Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[Ms Rock & Blues]

55 minutes ago, DiagonalRedLine said:

I’ll install a massive fan and blow it your way. Can’t promise you much due to how light the snow has been (so far)

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[Diamond Joe]

Warnings updated we are slap bang in the middle until Friday https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2023-03-09&id=75899604-0a9a-4cbd-8276-f38de60e0340

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by Diamond Joe

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Light snow here last half hour, wet though

[Snowy L]

3 minutes ago, Diamond Joe said:

Warnings updated we are slap bang in the middle until Friday https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2023-03-09&id=75899604-0a9a-4cbd-8276-f38de60e0340

 

Doesn't sound too amazing for Thursday. Think as it stands we will have to settle for a period of rain Thursday afternoon/evening. Let's hope for further corrections south.

[Shezale coventry]

Warnings updated whole of the w midlands in the yellow warning today and 2moz bit weird how no amber warning out?

[syed2878]

The Met office have just updated the warnings for snow and we have yellow warning from today until Friday. I must say it was rather surprising. A pleasant surprise, if I may say, so, I hope it comes off.️

[stewfox]

Snowing here but not settling.  Sheep seem ok

Edited March 8, 2023 by stewfox
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[MKN]

UKV 06Z looks good for us. The meto warning for today states 5 to 10cms for some areas within the warning zone which could fall within a few hours.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

12 minutes ago, Snowy L said:

Doesn't sound too amazing for Thursday. Think as it stands we will have to settle for a period of rain Thursday afternoon/evening. Let's hope for further corrections south.

Feb 3rd '94 comes to mind a Thursday, white out morning gales and heavy snow, but mild with rain by midday

Edited March 8, 2023 by I remember Atlantic 252

[Eskimo]

Warnings released after people's morning commutes, which impacts people's evening commutes? I don't get that decision. 

[GokouD]

Why has the radar just changed from this:

to this?

[markw2680]

I think this is just a taster, as the afternoon goes on it will become colder and hopefully something a bit heavier so it will soon start to settle, tomorrow morning rush could be chaotic to say the least. BRING IT ON I SAY 

[Summer of 95]

Flakes have got bigger but it's really struggling to stick, is dusting the grass and roofs and hedges but other things are just going damp even though it still looks like dry snow

[Shane]

Very fine stuff here, just blowing around. 

 

[Anthony147]

5 minutes ago, GokouD said:

Why has the radar just changed from this:

to this?

I think the radar is struggling, we've gone from snow to rain/snow in the last 20 mins yet it's the heaviest the snow has been all day

[Metwatch]

Picking up nicely in Coventry, not settling yet as temperature at 0.9°C

[MKN]

9 minutes ago, GokouD said:

Why has the radar just changed from this:

to this?

The precip type radar images don't show what's actually falling. It takes the radar image of what is falling for intensity and location of the precip and then overlays what it believes that would be falling as based on a computer model it uses. So that data must have suggested that at 1015 the precip would likely become sleet rather than snow across the areas now changed. 

[Snowy L]

A few flakes finally started blowing around here so just the 4 hours of continuous snow higher up to finally breach the dry surface layer.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, Snowy L said:

A few flakes finally started blowing around here so just the 4 hours of continuous snow higher up to finally breach the dry surface layer.

Hopefully coming your neck of woods next week, corona permitting to visit my 98 year old Nan in Kings Bromley, will be mild by then though

[Summer of 95]

Just been checking the motorway cameras, there is nothing really sticking anywhere in the W Midlands. All along the M54, M6 to Birmingham and down the M5 to Worcester, just green even on the high bit around M5 J2-4

[Metwatch]

2 minutes ago, Summer of 95 said:

Just been checking the motorway cameras, there is nothing really sticking anywhere in the W Midlands. All along the M54, M6 to Birmingham and down the M5 to Worcester, just green even on the high bit around M5 J2-4

CV5 area slightly higher elevation report saying starting to settle, not sure how believable that is though, could be possible

Edited March 8, 2023 by Metwatch

[MKN]

2 minutes ago, Summer of 95 said:

Just been checking the motorway cameras, there is nothing really sticking anywhere in the W Midlands. All along the M54, M6 to Birmingham and down the M5 to Worcester, just green even on the high bit around M5 J2-4

The heavier precip is south of all that area currently. (Hereford across to Northampton roughly)

[Serendipity]

Snowing quite hard here but not settling like others have said. 

[Barbmac]

9 minutes ago, Summer of 95 said:

Just been checking the motorway cameras, there is nothing really sticking anywhere in the W Midlands. All along the M54, M6 to Birmingham and down the M5 to Worcester, just green even on the high bit around M5 J2-4

Certainly sticking up here on the Malvern Hills! Just constant light snow but it's slowly mounting up. 

[Serendipity]

Central weather not going for anything settling here.