Midlands regional discussion - Winter 23/24

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 minute ago, Neil Harris said:

Virtually everyone I've spoken to since Christmas has had some kind of bug, and they've all said the same thing, we need some really cold weather to shift it

everyone different of course, but I find warm weather better for colds etc for me anyway

[Neil Harris]

17 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

everyone different of course, but I find warm weather better for colds etc for me anyway

Proper Sunny warmth of course, not this mild and damp though, bugs seem to fester.

[BarometerCat]

Non descript dull overcast and wet...totally uninspiring.    

[Snowshine]

Lots of rain in the forecast tonight and river levels already high across the region. TORRO issued a convective discussion, so could be an interesting night.

Edited December 30, 2023 by Snowshine

[ANYWEATHER]

20 hours ago, Andrew Hurcomb said:

Daffodil  came out 26th December.  2 out today. Never known daffs come out in December  before.  

Seem them lots of times when I've been to Pembrokeshire at new year.......

[Josh Rubio]

Looks like we’re in for some wild weather tonight 

[BarometerCat]

1 hour ago, Josh Rubio said:

Looks like we’re in for some wild weather tonight 

Looks like an intense band approaching on radar. 

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

I don't expect any thunderstorms here, probably elsewhere

[Metwatch]

Keeps flooding in the town of Brandon and the pub there just outside Coventry.

Brandon pub The Royal Oak floods for fourth time in as many months

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Owner Khara Schrijvers says Thursday's flood was the worst they have experienced yet.

Even an article on it written a few days ago... Must be an issue with the drains.

[Dancerwithwings]

To all fellow Midlands peeps

Im wishing you all a Happy New Year  

DWW 

[Midlands Ice Age]

19 hours ago, Dancerwithwings said:

To all fellow Midlands peeps

Im wishing you all a Happy New Year  

DWW 

Same from me to you all...

 AND...   Lets hope that the GFS is wrong and that we get loads of cold and snowy weather soon.

Oh yes I have recorded another century break for rainfall in my back garden with a total of 108mms for Dec 23..

That is the fifth month on the trot!!

MIA

[I remember Atlantic 252]

On 30/12/2023 at 22:55, Metwatch said:

Keeps flooding in the town of Brandon and the pub there just outside Coventry.

Brandon pub The Royal Oak floods for fourth time in as many months

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Owner Khara Schrijvers says Thursday's flood was the worst they have experienced yet.

Even an article on it written a few days ago... Must be an issue with the drains.

another Royal Oak! one in Stafford and King's Bromley

[Dancerwithwings]

2 hours ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Same from me to you all...

 AND...   Lets hope that the GFS is wrong and that we get loads of cold and snowy weather soon.

Oh yes I have recorded another century break for rainfall in my back garden with a total of 108mms for Dec 23..

That is the fifth month on the trot!!

MIA

Lol ..they are all wrong until 24 hrs to go I suppose 

The forecasted displacement in the stratosphere will play havoc in all the models for a good week or so yet

But there are some great potential out comes in the GEFS and this morning no 8 stands out for me we live in hope

 

Edited January 1 by Dancerwithwings

[Metwatch]

Happy new year to all of the Midlands folk, here are the 2023 stats for Coventry:

The year was another warm one but a much wetter year than 2022 with near average sunshine. Almost 300mm more rain last year compared to 2022. Second warmest both for temperatures and rainfall since records began in the 1890s.

Edited January 1 by Metwatch

[Eskimo]

Not sure how much longer I can stand the perpetually grey and rainy days. It was a thoroughly miserable year with a fantastic couple of weeks in september.

[Iceman2606]

New Year 2024 Time-Lapse

 

[Snowshine]

Glad to see the back of 2023. Such an uninspiring year locally, with limited amounts of sunshine throughout, and plenty of rain. Last month was probably the dullest December on record here.

Bring on 2024! 

Edited January 2 by Snowshine

[Polar Maritime]

Persistent moderate rain here for past few hours and looks like it's set in for the day. Winds should pick up later..

Edited January 2 by Polar Maritime

[Arctic Hare]

Things are deteriorating in Bewdley, I'm sorry to say. The road into town by the bridge (far back left of photo) is maybe 20-30 cm from being flooded now. It hasn't stopped raining all day, and since the ground is utterly saturated, everything's running down the roads and fields straight into the Severn.

 

 

[matty40s]

Ah, here it comes, back end with the rain returning and gusts rising...

[Arctic Hare]

And now the road through Bewdley has indeed been closed to all vehicles. (There's a path that avoids the flood, and for the moment that's still open.) The river has risen 28 cm in three hours, and it's still on the up. As happened during Storm Ciaran, the level is rising very fast due to a combination of heavy rain, no soak-in and already full drains. Fortunately this time the flood barriers on the town (west) side were put up in time. No such protection on the Wribbenhall (east) bank, though: it'll be over a year until that side is fully protected, so probably several more floods to come.

I'm a broken record on this I know, but I just want the rain to stop. I would bite your hand off for two weeks of anticyclonic gloom right now, that's how fed up everyone in Bewdley is with this!

[Snowshine]

First flood warning in 5 years issued here.

Edited January 2 by Snowshine

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 hour ago, Arctic Hare said:

And now the road through Bewdley has indeed been closed to all vehicles. (There's a path that avoids the flood, and for the moment that's still open.) The river has risen 28 cm in three hours, and it's still on the up. As happened during Storm Ciaran, the level is rising very fast due to a combination of heavy rain, no soak-in and already full drains. Fortunately this time the flood barriers on the town (west) side were put up in time. No such protection on the Wribbenhall (east) bank, though: it'll be over a year until that side is fully protected, so probably several more floods to come.

I'm a broken record on this I know, but I just want the rain to stop. I would bite your hand off for two weeks of anticyclonic gloom right now, that's how fed up everyone in Bewdley is with this!

If it was an option, I'd pay a fee for it, or an early spring, very bad in Rugeley, Armitage, Lichfield and King's Bromley, when I went to see my Nan

[Neil Harris]

3 hours ago, Arctic Hare said:

And now the road through Bewdley has indeed been closed to all vehicles. (There's a path that avoids the flood, and for the moment that's still open.) The river has risen 28 cm in three hours, and it's still on the up. As happened during Storm Ciaran, the level is rising very fast due to a combination of heavy rain, no soak-in and already full drains. Fortunately this time the flood barriers on the town (west) side were put up in time. No such protection on the Wribbenhall (east) bank, though: it'll be over a year until that side is fully protected, so probably several more floods to come.

I'm a broken record on this I know, but I just want the rain to stop. I would bite your hand off for two weeks of anticyclonic gloom right now, that's how fed up everyone in Bewdley is with this!

I've never known a period of what feels like months,be this bad.

Feel for anyone who's riverside. 

[Metwatch]

Just a ridiculous amount of water in the soil and that's all heading into rivers tonight. Visited the Royal Oak in Brandon, that's  flooded yet again. And also the River Sowe is swollen with footpaths subermerged.

These are at Brandon, next to the river Avon:

Below is the River Sowe at around Wyken:

Edited January 2 by Metwatch