The Midlands - Weather Chat

[Costa Del Fal]

8 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

can definitely tell it's February, stronger sun, usually sunniest month, as any later in year more cloud due to convection

To be fair the last couple of days seem to have had convection infill! Will drive me nuts if that is the theme of this year again! lol

I think April will be sunniest, always guaranteed high pressure domination then watch the muck arrive in May again! haha

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, Costa Del Fal said:

To be fair the last couple of days seem to have had convection infill! Will drive me nuts if that is the theme of this year again! lol

I think April will be sunniest, always guaranteed high pressure domination then watch the muck arrive in May again! haha

April though creates convective cloud, unless easterlies, then my area struggles with north sea dirt, mist burnt off very quickly today, by 8am, same setup in say May, would take until 1pm ish

[Midlands Ice Age]

Cool, and a bit cloudy this morning with gentle breezes.

Temperature remains just above freezing, but currently only at 1.1C

MIA

[Polar Maritime]

A dry mostly cloudy night with liitle wind and a low of 0.7c, Currently; Cold dry and cloudy with the odd glimmer of sun and light winds.

Temp 2.1c

Wind Chill 0.2c

Dp -1.6c

Wind S/S/E Avg 6mph

Rain 0.0mm

[fizz511]

Good grief, it's trying to snow!

Teeny, tiny flakes, but there's definitely white bits falling out of the sky.....

[Midlands Ice Age]

19 minutes ago, fizz511 said:

Good grief, it's trying to snow!

Teeny, tiny flakes, but there's definitely white bits falling out of the sky.....

Fizz

Been watching out but not seen anything here yet. It does have the grey sky of a cold easterly now and I had noticed a patch of darker cloud towards the north east from here.

Temp currently 2,2C, after a minimum of 1.3C

[Snowsie]

On way to Stratford and passed through 3 showers the same Fizz

[fizz511]

32 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Fizz

Been watching out but not seen anything here yet. It does have the grey sky of a cold easterly now and I had noticed a patch of darker cloud towards the north east from here.

Temp currently 2,2C, after a minimum of 1.3C

Yes, it only lasted 10 minutes, but hey, gives you hope that things might be heading in the right direction for a quick bit of winter over the next few weeks....

[Terminal Moraine]

A light snow flurry here about 40 minutes ago but very weak sunshine now.

[nobble]

Fetched some logs this morning and while loading the van had a light snow shower at 9 am !!!

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny intervals but we've had a few flakes of snow about 10 minutes ago.

[fizz511]

So, some fairly persistent hints from the GFS for some snow Weds & Fri this week...

 

Breath holding starts here!

Edited February 29, 2016 by fizz511

[Midlands Ice Age]

2 hours ago, fizz511 said:

So, some fairly persistent hints from the GFS for some snow Weds & Fri this week...

 

Breath holding starts here!

Breath out now Fizz.....

Still uncertainty Sharon abounds - we may just catch the northern edge on IF's latest guess!!!

Though the  models are all over the place.

Cold this morning at min of -3.9C...

Still feels cold , with a few sunny intervals and a strengthening  southerly.

Current temp 6C.

MIA

 

[Dancerwithwings]

6 hours ago, fizz511 said:

So, some fairly persistent hints from the GFS for some snow Weds & Fri this week...

 

Breath holding starts here!

 

4 hours ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Breath out now Fizz.....

Still uncertainty Sharon abounds - we may just catch the northern edge on IF's latest guess!!!

Though the  models are all over the place.

Cold this morning at min of -3.9C...

Still feels cold , with a few sunny intervals and a strengthening  southerly.

Current temp 6C.

MIA

 

Edited February 29, 2016 by Dancerwithwings

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate rain here now with a little sleet mixed in.

[PolarWarsaw]

Great few days until this evening, the last couple of weeks really haven't been that bad at all, cold but sunny days. Judging by virtually all reports in the MOD/Strat threat...high pressure and an E/NE flow are favoured right throughout March and into April. A very chilly/to cold outlook with a large potential for some harsh frosts. Hopefully lots of frosty cold days, some nice scenic views - perhaps the odd chance of a night snow event. 

Before we know it, it will be April and then the focus turns to the US Storm Chase season. As that ends, the EURO's start...and by the time they finish it's already pre-season and into August is the new season/cricket season + bam, then it's September and we are back with eyes on winter again! Can't wait. Let's see what next year has to offer. 

Let's keep it cold and frosty for as much of April as we can and look forward to an active/stormy Summer. Won't be long before the nights are back drawing in!!

 

 

[Terminal Moraine]

49 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

Moderate rain here now with a little sleet mixed in.

Sleet here too with a temperature of 1.6c.

[cyclonic happiness]

So, what do you guys make of the snow potential this week? Are we still chasing rainbows? :-)

[Midlands Ice Age]

Temperature of 8,4C with continuous light rain..

As for any snow .. one can still be hopeful, but the North west  jet stream  seems to be pants for us.

MIA

[weirpig]

And before anyone says anything  I know!    But the met office on there page shows heavy snow symbols here for Friday   which is a first this winter.

[Costa Del Fal]

14 hours ago, PolarWarsaw said:

Great few days until this evening, the last couple of weeks really haven't been that bad at all, cold but sunny days. Judging by virtually all reports in the MOD/Strat threat...high pressure and an E/NE flow are favoured right throughout March and into April. A very chilly/to cold outlook with a large potential for some harsh frosts. Hopefully lots of frosty cold days, some nice scenic views - perhaps the odd chance of a night snow event. 

Before we know it, it will be April and then the focus turns to the US Storm Chase season. As that ends, the EURO's start...and by the time they finish it's already pre-season and into August is the new season/cricket season + bam, then it's September and we are back with eyes on winter again! Can't wait. Let's see what next year has to offer. 

Let's keep it cold and frosty for as much of April as we can and look forward to an active/stormy Summer. Won't be long before the nights are back drawing in!!

 

 

Come on! Summer isn't that bad! Lol. Don't wish your life away! 

Best seasons of the year are now here.

[Barbmac]

A cool, partly sunny, later cloudy day here, but feeling rather hopeful of a sprinkling of snow tomorrow! Will be the first here this year if it happens. 

[syed2878]

i see some parts of the mids have warnings for snow. i can't see we getting anything in these parts.

[klippieboo]

I got a feeling !!! 

[weirpig]

i think we will see some snow   met office have me down for a period of heavy snow  wednesday