snowing here 7cm almost of todays falls

For Birmingham School Closures:

http://disruption.birmingham.gov.uk/

Lots of schools closed in Birmingham! Mine included, my students are probably jumping for joy.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

After snizzle all day here it's still coming down but now the sun has set its starting to settle on roads and cars

still snizzle here, pellett type snow

[Steewee]

Nothing in stoke since all the light stuff earlier Still have a decent covering.

I have to travel to Banbury area tomorrow - down the M6 and then on the M40. What are the places like in between?

[we_want_snow]

And still it snows in Shrewsbury

Light and snizzly atm but that's 8 hours snow of sorts non stop

[German John]

Central weather dry morning then sleety showers from the west tomorrow, temps at 0 to 1c, UGH ??

Still light snow here.

[syed2878]

as a guess i would say we had about 5-6cm added since this morning. Anymore on way guys for brum? How r the 12z's looking?

[The Wolf]

Just been watching the Spurs- Man Utd game and it is bucketing it down with

snow there.

[mr benn]

Whats the prediction for the next few days in the South & Central Birminham area ?

BBC saying snow early morning tomorrow, but now saying no snow Tuesday ?

[Wadey]

Just been watching the Spurs- Man Utd game and it is bucketing it down with

snow there.

Could that make it's way up to us eventually ?

[Luke]

Latest radar shows the area of light precip over me for ages has suddenly intensified

[nats]

Latest radar shows the area of light precip over me for ages has suddenly intensified

Someone I know pedmore has just said its bucketing down there

[German John]

Wind must be ESE as this front is just moving at a snail pace north. We could still get 6 more hours out of this, if it does not fizzle out.

Edited January 20, 2013 by German John

[fiftytwodegreesnorth]

Looks like the band is intensifying to the south west of Bham. Would expect places in Worcestershire are currently seeing heavy falls. But the radar showed some signs of this shifting north wards up 1745 to effect the Bham area for a few more hours yet.

The latest bbc forecast shows this band eventually progressing northwards over night.

Expect school closures now quite widely.