The Midlands - Weather Chat

[chillyblast]

10 minutes ago, pegg24 said:

Couple of cm' s cars covered.  Grass and roads covered still coming down. 

Awesome, hopefully it will continue to feed southwards to me - still wish I'd stayed at home tonight though!

[pegg24]

2 minutes ago, mackerel sky said:

Surprised at reports of no snow in Northampton. It's been coming down pretty heavy here. A good 3cm on the grass, only a 1cm on the roads.

We have the same in corby. Suprsied northampton I think normal does well compared to the rest of us in northamptonshire.

[andy_leics22]

16 minutes ago, Serendipity said:

I know, it is madness really!

I really do feel your pain. All we have had is rain really. had a few flurries earlier but that was it. it's now pure drizzle out there, not even sleet! Sickening when you consider that Warwickshire has a dusting and so does Leicester. I might move back to Leicester at this rate  Best snow I've seen down here is about 2cm and it melted the next day.

[syed2878]

snowing quite heavy now here in aston and it's setteling on top of bins and walls outside.

[fizz511]

Just now, andy_leics22 said:

I really do feel your pain. All we have had is rain really. had a few flurries earlier but that was it. it's now pure drizzle out there, not even sleet! Sickening when you consider that Warwickshire has a dusting and so does Leicester. I might move back to Leicester at this rate  Best snow I've seen down here is about 2cm and it melted the next day.

I think Leicester's never had so much snow since you left - maybe you were (are?) a walking snow shield...? Lol 

[pegg24]

Just now, andy_leics22 said:

I really do feel your pain. All we have had is rain really. had a few flurries earlier but that was it. it's now pure drizzle out there, not even sleet! Sickening when you consider that Warwickshire has a dusting and so does Leicester. I might move back to Leicester at this rate  Best snow I've seen down here is about 2cm and it melted the next day.

U weather forecasting is decent you called east midland northants etc getting a few cm s.  

[shaky]

Still snowing hard in leicester!!

[Dancerwithwings]

Temps here at 0.5c Dp 0.0c but not much happening now maybe a few heavier outbreaks to come but even that's breaking up.

The main PPN is moving on.....Now it's cold enough....You know the rest

[scrote]

29 minutes ago, chillyblast said:

Still snowing heavy here, looking good but only just started settling, how we doing in Northants?

A cm or 2 here in Burton Latimer and still snowing but only light stuff at the mo...

 

 

[syed2878]

8 minutes ago, andy_leics22 said:

I really do feel your pain. All we have had is rain really. had a few flurries earlier but that was it. it's now pure drizzle out there, not even sleet! Sickening when you consider that Warwickshire has a dusting and so does Leicester. I might move back to Leicester at this rate  Best snow I've seen down here is about 2cm and it melted the next day. Don't worry though have snow here I can't see it amounting to anything note worthy. Lets not be too down hearted about though looking at the mets 16-30 forecast it sounds incurraging for mid Feb.

 

Edited January 17, 2016 by syed2878

[Costa Del Fal]

All fading away so think I will be throwing the towel in now. Complete waste of time to be honest. Time for Spring and Summer to hurry up and arrive now. Bored of winter.

Edited January 17, 2016 by Costa Del Fal

[snowangel32]

Finally can report its Snowinnnn 

Edited January 17, 2016 by snowangel32

[snowcatcher2015]

Gone back to rain here

[snowangel32]

Moderate snow now it's going to have to snow hard to stick after the rain

[Adzyy]

It's still quite heavy here, going to bed to wake up in 5 hours. Hopefully it'll still be snowing. It's been nice to have some proper snow (even though it's only been a cm or two) at last. Will make the most of it as I fear this is our lot for this winter.

[Serendipity]

14 minutes ago, andy_leics22 said:

I really do feel your pain. All we have had is rain really. had a few flurries earlier but that was it. it's now pure drizzle out there, not even sleet! Sickening when you consider that Warwickshire has a dusting and so does Leicester. I might move back to Leicester at this rate  Best snow I've seen down here is about 2cm and it melted the next day.

yes - even worse that we actually ARE Warwickshire!

[Costa Del Fal]

5 minutes ago, snowangel32 said:

Moderate snow now it's going to have to snow hard to stick after the rain

Are you back in Oldbury now? If so this is a staggering sharp contrast in weather. Still drizzle here.

[snowangel32]

7 minutes ago, Costa Del Fal said:

Are you back in Oldbury now? If so this is a staggering sharp contrast in weather. Still drizzle here.

Yh 5 mins of snow now back to sleet. 

Typical  its perfect for snow now and the ppn goes missing lol.

Edited January 17, 2016 by snowangel32

[chillyblast]

Still snowing nicely here but the PPN line doesn't look like its going to last all night. 

[Summer of 95]

It's not doing anything here, and what cold air pushing west? It's still above freezing. And I'm north of some places that have snow. Good old Shropshire, home of boring weather.

[andy_leics22]

17 minutes ago, pegg24 said:

U weather forecasting is decent you called east midland northants etc getting a few cm s.  

Thanks, the forecast I made at lunchtime was pants though I thought Birmingham would do well and that Fizz would see 3-5cm. To be fair though, the models did change a bit by the time the 12z run came out. By 6pm I could see that the East Mids would be the sweet spot for this,

[chillyblast]

Didn't see any snow here until around 9pm, small flakes before that it was a crystal clear day no clouds and sunny.

[andy_leics22]

20 minutes ago, fizz511 said:

I think Leicester's never had so much snow since you left - maybe you were (are?) a walking snow shield...? Lol 

I think you may be right I did see 2 brilliant snow events in Leicester in 2010 and 2012 but from 2001-2010 we hardly had anything decent. It's funny because in 2009, Oxford had a pretty good covering and Leicester got hardly anything. When I moved down here I thought i'd see some decent snow events as it is in a good location for Channel lows. Been really poor though in the last 3 years

 

I am genuinely considering moving back to Leicester though. I am in a stable job down here and I do like Oxford but the flat and house prices are ridiculous and I do kinda miss my friends. Mum has just text me saying that they have a covering in Leicester!

[chillyblast]

3 minutes ago, andy_leics22 said:

I think you may be right I did see 2 brilliant snow events in Leicester in 2010 and 2012 but from 2001-2010 we hardly had anything decent. It's funny because in 2009, Oxford had a pretty good covering and Leicester got hardly anything. When I moved down here I thought i'd see some decent snow events as it is in a good location for Channel lows. Been really poor though in the last 3 years

 

I am genuinely considering moving back to Leicester though. I am in a stable job down here and I do like Oxford but the flat and house prices are ridiculous and I do kinda miss my friends. Mum has just text me saying that they have a covering in Leicester!

I feel similar to you except I am comparing Northants to North Yorkshire, I'm Yorkshire born and bred but the job market here is far superior to up there however the weather is not depending on your preference, if you prefer weeks of nice warm weather its great but I don't I miss the small mountain ranges and the harsh weather that comes with it, therefore I follow your pain a little, however after cycling in the Alps in September and one day feeling the warmth of 37c in the "valley" and in the same day climbing up to 1800m and it being 1c with ice rain?? I would love to live in the Alps.

Edited January 17, 2016 by chillyblast

[Costa Del Fal]

To add insult to injury I can see the orange hue to the clouds to my East, indicative of snow. Never doing one of those long analysis posts I did last night again. Clearly not rewarded for my efforts! Lol!

Mega disappointment especially as this is displacing the cold air meaning the mild air can win out even easier this coming week.