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tom_f123

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  • Location: Sedgley/Dudley, West Midlands. 672ft/205m
  • Location: Sedgley/Dudley, West Midlands. 672ft/205m
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Places like buxton could be buried from this polar low feauture later tonight

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PolarWarsaw Seasoned

PolarWarsaw

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  • Location: South Staffordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: South Staffordshire
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Where are people suddenly getting this polar low snow event from? It's VERY likely to be sleet/rain for 90% of us below 200m > don't get your hopes up unless you leave on a hill is my advice...on another note...if it does come down as snow, would this be perfect? 

 

The black splodge is my house! 

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jimben Rising Star

jimben

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  • Location: Lake District at the foot of Blencathra 610 ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow & Ice
  • Location: Lake District at the foot of Blencathra 610 ft asl
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Where are people suddenly getting this polar low snow event from? It's VERY likely to be sleet/rain for 90% of us below 200m > don't get your hopes up unless you leave on a hill is my advice...on another note...if it does come down as snow, would this be perfect? 

 

The black splodge is my house! 

Ian Ferguson me lol

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Gord Rising Star

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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Looks like were in the dry gap for this 'polar low' anyway.

 

Well of course we are while it's still over 400 miles away!

 

Let's see when it gets a bit closer!

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Dancerwithwings Maestro

Dancerwithwings

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  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :)
  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
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Well of course we are while it's still over 400 miles away!

 

Let's see when it gets a bit closer!

I'm there with you on that one Gord.

 

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Snowyowl9 Veteran

Snowyowl9

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  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
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Clear and frosty here currently can see big showers out to the west/NW wind is still from the west but light,so no NW-ly here yet,but  an impressively cold day from the atlantic.

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Rich_T Contributor

Rich_T

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  • Location: UK, just south of Derby
  • Location: UK, just south of Derby
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Today has been another non event for this part of Derbyshire, the snow sheild may have malfunctioned in that theres been falling snow, but its not fallen for landg, and what has has soon vanished when it hit the wet ground.

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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Anyway, incoming small band of snow right now. Currently crossing Shropshire into Staffordshire and holding. Not as impressive as earlier but a bit of lampost watch practise to come within the next hour.

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kev238 Enthusiast

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  • Location: Nottingham
  • Location: Nottingham
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I am not sure if I am being biased here but the polar low ( or whatever else we want to call it) clearly looks to be heading a bit further east than the bbc are suggesting matching the gfs projections.

Perhaps I am not looking at it correctly or with rose tinted glasses!

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syed2878 Rising Star

syed2878

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  • Location: HANDSWORTH BIRMINGHAM B21. 130MASL. 427FT.
  • Weather Preferences: WINTERS WITH HEAVY DISRUPTIVE SNOWFALL AVRAGE SPRING HOT SUMMERS.
  • Location: HANDSWORTH BIRMINGHAM B21. 130MASL. 427FT.
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no snow lying here ither. cant waight for this poor excuse of a winter to be over.

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picog

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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Polar Low - here's the track

 

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Is that your desired track or something a bit more 'official'?

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snowangel32 Rising Star

snowangel32

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
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Today has been another non event for this part of Derbyshire, the snow sheild may have malfunctioned in that theres been falling snow, but its not fallen for landg, and what has has soon vanished when it hit the wet ground.

I am not sure if I am being biased here but the polar low ( or whatever else we want to call it) clearly looks to be heading a bit further east than the bbc are suggesting matching the gfs projections.

Perhaps I am not looking at it correctly or with rose tinted glasses!

No way we can know yet its still to far away no warnings from the met so dont think they belive this will amount to much

Uppers will be crucial

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andy_leics22

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  • Location: Ratby, Leicester.
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms
  • Location: Ratby, Leicester.
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I think this Polar Low thing is being blown way out of proportion.

I don't see it doing much at all. By the time it reaches the Midlands. It'll probably end up being a band of moderate rain/sleet for lower levels.

People mentioning feet of snow in the Polar Low thread is just absurd to be honest.

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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Who knows? The whole thing could fizzle out. Fickle things by all acount.

 

The last polar low I remember seeing was when I lived in Sunderland. It was around January/February 2004 (and no, it wasn't the thundersnow event). Very intense snowfall indeed. Of course being that much further north was a huge advantage! Saw a lot of incredible snow while I lived there. The best I've ever seen up there...and I've lived in Ohio as well!

 

Polar low or no Polar low, looks like we're going to have some showers to entertain us this evening.

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Gustywind

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  • Location: Wythall, Worcestershire, 150m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Continental climate, snow winter, sunny summers
  • Location: Wythall, Worcestershire, 150m asl
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It depends which model has this correct. GFS 12z has it affecting the NW then E Midlands in the firing line. However Met Office has it much further west of us and the NMM 06z has it over the S and W Midlands. ECM apparently has it further west too, affecting just Wales and the SW as rain.

Well the ECM is def wrong, however not sure which of the NMM or GFS has it right, if I was going to stick my neck out I'd say GFS

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I remember Atlantic 252 Maestro

I remember Atlantic 252

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  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
  • Weather Preferences: obviously snow!
  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
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I think this Polar Low thing is being blown way out of proportion.

I don't see it doing much at all. By the time it reaches the Midlands. It'll probably end up being a band of moderate rain/sleet for lower levels.

People mentioning feet of snow in the Polar Low thread is just absurd to be honest.

 

that is so correct it's unreal, Its not a polar low, its just a band of ppn moving down, rain at low levels

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Lukey Newbie

Lukey

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  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands. 138m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Hot summers, thunderstorms, cold, snowy winters.
  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands. 138m ASL
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That Shefali (BBC midlands weather) just advised the region that the snow would 'fizzle out to nothing' on BBC WM.  She mentioned a 'feature' but said that at this stage 'we're going for dry'.

 

hmm.

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snowangel32 Rising Star

snowangel32

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
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Who knows? The whole thing could fizzle out. Fickle things by all acount.

 

The last polar low I remember seeing was when I lived in Sunderland. It was around January/February 2004 (and no, it wasn't the thundersnow event). Very intense snowfall indeed. Of course being that much further north was a huge advantage! Saw a lot of incredible snow while I lived there. The best I've ever seen up there...and I've lived in Ohio as well!

 

Polar low or no Polar low, looks like we're going to have some showers to entertain us this evening.

Yh true polar low would be the cherry on the cake if it happened. But if not looks like streamers are forming through the gap so plenty of showers about.

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jimben Rising Star

jimben

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  • Location: Lake District at the foot of Blencathra 610 ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow & Ice
  • Location: Lake District at the foot of Blencathra 610 ft asl
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I think this Polar Low thing is being blown way out of proportion.

I don't see it doing much at all. By the time it reaches the Midlands. It'll probably end up being a band of moderate rain/sleet for lower levels.

People mentioning feet of snow in the Polar Low thread is just absurd to be honest.

That is the great thing about them you just don't know what you are going to get, albeit a true polar low has a very cold core and therefore invariably will be snow

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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that is so correct it's unreal, Its not a polar low, its just a band of ppn moving down, rain at low levels

 

Have you got any lying snow with you today?

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snowangel32

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
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that is so correct it's unreal, Its not a polar low, its just a band of ppn moving down, rain at low levels

Look at the satelite images you can clearly see the eye even the experts agree its a polar low. The question is how far south will it get

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