West Midlands Regional Discussion 20/01/13 18z ------>

[we_want_snow]

Anything likely for Shrewsbury?

[Shezale coventry]

Any chance of a snowy break down over the weekend would love for once a cold spell to go out with a bang!!

[fourseasons]

Nothing so far. Looks like we'll have to wait for the heavier bands to arrive

Bish

Looks like we'll just miss out on this heavy band..

[wednesburybaz]

cant see this being a west mids event looking at angle of attack or maybe ive misread it

[Bolton67]

Green blob over me, nowt falling though, same old, same old.

[Cornflake Girl]

Just started snowing here in south Worcestershire

So it has - thanks for making me aware!

[Bishop Brennan]

Green blob over me, nowt falling though, same old, same old.

Serves you right, for bringing back bad Villa memories from the past!

Righto, I'm off to watch the first hour or so of the match - I'll be back once the game is abandoned due to blizzard conditions at Villa Park......

Bish

[Snowmoon]

You're further south down the Malverns aren't you, Snowmoon? I"m at the North end, nothing here yet!

No, Barbmac, I'm at the north end as well.

It's been snowing quite heavily here for a while but I think it's quite wet snow because, although it's settling readily on cars and the already lying snow from the other day, it isn't making much impression on the ruts that car wheels have taken out of the snow in the road or on any clear ground.

Despite it being widespread across southern England and south Wales now, the latest BBC forecast I've seen (7.30) shows the precip fading away quite quickly and becoming confined to the West Mids. I'm having a struggle buying that though looking at the extent of what the radar's showing now. Still, what do I know?!

[Ian Brown]

Not sure how much the band will maintain its intensity but looks fairly interesting for those away from N Shrops and Mid-North Staffs.

[Nigel Langton]

Hope they do something about the roads! Lethal this morning! Very nasty accident on Birmingham road in Stourbridge, air ambulance job, 2 hours on number 9 into Birmingham this morning, ridiculous

[Snowmoon]

Anything likely for Shrewsbury?

It may well reach you, looking at it's current rate of progress, as long as it doesn't stall or fizzle out.

[Staffordshire]

apart from the snow i hope by 10pm i will be able to come here and say i can get my tickets to the cup finals 2-1 to villa.

2-1 wont get villa there! cmon villans!

[Snowmoon]

So it has - thanks for making me aware!

Pay attention at the back there!

[shaky]

Its so close to leicester!

[Nigel Langton]

Sunday is drove down the A41 in South Birmingham towards Warwick, as soon as i crossed the m42 into Warwickshire the roads went from treacherous to clear. Today I drove from se brum to cov down the a45. Again treacherous roads in brum. Cross the m42 and the roads where clear of slush and ice. I could only drive 20-30 mph in brum. Upto 60 mph outside brum. Joke.

[MarkT]

Few flakes starting to fall here now...

[weather_it_will]

Meto just updated my location with heavy snow for 9pm and the snow is starting to pick up now as changed from blue to green out of nowhere.

Snowing good now as flakes getting bigger.

[Gord]

Think our Met Office and online BBC forecasts are about to very wrong!

[Snowmoon]

The yellow patches in the NW radar image below, just to the south-west of Tewkesbury, could come to Malvern and give us what should be the heaviest period of snow so far this winter!

Edited January 22, 2013 by Snowmoon

[Cornflake Girl]

The yellow patches in the NW radar image below, just to the south-west of Tewkesbury, could come to Malvern and give us what should be the heaviest period of snow so far this winter!

Exciting!

[Bolton67]

Think our Met Office and online BBC forecasts are about to very wrong!

What's the Met and BBC got you down for?

[German John]

Snow just started here/

[Gord]

Both have us overcast throughout the night. BBC has light snow from 1pm tomorrow but nothing before then. I mean, they might still be right as it's only light stuff approaching and it might not even reach the ground.

[picog]

The yellow patches in the NW radar image below, just to the south-west of Tewkesbury, could come to Malvern and give us what should be the heaviest period of snow so far this winter!

I like the look of that! Thanks for sharing with us!

[Gustywind]

Thanks John, so looks like the northern most band is now producing snow, it certainly has intensified since passing over warwickshire.