Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[Summer of 95]

Shawbury 0C for 21 hours continuously!

Highest humidity in that time 92% which with +0.4 (the highest it could have been) = dewpoint -0.7 1400 today humidity 83% =dewpoint -2.1

So may or may not have been an ice day so far but definitely no positive dewpoints. So why has the ground been going damp and muddy in many places again? In a few spots, like Sunday, the ice has remained- tops of walls and fences, north facing roofs and sheltered parts of grass and paths (often with trees in the way of where the sun would be if it had been out, which it has not for 3 days). Very odd... (BTW it was negative temps yesterday until 1700)

Sky clearing now so will surely reform the frost everywhere

Edited December 13, 2022 by Summer of 95

[Metwatch]

Max of -0.7⁰C makes it the joint coldest daytime max since 7th January 2021 and probably since March 2018.

It is bloody freezing!

Edited December 13, 2022 by Metwatch

[Midlands Ice Age]

27 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

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

Snap..

 Was about to post similar..

Max -0.4C (played golf, and felt OK due to no wind) but we are much colder here this evening.

Two ice days on the trot now....another couple this week and my 1.0C CET guess may not be looking to stupid at all now.

Was -1,6C at 16:00,  and now down to -1.8C 20 mins later.

Looks like a low one tonight, but with the cirrus-stratus layer seeming to clear to the north, it could drop to anything.

MIA

[Dancerwithwings]

3 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Snap..

 Was about to post similar..

Max -0.4C (played golf, and felt OK due to no wind) but we are much colder here this evening.

Two ice days on the trot now....another couple this week and my 1.0C CET guess may not be looking to stupid at all now.

Was -1,6C at 16:00,  and now down to -1.8C 20 mins later.

Looks like a low one tonight, but with the cirrus-stratus layer seeming to clear to the north, it could drop to anything.

MIA

A safe bet could be minus 6C tonight

but what’s now starting to get interesting how the mild weather that’s forecasted from Sunday and long onwards could now be a blip ( 48hrs ) 

Most models are now looking at a northerly that could be with us by Tuesday with the S word with a strong Cheshire flow

 

Then Wednesday….what lovely charts 

[Dancerwithwings]

And on that same Tuesday, the 12z GEFS as us buried ( battle ground Midlands ) 

[BarometerCat]

4 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

And on that same Tuesday, the 12z GEFS as us buried ( battle ground Midlands ) 

spotted the potential next Tuesday, it could vanish into thin air before then (as these often do) but really hope not. looks good for Midlands!   Might be something in the shorter term too but not before that 'milder blip' 

[Midlander]

14 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

And on that same Tuesday, the 12z GEFS as us buried ( battle ground Midlands ) 

  Personally at this stage I would rather any snow event be shown to be slightly to the north of us, to compensate for any southern adjustments that would be likely to happen

[Neil Harris]

Tonight's Midlands today introducing snow into the forecast for the coming weekend.

[sheikhy]

-1 all day here in leicester!!!

[phil b]

December so far cold, would be nice to have some snow!

 

[MKN]

Since snow has been lacking around the Midlands you may be interested in this webcam from Princetown, Dartmoor. ..

 

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[Sparkiee storm]

Hopefully the trend for this next cold snap/spell continues as its showing a lot more snow, even significant snow for the region next week than this week. Also keeping an eye on Sunday, even if we get some temporary accumulations before it turns back to rain is better than nothing, especially as it makes it look more festive getting closer to Christmas. 

[MKN]

5 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Hopefully the trend for this next cold snap/spell continues as its showing a lot more snow, even significant snow for the region next week than this week. Also keeping an eye on Sunday, even if we get some temporary accumulations before it turns back to rain is better than nothing, especially as it makes it look more festive getting closer to Christmas. 

The following week may see a bit more snow but I think any snow Sunday will be brief and washed away entirely before the band of precip clears. Unless we see upgrades between now and then of course.

[Midlands Ice Age]

Just been out ...

Temperature falling quickly now (-2.6C) and with a strong easterly.

OH yes AND its started SNOWING!!!!!

Small flakes but settling readily and drifting already..

Where has it come from? 

MIA

[Dancerwithwings]

Woke up to a covering this morning, as MIA mentioned “where did it come from

At 7am   -4.1C 

[Fozfoster]

4 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Woke up to a covering this morning, as MIA mentioned “where did it come from

At 7am   -4.1C 

No snow here but -4.6c at 7am

[Fozfoster]

3more days of this then a warm up. I was hoping for at least a cold Christmas but we will see 

merry Christmas everyone

[BarometerCat]

-4 and still a decent frost about.   Possibly some snow Saturday for W mids before mild(er) air arrives.  I am not sure anything past next Monday is really fully resolved!

[Midlands Ice Age]

Ended up snowing lightly for about 2 5 hrs.

A couple of centimetres on the ground this cold morning,

Looks superb, and with a min of -4.8C and current -3.6C (9:15) with a little sunshine looks as if it will stick around.

Suspect that last night was a meeting of the colder air from the NE, with the upper level occlusion coming up from the south.

It certainly was interesting with the very fine flakes (half of which went upwards) giving a very misty effect.

Also during it the temp  actually fell.

Golf course closed this morning due to the safety risk.

MIA

[Midlander]

By far the coldest night so far with a low of -7. 

[Summer of 95]

Sunny today and wind has really picked up compared to last few days from NNW- the perfect direction for us. Where are the Cheshire Gap snow showers? There are plenty in the N Sea.....

[ANYWEATHER]

Wouldn't be surprised to get down to minus10 overnight, much clearer skies then of late  ouch !

[Midlander]

A satellite image showing the snow in red.

Very spotty of course, with Wolverhampton (M54 area) doing well but areas east of the M6 not seeing anything at all.

Can just about make out the snowy Cotswolds and those in the far south east of our region.

Edited December 14, 2022 by Midlander

[Snowyowl9]

Thick Rime what a winter wonderland looks like a snow covering..

Wall to wall sun all day max -0.5c now -3c

North wind...

[Summer of 95]

Another weather image where you can draw the border of Shropshire pretty accurately! It's amazing how many times you can do it- snow cover, lightning strikes, radar maps, cloud cover....