The Midlands - Weather Chat

[Gustywind]

Chillier than I was expecting outside, only 3c currently.

[Bishop Brennan]

Local radio are predicting heavy rain turning to snow for Birmingham & surrounding areas tonight.

 

Currently overcast with very little breeze, temp 3.6°C with a Dp of 2.3°C

 

Bish

[Snowyowl9]

Its sn.........raining how exiting bbc got it wrong.

[weirpig]

Its sn.........raining how exiting bbc got it wrong.

I was under the opinion  its  rain  then turning to snow later

[cyclonic happiness]

There's an app you can get on your phones, called 'Netweather snow radar' or something, it shows where the rain is turning to sleet and thence, snow.   Quite handy!

[BleakMidwinter]

Honestly no idea what will happen today, my fear is that when the cold upper's finally mix out the mild air the precip would of already cleared with the dregs staying north of here.

Euro4 a lot further south though so probably a case of radar watching now.

Same here, also in Telford - it seems to me that it just could go either way for tonight's precipitation… lots to learn still, being new here, but our flat looks straight out to the Berwyns 37 miles NW of us, so if we don't get snow, at least our view will!

And, at the very least, Telford should get several days of really good hard frosts, which will set us up nicely for the next lot of precip (ever the optimist!)

[MKN]

Its sn.........raining how exiting bbc got it wrong.

 

From what i have seen 3pm onwards will be when you want to hope things start to turn more Wintry

[kmanmx]

If nothing else it'll be an interesting night. Plenty of window watching and street light staring

 

Hopefully some people here see a good amount of snow. Marginality could cause some decent sized flakes too (if anything!), which is nice.

 

Best of luck to all! But I have to admit I have a vested interest in Leicester doing well out of this

Edited December 26, 2014 by kmanmx

[phil nw.]

I am off to see the local stiffs Nuneaton Town v AFC Telford KO 3pm.Conference match.

I just hope the snow holds off until after 5pm so we can have a chance of our first win for ages.

That large area of precip.now getting across the Welsh borders into our region so a close run thing methinks.

[TonyH]

Pretty sure the rain will reach Coventry by kick off Phil then we shall see if it turns to snow.

[Nick L]

The mass of precipitation is arriving earlier than I would have liked, but we'll see how it goes.

[Gord]

All seems to be on time to me. Rain was forecast to start early afternoon here. It's just gone 1pm and it's on our doorstep.

 

A cold and wet afternoon ahead...then hopefully the fun will start as it gets dark.

[Staffordshire]

The mass of precipitation is arriving earlier than I would have liked, but we'll see how it goes.

what time were you expecting it to do so? Also what sort of time do you reckon it will be turning to snow, if it does, for our region?

[Serendipity]

We never have much luck with snow here as we are fairly low so marginal events tend to be a washout. When I lived in North Warks we did much better in these situations. I also think I am too far south for the heavier precipitation hence it staying more marginal. Can't wait to hear the reports coming in though and if I see a few flakes I will be doing better than last year!

[Nick L]

what time were you expecting it to do so? Also what sort of time do you reckon it will be turning to snow, if it does, for our region?

 

To be fair it is going as forecast, just in an ideal world I would have liked it later!

 

I think it will start turning wintry around 6pm, I just hope the heaviest of the precip hasn't passed by then. According to the latest Euro4, the warmer uppers never really get further north than Birmingham, so we stay in relatively cold air throughout. The problem at the moment is that the air temps are far too warm for snow, although they should start tumbling through the afternoon.

[conor123]

Was hoping it would follow the other models and be tracking further south, seems to be firmly on track with GFS at the minute hmmm.

Up to 4.4c here now!

[Barbmac]

Light rain here, temperature is falling, currently 3.5^oC, dewpoint is 1.7^oC.

[shaky]

Euro4 had uppers of below 0 for practically the whole of the midlands throughout barring maybe the far south! !

[Bishop Brennan]

It seems to be shooting through rather quicker than expected. At this rate, the backedge will have cleared the west of the region by mid-evening?

 

Currently 4.1°C with a Dp of 2.5°C

 

Bish

Edited December 26, 2014 by Bishop Brennan

[Polar Maritime]

The front will pivot and stall over the Midlands before sinking South tonight. 

 

Temp 2.2c

Dp 1.5c

Edited December 26, 2014 by Polar Maritime

[TheIceManCometh]

It does look to be moving quickly. Is there anything behind the current band? I'm driving home from Coventry to Solihull after an ice hockey game tonight around 9pm - do we think this is going to be disruptive in that area?

[Arctic Hare]

Rather a nasty afternoon here: grey, starting to rain very lightly and 4 °C. I need to travel tomorrow morning, so I have really mixed feelings!

[Snowyowl9]

I was under the opinion  its  rain  then turning to snow later

BBC showed snow from the offset.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

BBC showed snow from the offset.

 

bbc wrong then, no way snow from the offset, where is the cold air? 3.6C here, miles too warm for snow, it''s meant to turn to snow tonight, temps should drop as winds turn NE

[Bishop Brennan]

It does look to be moving quickly. Is there anything behind the current band? I'm driving home from Coventry to Solihull after an ice hockey game tonight around 9pm - do we think this is going to be disruptive in that area?

 

I can't imagine things will get too dicey here, but you never know. I think the heavier ppn is due from mid-evening onwards.

 

First spots of rain here

 

Bish