Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[phil b]

Finally starting to pick up here, has been pretty calm the last hour or so.

[Snowyowl9]

This storm is further south than burns day..

[Wingman Blue]

Latest update, wind now westerly, temperature dropping rapidly - 1.7•C in fifteen minutes.  Squally showers.

[shunthebartlett92]

Is the Midlands doing a classic Midlands thing today (aka avoiding the brunt of this). I feel bad advising my missus not to fly home to Eastern Europe this afternoon from BHX, she absolutely could have

[FENDER.]

Has it peaked yet for the West Midlands, if so then its not been too bad so far.

[Storm Force]

9 minutes ago, FENDER. said:

Has it peaked yet for the West Midlands, if so then its not been too bad so far.

Not Sure.  Really Disappointing So Far

[Midlander]

A very disappointing event, I was hoping for 70mph+ gusts with the chance to experience a sting jet.

Still not as crushing as if it had been a snow event

[davehsug]

Got going here in the last half hour. Very squally from N of W

Edited February 18, 2022 by davehsug

[MattStoke]

Sounds windy as hell outside my work in the centre of Stoke.

[Wingman Blue]

Storm Eunuch wasn’t much to write home about but the drop in temp is pretty awesome, three degrees in just over an hour.

Wind now WNW.

[MattStoke]

20 hours ago, MattStoke said:

That low crossing the country on Saturday looks interesting. Light winds to the north could allow enough evaporative cooling for rain to turn to snow. The GFS and UKMO both show exactly that across the North Midlands.

Automated forecasts are now picking up on this.

[shunthebartlett92]

17 minutes ago, Midlander said:

A very disappointing event, I was hoping for 70mph+ gusts with the chance to experience a sting jet.

Still not as crushing as if it had been a snow event

Regarding the snow, This is very true! 

[Terminal Moraine]

The rain has turned to sleet  here over the past half hour. Current temp' is 3.1c and falling steadily. Highest gust so far at 350 mts a.s.l is 70 mph.

[Barbmac]

Not much in the way of rain here but the wind is very strong and with some huge gusts, have seen some minor damage from my window (small branches down and a shed roof covering blown off). Can see big trees further up the Malvern hills and more exposed are still intact, at least where I am.

[Wingman Blue]

Still breezy here, gusting up to 30kts but temperature still dropping , five degrees now from the height of the storm.

Looking at the radar there may be the odd snow shower in the next hour or two.

[Storm Force]

22 minutes ago, Wingman Blue said:

Still breezy here, gusting up to 30kts but temperature still dropping , five degrees now from the height of the storm.

Looking at the radar there may be the odd snow shower in the next hour or two.

 

Wind picking up crazy in Dudley.  Could this be the Sting Jet

[Neil Harris]

Sleet showers in WS3

[nobble]

Yes sleet in pelsall too 

[shunthebartlett92]

Things are much calmer in the city centre now, nowhere near as bad as feared here. Not undermining things at all as I know some parts were badly affected in the region 

[Polar Maritime]

Gusts into the 70s and horizontal snow here currently.

[Eskimo]

Icon not interested away from highests hills.

[MattStoke]

1 hour ago, Eskimo said:

Icon not interested away from highests hills.

Looks very different here.

[Wingman Blue]

34 minutes ago, MattStoke said:

Looks very different here.

Dammit!  Stow-on-The-Wold wins out again…

[nobble]

Well feels very chilly outside now ! 
still can’t believe our family weekend break was cancelled @ centreparcs 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

4 hours ago, Midlander said:

A very disappointing event, I was hoping for 70mph+ gusts with the chance to experience a sting jet.

Still not as crushing as if it had been a snow event

A great event for me! was wanting to miss out, been lucky, as for this location I have known much windier/wetter days

often the wettest/windiest days here are days with no 'named' storm, with a NW'ly with constant heavy showers from the Cheshire Gap