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

[stormyskys]

This forum is amazing for updates on snow. Keep it up guys!

[Polar Low]

Rotating mixture of sleet and very wet snow here for the past hour or two, certainly remaining as snow for longer periods now- everything very wet though.

A great bonus for the end of March, nevertheless.

[Ian Ballinger]

Still coming down, wont take much for this lot to melt though how wet it is

[syed2878]

good snowy morning fello midlanders. What a beautyful morning to wake up to. Stil snowfalls and everythings covered winds stil quite strong. So how is it looking for us for rest of today and tonight? Thanks. Any1 had a look at the 0z moddels yet? How is it looking? Thanks. Aston out.

[Gord]

So hard to tell but thought it was starting to look sleety as it was coming down. Great event so far though.

In fact can't tell if it's fine snow or rain.

Edited March 22, 2013 by Gord

[Brumsnows 2]

Om way to work very snowy but very wet and slushy here in brum

[Supacell]

good snowy morning fello midlanders. What a beautyful morning to wake up to. Stil snowfalls and everythings covered winds stil quite strong. So how is it looking for us for rest of today and tonight? Thanks. Any1 had a look at the 0z moddels yet? How is it looking? Thanks. Aston out.

GFS 00z has slightly downgraded snow accumulations, although still a fair bit expected. Worryingly it shows the snow turning to sleet for virtually all of us though this afternoon before turning back to snow this evening. It then looks like fun and games though tonight into tomorrow.

NAE is pretty much as yesterday, with some huge accumulations showing for the Peak District.

Snow still falling here but not a massive amount accumulated, i'd reckon about 3cm. I can hear dripping water too, which echoes the marginality of the situation with temperatures here currently 0.5c.

[Summer of 95]

Snowing again but very wet- 1-2cm but already signs of melting on the paths. Saturday night's snow lasted better than this is doing so far. Will the temp actually fall below freezing during today/tonight's projected snow?

[Nigel Langton]

Heavy snow all night and only 1inch to show for it. Still im very happy. Its mid march and more heavy snow tonight and im going to take one of my son's sledging this weekend that's a big bonus.

[marksp]

Snow is piling in here, great big fat flakes, prettty strong wind as well, GFS shows snow allday, if you cab believe it another 15 to 20cm today

with another 30cm on Saturday, temps are - 0.6.

Might try go out in abit, drive up into hills.

[Croydondazz]

Good morning all

I am heading up to Nottingham this evening with my family, just wondered if anyone could update current conditions and forecast conditions we are staying in the centre and returning very late on sun night/ Monday morning

Thank you all very much

[Chess01]

Quite a bit here . Here's a link to a webcam near where I live http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/webcams/hanley_town_hall_webcam.shtml

[FENDER.]

not sure where all today's snow is going to come from, big dry slot to the east and south of here, and the heavyish stuff to the west doesn't seem to be moving. unless its going to pivot

[marksp]

not sure where all today's snow is going to come from, big dry slot to the east and south of here, and the heavyish stuff to the west doesn't seem to be moving. unless its going to pivot

check out Sat24.com (infrared option speed 4) massive long trail starts down in Portugal continous feed all the way to UK.

Just hope it all lands on our shores.

[Polar Low]

Everywhere 20 miles to our West has a dusting at minimum, with a good covering in and around the villages near Nottingham- sleet turned into snow here around 3am and has continued to fall ever since, however no settling on any surfaces as yet. What a difference a few miles can make.

[Ian Brown]

Heavy snow, not sure of the depth until I attempt to go out.

[Higher Ground]

3-4 inches deep up here on the Lickey Hills - was proper settling snow start to ?finish?

[Fozfoster]

Just a dusting here, Saturday is the day for us I think as it moves south again.

[Gustywind]

Light fine snow here also, not sure of depth yet due to amount of drifting, but at a guess about 5cms on average.

[Polar Maritime]

White-out conditions here, strong winds with mod/heavy drifting snow, around 15 cm level snow and drifts up to 50cm.

Temp -1.1c

Dp -1.8c

Wind Chill -5.3c, E/S/E 21mph

[marksp]

Heavy snow, not sure of the depth until I attempt to go out.

how do you think next 24 hours will shape up, ???

can Met O be right, could be another 20 to 30cms

[Barbmac]

Morning all 7.5 cm total on my garage roof here in West Malvern, but it's wet underneath, temp is at 0.3^oC, dewpoint -0.5^oC. Looks very picturesque.

[FENDER.]

Looks like that it now for a few hours, time to get some sleep lol

[Ian Brown]

how do you think next 24 hours will shape up, ???

can Met O be right, could be another 20 to 30cms

I think it's a question of when the front pivots and we get the next lot of PPN feeding in along the frontal boundary.

[ISAAC]

Heavy snow variable depths. Some places around 5 inches. Generaly 2 to 3 inches