Midlands regional discussion - Winter 23/24

[I remember Atlantic 252]

23 minutes ago, Metwatch said:

Got the -10C 850hPa isotherm making its way down through England tomorrow, which Is what I and likely many others class as very cold air for UK standards, especially for a northerly. Even with sunny conditions temps will definitely struggle to climb above 1-2C for most in the region bar from far SW tomorrow. Not bad going for a northerly in a warmer global climate I have to admit. Snow maker for northern Scotland this.

boring with no precip, may as well be mild

[GokouD]

Things getting a bit tense over in the model thread!

[Sparkiee storm]

Been watching these the last few radar scans, not expecting much if anything as they are only light, plus may not be cold enough just yet but maybe something to keep a eye on for later.

[CoventryWeather]

4 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Been watching these the last few radar scans, not expecting much if anything as they are only light, plus may not be cold enough just yet but maybe something to keep a eye on for later.

Noticed this too, along with a few heavier echos just NW of that. 

Wouldn't be surprised to see a shower or two make there way inland tonight. 

Edited January 14 by CoventryWeather

[Sparkiee storm]

6 minutes ago, CoventryWeather said:

Noticed this too, along with a few heavier echos just NW of that. 

Wouldn't be surprised to see a shower or two make there way inland tonight. 

Hopefully, as even a light cover would make it something and would last most of the week. 

[andy_leics22]

Had a heavy rain shower earlier, around 3pm, followed by a rain/snow graupel mix afterwards. It's a shame that the precip didn't reach here a few hours later, the cold air was digging in and it was a wintry mix, but if that had fallen now, it would have been snow. Such fine margins on this isle of ours

[smethwickgg102]

Maybe grasping at the proverbial straw, but the showers through the gap are making inroads. Could they make it this far....................... I wonder

[Dancerwithwings]

Radar is showing showers to our Northwest 

hi res for tomorrow morning is the best we are going to get atm 

 

Edited January 14 by Dancerwithwings

[Dancerwithwings]

Certainly Wintry in nature are them showers as well  

[Sparkiee storm]

Maybe a few flakes getting into the central Midlands shortly, and heavier showers around the gap.

 

[CoventryWeather]

A slight surprise, like I said earlier wouldn't be surprised to see a few heavier showers move inland as winds veer NW later in the night..

Goodnight all. 

[Metwatch]

Steering flow seems to be mostly north now so the cloud & showers are just passing to my west.

I'm under clear skies now and temperatures are just collapsing, it was 2C 45 mins ago, now at 0.5C so the cold air is truly here. Areas west of me look better for any remaining showers to head inland.

Link to the satellite here: https://www.sat24.com/en-gb/country/gb/hd#selectedLayer=euMicro

Edit: 45 mins later down to -0.1C

 

Edited January 14 by Metwatch

[nobble]

Reports of light snow even at see level in north west so , should be snow if anything was to reach here

[GokouD]

Got a bit of icy dust falling here, I wouldn't really call it snow but it's a good sign for if the heaver looking cluster moving onshore makes it down here.

[Dancerwithwings]

13 minutes ago, Metwatch said:

Steering flow seems to be mostly north now so the cloud & showers are just passing to my west.

I'm under clear skies now and temperatures are just collapsing, it was 2C 45 mins ago, now at 0.5C so the cold air is truly here. Areas west of me look better for any remaining showers to head inland.

Link to the satellite here: https://www.sat24.com/en-gb/country/gb/hd#selectedLayer=euMicro

 

Lol…MW, anybody looking at that so called radar would think we are on fire

[Dancerwithwings]

3 minutes ago, GokouD said:

Got a bit of icy dust falling here, I wouldn't really call it snow but it's a good sign for if the heaver looking cluster moving onshore makes it down here.

Funny enough, my thoughts when looking at the latest radar, emmm

It'll be Telford that’ll get it

[Dancerwithwings]

Anyway guys we have to laugh how our regional house was so excited just 4 or 5 days ago in that this forthcoming week we was looking at something special regarding big predictions of us seeing a foot of the white stuff 

BUT….eventually it came down to this you’ve gotta laugh

 

[tom_f123]

Pathetic isn’t it, to think I spent over 2 weeks following the model thread 
 

northern Scotland must love these setups, absolute rash of heavy snow showers up there 

Edited January 14 by tom_f123

[Dancerwithwings]

Just now, tom_f123 said:

Pathetic isn’t it, to think I spent over 2 weeks following the model thread 

Blimey just 2 weeks….14 years me

[Iceman2606]

9 January 2024 Time-Lapse

 

[Snowshine]

Could be some snow for parts of Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire tomorrow, but in general it's a disappointing outlook for the region as a whole.

Edited January 15 by Snowshine

[Metwatch]

 

Telford's got it! Not cold enough and too short-lived to settle there I think.

[Gazza070]

On 09/12/2023 at 19:32, wende123 said:

I know, right in the middle of the day during the small amount of daylight that we have at this time of year. Typical 

How much snow do you think Telford will have  ?

[Summer of 95]

It's snowing here! At least we have a start....

[MattStoke]

A tiny dusting in Stoke-on-Trent.