The Midlands Regional Discussion 21/03/13 09z ------->

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

Guys it's gone from sleet to wet snow hear in the Cotswolds , given the fact it was forecast to be rain in the mids to begin with this surely bodes well , especially how far south I am , but given my elevation I'm expecting some snow at least !

[i love snow]

Light snow here

[nats]

Sleet/snow here

[Hathers]

Great reports of hearing snow falling further south than here. It's going to be a long night watching this radar develop.

[weather_it_will]

Green laser pen fired into the air shows some little bits of something starting to fall in the beam.

You can get arrested for that!

[we_want_snow]

A biting gale blowing in Shrewsbury

Still dry

[syed2878]

slete here in birmingham aston looks mor snow than slete.

[kmanmx]

2.1c, should be closer to 1c by the time precip arrives. Very good news to see snow reports quite far south in the midlands. Looking very good everyone

Great reports of hearing snow falling further south than here. It's going to be a long night watching this radar develop.

I for one will be staying up as late as I can manage. Hopefully there will be enough snow to prevent me going to work, otherwise i'm going to be very tired tommorow !

Edited March 21, 2013 by kmanmx

[Jason R T]

Light snow in Walsall near bescot.

[Gord]

Not much to add really. Has started as plain snow here as well...not a touch of sleetiness to it.

[Ian Ballinger]

The infamous Telford sleet has begun, still holding at 2.7c, long way to drop to see pure snow.

Well suppose it's better than rain at this point

[weirpig]

was expecting a good few hours of rain to start with., so to see bits of sleet is surely a good sign

[Hathers]

Wouldn't it be great once the heavy ppn reaches here we see/hear some thunder snow. Never witnessed it before.

[Ian Ballinger]

was expecting a good few hours of rain to start with., so to see bits of sleet is surely a good sign

Just annoying when others are reporting pure snow

[Blizzard]

Light sleet/snow here - hard to tell exactly in the light of the lamppost - not settling anywhere though..... yet. Just needs some intensity I reckon :-)

[jukebox]

You can get arrested for that!

Check your facts first mate...only if you fire it at an aircraft then your in BIG trouble ;-)

[Skyraker]

Green laser eh... is that a balloon popper?

[stewfox]

sleety rain (light) but snow man still there from sunday amazing for mid/late March

[Wadey]

was expecting a good few hours of rain to start with., so to see bits of sleet is surely a good sign

that's what the met office forecast does for you !

[BorrisB77]

Definitely sleety rain here now..Wind really picking up as well!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Wouldn't it be great once the heavy ppn reaches here we see/hear some thunder snow. Never witnessed it before.

would be great, but thundersnow is more associated with convection/cold fronts

[Midlands Ice Age]

Mainly snow (bit of sleet mixed in started here in Solihull 10 mins ago.

Still too warm to settle, but the temp is now falling away steadily.

This is very impressive as the 18:00 news said oit would start as rain and then turn to snow at midnight.

Also looking at the Meteo radar (see above for links) the sleet line is staying 50 miles south of here and not moving North with the precipitation band.

[weirpig]

Just annoying when others are reporting pure snow

being so far west it was always goona be more marginal. a good start.

[weatherguy]

Still bone dry in Daventry, DP risen to -0.6C but temp dropped to 2.3C.

Update as of 21:06

Temp: 2.2c

DP: -0.7C

Conditions: Dry

Edited March 21, 2013 by weatherguy

[Barbmac]

And our temperature is plummeting in Malvern, it's 1.3^oC now, snow's starting to stick to cars, still light at the mo, but definitely snow falling, not sleet. Lift off, indeed! Best of luck everyone, I hope this is a white out all round.