The Midlands Regional Discussion 05/02/13 08z ------->

[mr benn]

Rain here in Redditch and sky looks fairly bright at the moment

[Polar Low]

Milder still Temp still rising here now + 4c . ....And wet. Wonder if the Daily Express will apologise for there ridiculouse front page yesterday ?

Going as forecast right now. Haven't seen their front page, but wet and 3-4C is what was expected at this time of day.

[MKN]

Milder still Temp still rising here now + 4c . ....And wet. Wonder if the Daily Express will apologise for there ridiculouse front page yesterday ?

Wouldn't worry yet id expect first reports of snow around 3/4 in the midlands not counting high ground

[Bolton67]

Well my local weather centre in pitsford are on a bit of a ramp not like them at all. Saying heavy and disruptive snow this evening and during the night. Monday will see the snow turn lighter. On Wednesday they return to their mild bias and are yelling heavy heavy heavy rain. Lol

[Staffordshire]

Well my local weather centre in pitsford are on a bit of a ramp not like them at all. Saying heavy and disruptive snow this evening and during the night. Monday will see the snow turn lighter. On Wednesday they return to their mild bias and are yelling heavy heavy heavy rain. Lol

it isnt a mild bias, its just the forecast, maybe an hour of frontal snow but the front is coming from NW-SE which is isnt a favoured angle and will just push past the block with no trouble

[Terminal Moraine]

A mixture of light snow and occasional drizzle here. 100% cover of 1.5 to 2cm of lying snow and thick fog. Temp' is 0.2c.

[fourseasons]

Light rain here all morning.

[snowangel32]

Starting to get a bad feeling about this one guys temp is almost 5 degrees now think its going to be all rain for me. so hope my instict is wrong.

[snow freak]

temp is around 4c and rising here in northampton....instead of falling. heavy drizzle all morning and very wet. unless the snow comes down in buckets later on I can't see this being a great event. That's if it snows at all.

[stormyskys]

Temp rising here too from 4c to 5c in the last hour or so. Don't think there will be much snow here.

[kmanmx]

temp is around 4c and rising here in northampton....instead of falling. heavy drizzle all morning and very wet. unless the snow comes down in buckets later on I can't see this being a great event. That's if it snows at all.

Temp is only due to start falling much after 3pm.

[Rich_T]

Dull and damp here, temp rising 4C news 24 weather forcast just started, shopwed turning to snow for a short time overnight - just in time for the monday journey to work, but if ( if ) it does snow doesnt look like it wil stick around long enought o enjoy it.

[snow freak]

i hate these marginal events. why can't we ever get definate set ups with countrywide snow forecast. It's not even as if we're a huge country, i mean its only around 300 miles wide and we still get such huge differences in precipitation amounts and types. Just a pity we don't have an alpine range in the middle of the country... and I mean something along the lines of 5000ft upwards. The ice age didn'd leave the UK with great mountain ranges did it? Even the scottish highlands are not exactly high or snowsure even in winter.

[kev238]

Got a new Oregon weather station so first official report:

Temp 4.3 degrees

Rainfall.. 1 mm today so far

Pressure 990 mb

Don't think much will stick or settle here in centre of notts... Prob some falling snow after dark!

[weatherguy]

Temp here has finally stopped rising, stabilised at 4.1C

[roymeboy]

Even milder now +4.4c.....bring back the old days when a Cold spell really was a cold spell..lol

[Polar Low]

Even milder now +4.4c.....bring back the old days when a Cold spell really was a cold spell..lol

It's going completely as planned, temps are where they should be for midday Sunday- as forecast.

So much misinformation in this thread.

[camperstron]

The temps are due to drop this afternoon. So far things are proceeding as forecast.

[kmanmx]

It's going completely as planned, temps are where they should be for midday Sunday- as forecast.

So much misinformation in this thread.

I'm glad someone is on the ball.

The temps are due to drop this afternoon. So far things are proceeding as forecast.

And another !

We are infact close to the point where temps start droping. Using Stormtrack.co.uk you can see that temperature increase is now down to +0.2c an hour. A while ago it was +0.4c an hour, and before that +0.8c an hour.

I think it's change to -0.Xc an hour pretty soon.

Edited February 10, 2013 by kmanmx

[Terminal Moraine]

Now raining steadily with the temp' up to 1.6c. The thick fog has thinned a little, vis' around 400 mts. Snow cover 98%

[Rich_T]

East midlands airport weather "taff" doesnt look very hopeful of you want to see snow sticking, it looks like rain to snow then back to rain again by the morning.

METAR: EGNX 101150Z 13011KT 8000 -RA SCT005 BKN009 04/03 Q0997

short-TAF: out of date (37406 hours)

long-TAF: EGNX 101101Z 1012/1112 13012KT 8000 -RA SCT005 BKN010 TEMPO 1012/1103 12018G28KT PROB30 TEMPO 1012/1015 3000 RADZ -RASN BKN005 BECMG 1015/1018 3000 -RASN BKN005 TEMPO 1017/1105 1000 SN BKN001 BECMG 1023/1102 07012KT BECMG 1105/1108 6000 -RA BKN010 PROB40 TEMPO 1108/1112 4000 -RASN BKN006

The report was made 42 minutes ago, at 11:15 UTC Forecast valid from 10 at 12 UTC to 11 at 12 UTC Wind 12 kt from southeast Visibility 8000 m Scattered clouds at a height of 500 ft

Broken clouds at a height of 1000 ft light rain

Temporary

from 10 at 12 UTC to 11 at 03 UTC Wind 18 kt from east/southeast with gusts up to 28 kt Probability 30% : Temporary

from 10 at 12 UTC to 10 at 15 UTC Visibility 3000 m Broken clouds at a height of 500 ft rain drizzle and light rain snow Becoming

from 10 at 15 UTC to 10 at 18 UTC Visibility 3000 m Broken clouds at a height of 500 ft light rain snow Temporary

from 10 at 17 UTC to 11 at 05 UTC Visibility 1000 m Broken clouds at a height of 100 ft snow Becoming

from 10 at 23 UTC to 11 at 02 UTC Wind 12 kt from east/northeast Becoming

from 11 at 05 UTC to 11 at 08 UTC Visibility 6000 m Broken clouds at a height of 1000 ft light rain

Probability 40% :

http://en.allmetsat....d.php?icao=EGNX

Birmingham airport can be found here http://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/united-kingdom-ireland.php?icao=EGBB

Edited February 10, 2013 by Rich_T

[fourseasons]

Temperature 4.7 degrees here but it does feel very cold outside.

[kev238]

Some people either:

- don't listen

- can't listen

- misinterpret

- read and believe the daily express

There is no guarantee of snow anywhere.. Equally there could be a good covering in others. The BBC and met office have Been clear on this, after initial talking up the potential

[fourseasons]

Some people either:

- don't listen

- can't listen

- misinterpret

- read and believe the daily express

There is no guarantee of snow anywhere.. Equally there could be a good covering in others. The BBC and met office have Been clear on this, after initial talking up the potential

Agreed, the weather forecasts have stressed a great deal of uncertainty. It may be rain in one place then snow 2 miles down the road. Because of the marginal setup, it is going to be that kind of day/night ...

[kmanmx]

Met Office Update for you all.. my favorite part "Potential for 10 cm or more over parts of the south Pennines and 5 to 10 cm for Kent, and more locally over the Midlands and Essex. "

Edited February 10, 2013 by kmanmx