Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[Weather of Mass Disruption]

22 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Three of the four have died…..it’s so sad especially at this time of the year 

for the families x

One of the two girls laying flowers, is one of my Nieces Gemma, nearest to the camera.

Solihull: Three children die in icy lake tragedy

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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An officer tried to punch through the ice as emergency workers attempted to reach the children.

 

Truly, the saddest of news, I really do feel for the parents. 

I never understand why children take such risks to be honest, we never did as children growing up in 80's. We still had lots of fun in the cold weather, turning the playground into an ice ring (creating a giant skid patch in the ice - probably why my knees are shot!), building snowmen, having crazy snow ball fights , sledging etc. 

 

 

[mother nature rocks]

1 hour ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Three of the four have died…..it’s so sad especially at this time of the year 

for the families x

One of the two girls laying flowers, is one of my Nieces Gemma, nearest to the camera.

Solihull: Three children die in icy lake tragedy

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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An officer tried to punch through the ice as emergency workers attempted to reach the children.

 

Absolutely tragic

[Sparkiee storm]

Snowing lightly here now and nothing at all on radar.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Sparkiee storm

[CoventryWeather]

6 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Snowing lightly here now and nothing at all on radar.

Odd flake here, on and off. Let's hope for a surprise dusting somewhere later.

[CoventryWeather]

Met office (UKV) seems to have backed off any snow flurries this evening and overnight. Hope there is a few showers around for a dusting or so. 

[BarometerCat]

tonight...keep an eye out just in case 

[sheikhy]

4 minutes ago, Barometer Cat said:

tonight...keep an eye out just in case 

Perfectly placed aswell even if it is light!

[Polar Maritime]

1 hour ago, CoventryWeather said:

Met office (UKV) seems to have backed off any snow flurries this evening and overnight. Hope there is a few showers around for a dusting or so. 

UKV and NetWx-sr still showing snow showers this evening.

 

[Snowyowl9]

3 hours ago, Matty23 said:

 

Shrewsbury does seem to miss most of the snow.

Last decent snowfall was when that streamer hit us and before that 2013 maybe. Shropshire doesn't do well with snow at all. 

Places that normally get snow have missed during this spell..The slackest of winds ever..

Shrewsbury did have a massive shock to the system in december 2017 with that foot of snow..

Freezing fog most of today,sunny this morning and coldest night since feb 2021 -5.6c and a max of -1.3c..

[Summer of 95]

9 minutes ago, Snowyowl9 said:

Places that normally get snow have missed during this spell..The slackest of winds ever..

Shrewsbury did have a massive shock to the system in december 2017 with that foot of snow..

Freezing fog most of today,sunny this morning and coldest night since feb 2021 -5.6c and a max of -1.3c..

Yes December 2017 was the one, the only one in the last 35 years where we hit the bullseye. It was beyond a shock to the system, the two best setups (a correctly aligned Cheshire Gap streamer and what I call a Bristol Channel Low*) happened one after the other. With none of the mysterious turning to sleet/rain/non sticking snow or just dying out as it reaches Shropshire which happens time after time. 

As for this spell, 1 or 2cm would do to redeem it at the moment (as long as everywhere else doesnt get 20!)

 

*Like the Channel Low but tracks 50-100 miles further north. Tends to put us in the main precipitation area on the cold side. Rare but always look out for it in models

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 minute ago, Summer of 95 said:

Yes December 2017 was the one, the only one in the last 35 years where we hit the bullseye. It was beyond a shock to the system, the two best setups (a correctly aligned Cheshire Gap streamer and what I call a Bristol Channel Low*) happened one after the other. With none of the mysterious turning to sleet/rain/non sticking snow or just dying out as it reaches Shropshire which happens time after time. 

As for this spell, 1 or 2cm would do to redeem it at the moment (as long as everywhere else doesnt get 20!)

 

*Like the Channel Low but tracks 50-100 miles further north. Tends to put us in the main precipitation area on the cold side. Rare but always look out for it in models

March 12th 2006, crap day here, never made it this far east

[Summer of 95]

4 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

March 12th 2006, crap day here, never made it this far east

I'll give you that, decent event here, most snow since Dec 1995 at the time- as I've said before that was the anti-4 Feb 2012 (east limit of the lying snow in March 2006 being almost exactly the west limit in 2012). 

That Sunday last November on the other hand when we had hours of cold rain in Shropshire while Cheshire, Staffs, Birmingham, E and S Mids had heavy snow at lower elevations than it was raining at in Shropshire......

[I remember Atlantic 252]

now 4th Feb '12 was good here

[sheikhy]

So far nothing has developed!!!

[cyclonic happiness]

8 minutes ago, sheikhy said:

So far nothing has developed!!!

i think deep down we all know nothing will either 

[nobble]

can report very fine snowy falling 

can see frozen snowflakes on decking and cars 

looking in street light a flurry is detectable

[MidlandsWeatherWatcher]

Nothing on the radar but there are some very tiny snow flakes coming down here. A very thin covering on cars and on top of slush/ice. 

[nobble]

5 minutes ago, MidlandsWeatherGeek said:

Nothing on the radar but there are some very tiny snow flakes coming down here. A very thin covering on cars and on top of slush/ice. 

Yup

we need it to stall and intensify by 200% then could be fun

[MidlandsWeatherWatcher]

2 minutes ago, nobble said:

Yup

we need it to stall and intensify by 200% then could be fun

Yes definitely

[LeeKay/]

@nobble yes i can confirm weak snow fall

 

[Sparkiee storm]

Extremely light snow grains earlier this evening, but nothing now. Also paths are like an ice rink in places.

[Eye to the sky]

Very light snow falling just north of Derby.Tiny flakes but better than nothing I guess!

[Essan]

Finally got an ice day in Evesham with daytime max of -0.3c  (did actually get up to -0.1c at 1.45am this morning though, so close run thing)

[Midlander]

Another ice day, here with a high of -0.6 degrees.

A seasonable spell of weather, hopefully the next cold spell will be snowier!

[Dancerwithwings]

Maxed out at -0.3c at 2pm, now at 3:45pm it’s -0.8c

my coldest day of the year so far…..

but I won’t be happy until I get to the magical -10

And that’s during the day