The Midlands - Weather Chat

[Summer of 95]

Hail shower- real hail, not ice pellets or graupel. More exciting than rain I suppose....

[MidlandsSean]

Netweather Radar subscription purchased! 

I may have just tempted fate.

[hammy]

those in telford/shrewsbury area look like to get something in the next half an hour or so judging by the track- looks quite intense too! 

It looks asif the showers are to cross the majority of the west side of the region too.

so it starts

[weirpig]

1 minute ago, MidlandsSean said:

Netweather Radar subscription purchased! 

I may have just tempted fate.

Noooo. Now we know who to blame

[tom_f123]

Favoured spots over say 150m ASL could get 5cm or so by morning id have thought.

[weather09]

Looking at radar, provided easternmost edge of showers to the NW hold their intensity, should get some moderate snowfall here soon.  Here's hoping.

[conor123]

Light snow here main shower dodging us to the east!

[LeeKay]

NW Radar well worth it

[weirpig]

1 minute ago, conor123 said:

Light snow here main shower dodging us to the east!

Good news.  At least it's snow. Hopefully at some point we get a direct hit 

[Summer of 95]

Those hailstones melted off the ground in 5 minutes. That doesn't bode well for any lasting snowcover I fear, even if it does go cold enough to actually snow.

[Cheshire Freeze]

There's something falling here but it's definitely not 100% snow. Slightly sleety.

[conor123]

3 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Good news.  At least it's snow. Hopefully at some point we get a direct hit 

Heavy snow now yay about to clear but hopefully more to come now winds ideal.

[weirpig]

Just now, conor123 said:

Heavy snow now yay about to clear but hopefully more to come now winds ideal.

Well if the Telford snow shield has gone then we are all in for a dumping 

[Summer of 95]

Here we go, everywhere but Shrewsbury again.... I wait to be proven wrong like on the 22nd August.

[hammy]

Just now, Summer of 95 said:

Here we go, everywhere but Shrewsbury again.... I wait to be proven wrong like on the 22nd August.

looks like its just clipping to the east of you

some more to come later on and hopefully you will get a direct hit! 

[conor123]

Still coming down  dusting now

[dudleyweather1]

As I posted this afternoon, interesting night ahead, I expect anywhere as far across as bham from the west to receive at least something, if not a couple of cms.

[Summer of 95]

Just now, hammy said:

looks like its just clipping to the east of you

some more to come later on and hopefully you will get a direct hit! 

It doesn't matter really where the precip is atm, it just isn't cold enough though it clearly is 15 miles away. Looking at xc weather, I don't like the way the dewpoints seem to rise the further west you are. It's -4 at East Midlands, -1 at Shawbury and 0 at Sennybridge which is quite high up.

[klippieboo]

Snow it telford yea!!! 

A nice covering starting, be interesting to see how these showers go. Cheshire Gap has provided some real surprises over the years.

Good luck all !! 

[conor123]

Just now, Summer of 95 said:

It doesn't matter really where the precip is atm, it just isn't cold enough though it clearly is 15 miles away. Looking at xc weather, I don't like the way the dewpoints seem to rise the further west you are. It's -4 at East Midlands, -1 at Shawbury and 0 at Sennybridge which is quite high up.

Height definitely playing a part here, 160-180 meters above sea level in this part of Telford, on route to work this morning was snowing at top of the road and then pure rain 5 mins later by town centre (around 100 meters lower).

[Ian Ballinger]

And Ironbridge.......sleety rain

[hammy]

1 minute ago, Summer of 95 said:

It doesn't matter really where the precip is atm, it just isn't cold enough though it clearly is 15 miles away. Looking at xc weather, I don't like the way the dewpoints seem to rise the further west you are. It's -4 at East Midlands, -1 at Shawbury and 0 at Sennybridge which is quite high up.

i think the dps are lower the further east you go because of cloud cover

I know sennybridge quite well with having trained up there with the TA- but even with a dp of 0 snow can still settle

 

[echobase]

What use are my minus 4 dewpoints without ppn! 

[weirpig]

1 minute ago, Ian Ballinger said:

And Ironbridge.......sleety rain

What is your asl Ian? 

Edited January 14, 2016 by weirpig

[PolarWarsaw]

80 or so ASL here, a power station, living in a ditch compared to surrounding areas.

It's going to be a sleety/rainy or very dry night. Off to bed shortly I think.