Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[Sparkiee storm]

Like others have had, nice surprise seeing another covering this morning in places it melted yesterday.

[nobble]

Just had a moderate shower with massive flakes 

looked great 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Well, great morning! streamer looks like right for me! heaviest was at 9am

[Polar Maritime]

Another light snow shower passing here now. Most have missed me off the Irish Sea as they are dropping to my South. But I've noticed on the radar showers popping up over Preston so they should be in my fireing line if they don't fizzle out.

A new ice warning is out from the Meto for our region untill tomorrow..

Edited January 19, 2023 by Polar Maritime

[MattStoke]

When the north west wind blows, there be Stokie snow.

Yet another great north westerly spell. Long live the Cheshire Gap!

[nobble]

Boom 

[Midlander]

Nice

[Sparkiee storm]

Hit here too, moderate/heavy flurry. Doing quite well in this spell.

[syed2878]

With the Met office issuing ice warnings for our region are we expecting more snow today guys?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

23 minutes ago, MattStoke said:

When the north west wind blows, there be Stokie snow.

Yet another great north westerly spell. Long live the Cheshire Gap!

Aye, not a bad one this! similar to 3-5 Feb '03

[moorlander]

Lovely out there today, very overcast earlier but the sun is now out. Snow as far as the eye can see, take this over the mild wet muck any day.

[Snowy L]

Nice surprise this morning with another small top up. Not much but it's better than nothing.

[nobble]

Looks it for snow barring anymore surprises 

 

better cold spell than the December one for this location already

originally was going to warm up tomo 

now Tuesday until we get to the dizzy heights of 7 deg c 

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

quite a heavy snow shower, wetter though, but places higher up like Walsall might be better

[Midlander]

Graupel shower now

Edited January 19, 2023 by Midlander

[nobble]

Graupel / snow shower 20 mins ago 

[Snowyowl9]

Nothing special about this NWly for snow showers winds too light snow showers keep dying out..

But today is colder..

[MattStoke]

Beautiful out there. Love Stoke’s winters.

[Summer of 95]

Whatever that last brief shower was has just left everything wet, even though bits of yesterday's snow and last nights small sprinkling are still lying in some select areas. This spell has been better than December's for snow but then so were 6-7 April 2021 and 14th Jan 2015.

Apparently parts of west Shropshire have had nothing in either spell, although the northeast fringe has had more this time and the southern fringe did in Dec. Why is this county so awful for snow, even sometimes in places 200m asl? Over 30 years and I still struggle to find an explanation for the anomalies- not just missing the showers or getting less than other places but also the rain and sleet when other places get snow (Nov 2021 among many others), the higher snow lines and the quicker melting, the often higher dewpoints and both temps and dps seeming to need to be lower than everywhere else.... It defies explanation. It so often needs either brutal cold like Dec 2010 and Mar 2018 or everything just perfectly aligned like Dec 2017 to produce round here. And so often it changes at the border of Shropshire, give or take 5 miles....

[Snowyowl9]

This will be the longest january cold spell for 10 years..

Had much more snow then of course with the drifting snow from the east..

[Fozfoster]

Brass monkey weather.. but no snow on them 

[Don]

6 hours ago, Summer of 95 said:

Whatever that last brief shower was has just left everything wet, even though bits of yesterday's snow and last nights small sprinkling are still lying in some select areas. This spell has been better than December's for snow but then so were 6-7 April 2021 and 14th Jan 2015.

Apparently parts of west Shropshire have had nothing in either spell, although the northeast fringe has had more this time and the southern fringe did in Dec. Why is this county so awful for snow, even sometimes in places 200m asl? Over 30 years and I still struggle to find an explanation for the anomalies- not just missing the showers or getting less than other places but also the rain and sleet when other places get snow (Nov 2021 among many others), the higher snow lines and the quicker melting, the often higher dewpoints and both temps and dps seeming to need to be lower than everywhere else.... It defies explanation. It so often needs either brutal cold like Dec 2010 and Mar 2018 or everything just perfectly aligned like Dec 2017 to produce round here. And so often it changes at the border of Shropshire, give or take 5 miles....

Woke up to what looked like had been a graupel shower this morning.  Around 11am there looked to be a heavy snow shower in the vicinity of Shrewsbury, but I just got the tail end of it with a brief flurry.

I went for a drive yesterday through the Shropshire Hills and there was a (albeit slushy) covering of snow.  However, like you say western parts of Shropshire near the Welsh border had nothing, even higher ground and had to head into Wales to see more lying snow.  I have to say I'm a little disappointed with the snow events so far, since this is my first winter in Shropshire and sounds like it's a bit of a snow dome county?!!  

Was your last genuine decent snowfall during the Feb/March 2018 BFTE?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

looking cloudy, that maybe why bbc only going for minimum of 0

thinking it was going to be clear and -5, with still snow around in morning

[MattStoke]

30 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

looking cloudy, that maybe why bbc only going for minimum of 0

thinking it was going to be clear and -5, with still snow around in morning

Very icy, though. The downside to snow. It’s treacherous out there.

[Don]

1 hour ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

looking cloudy, that maybe why bbc only going for minimum of 0

thinking it was going to be clear and -5, with still snow around in morning

At least you have snow on the ground compared to the snow dome here lol!