The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[Dancerwithwings]

Love your backyard PM & the Lion king 

Currently 1.8c ....frost will be early here and won't be long either 

[Polar Maritime]

Yes frost already starting to form here and has stopped in the shade all day. 

Temp currently 0.7c Dry and clear with no wind hardly at all.

Dp -1

[Dancerwithwings]

Currently  - 0.9c  Crystal clear with ice white frost  Love clean Artic air. The moon and star's are crystal tonight.

Edit, Must add... 'ice white frost' is what I can see from the front of my house and shaded, it's been like it all day....Hoar right it is 

Edited January 2, 2017 by Dancerwithwings

[cyclonic happiness]

1.7'c above freezing still here, but dropping fast 

I'll look forward to a nice hoar frost come morning 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

2 minutes ago, cyclonic happiness said:

1.7'c above freezing still here, but dropping fast 

I'll look forward to a nice hoar frost come morning 

supposed to mild up in the night for the north, south of region though remaining cold and clear

[cyclonic happiness]

Snow shower in Shropshire!!!

 

Anyone confirm??

[cyclonic happiness]

Snow showers now popping up around Stoke on Trent!!

[cyclonic happiness]

The showers actually look like they are building and heading this way!

I can't believe no one else has spotted them??

[cyclonic happiness]

Incoming, although they are more sleety

[cyclonic happiness]

I can confirm very very light snow is falling. So we've at least broken the snow less winter here!!!

[MKN]

2 minutes ago, cyclonic happiness said:

I can confirm very very light snow is falling. So we've at least broken the snow less winter here!!!

Be upto the window by morning 

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Nippy tonight

[Dancerwithwings]

On 1/3/2017 at 01:47, cyclonic happiness said:

I can confirm very very light snow is falling. So we've at least broken the snow less winter here!!!

Congrats.......I can confirm very very light snoring from me....I was in the land zzzZZZ

[fizz511]

Well, I've just had a bee come into the house...

just hoping that's not a portend of a mild winter!

[Polar Maritime]

A cold night coming up.

Currently 0.8c

Dp-2c

Wind Chill -1.4c

 

[Dancerwithwings]

Currently -4.0c and frost  

[Turnedoutniceagain]

-6c, as predicted

[Polar Maritime]

Lovely cold morning here, A low of -3c

Currently -1.8c. Charts looking good towards the end of next week 

Edited January 5, 2017 by Polar Maritime

[Dancerwithwings]

Don't think here we'll get much above 2c - 3c today and that's only briefly then back into an early frost later 

Even though the suns out its currently still at -3.2c 

Edit...PM, my grass as more frost that your grass  

 

Edited January 5, 2017 by Dancerwithwings

[snowangel32]

Even though I am yet to see a flake so far, this winter has had some very harsh frosts. Another crisp cold morning. 

[Dancerwithwings]

A little mini ramp ////  We maybe seeing the first snow of the winter around this time next-week, if all three of the major models are to be correct.

Lets hope so, with a strong cold Northwesterly flow the Cheshire gap may get a bounding, the N'west of our region seeing heavy snow showers that will feed down into the Midlands.

Not set in stone yet but interesting times ahead for sure

Edited January 5, 2017 by Dancerwithwings

[fizz511]

Well, we live in hope Dancer, but those blummin charts are always offering rich pickings 7-10 days away!

Always 'jam tomorrow' - grrr

If I fancy an emotional roller coaster ride, I just pop along to skim the Model thread (can't understand the science, but I absolutely get the sentiments, lol)

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Dancerwithwings said:

A little mini ramp ////  We maybe seeing the first snow of the winter around this time next-week, if all three of the major models are to be correct.

Lets hope so, with a strong cold Northwesterly flow the Cheshire gap may get a bounding, the N'west of our region seeing heavy snow showers that will feed down into the Midlands.

Not set in stone yet but interesting times ahead for sure

Liking the look of these charts... always do well off a cold NW flow here jan 2015 was the last time.

Currently cold with frost in the shade. a beautiful winters day..

[I remember Atlantic 252]

thickness off NW'ly is the key, we need the dark blues, which this shows, even darker further north, time for higher members to be excited, hopefully some lower down as the chart suggests, light blue colours off NW'ly then rain

 

[Dancerwithwings]

Yes! Fizz the rich pickings always seem to be in the GFS FI scenario or the ECM 10 day charts.

ATM the real cold (easterly) may still happen at some point but for now i would be more than happy to see what's on offer in roughly a weeks time.

I don't claim either to be an expert but with all the major models now coming together and the signals showing a decent Northwesterly flow

At this stage (192h) it don't look bad at all, details may still change! on this run what's on offer for now is cold Northwesterly & snow showers.....

Who's to say...an upgrade or two with the odd 'trough' thrown in the mix (more organised band) it's happened before at very short notice.

Don't lose the faith......it's almost mid winter Next out the 12Z  GFS  UKMO ECM  

Edited January 5, 2017 by Dancerwithwings