Yesterday snow showers eased around 9.40 then apart from a few snow
showers it was dry but cloudy.

Today despite the met office grphics showing heavy snow from 08.00 to
12.00 for Weston Coyney it's been dry but cloudy. Few light snow
flurries in last 10 minutes. Looking a little brighter now.

1.5cms lying


09.00 (Sat) to 09.00 (Sun)


Max 0.8c


Min -3.2c


Rainfall 2.3mm


Sun hours 0.2



Graham

Judging by the radar, you may have spoken (written) slightly too soon, Graham. Correct forecast, though not sure why people look at the MO site-specific graphics.

Julian

Julian Mayes wrote:

Judging by the radar, you may have spoken (written) slightly too
soon, Graham. Correct forecast, though not sure why people look
at the MO site-specific graphics.


Dont think so Julian. Radar or no radar we had some mostly light snow
from midday but that died away around 12.45. Dry now and looking a bit
brighter again.


Graham

Julian Mayes wrote:

Judging by the radar, you may have spoken (written) slightly too soon,
Graham. Correct forecast, though not sure why people look at the MO
site-specific graphics.

Julian

The radar was very misleading for these parts on Sunday. We had dark blue and
green echoes over Tideswell at times but, as far as I am aware, there wasn't a
flake of snow. For much of the day, lots of precipitation was visible falling
from the middle cloud but it all evaporated before reaching the ground.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

Norman Lynagh wrote:


The radar was very misleading for these parts on Sunday. We had dark
blue and green echoes over Tideswell at times but, as far as I am
aware, there wasn't a flake of snow. For much of the day, lots of
precipitation was visible falling from the middle cloud but it all
evaporated before reaching the ground.

I could not figure out the radar at all yesterday Norman. As I pointed
out to Julian the radar was showing snow from 09.00 to midday here and
we'd had a few flakes. But when we returned from our afternoon walk it
was still snowing heavily and the radar looked the same as it did
earlier in the day!
Reports on Midlands Today said Staffordshire had the worst of the snow
in the Midlands with 15 cms but it must have been just to the South and
east of Weston Coyney. We only had the heavy snow for a few hours
during the afternoon.
The Midlands forecaster says its turning milder this week with more
rain then a dry & colder weekend before turning mild again next week.
Another 12mm and this will be our wettest January on record (1960-2021)



Graham

On 25/01/2021 21:32, Graham wrote:
Norman Lynagh wrote:


The radar was very misleading for these parts on Sunday. We had dark
blue and green echoes over Tideswell at times but, as far as I am
aware, there wasn't a flake of snow. For much of the day, lots of
precipitation was visible falling from the middle cloud but it all
evaporated before reaching the ground.

I could not figure out the radar at all yesterday Norman. As I pointed
out to Julian the radar was showing snow from 09.00 to midday here and
we'd had a few flakes. But when we returned from our afternoon walk it
was still snowing heavily and the radar looked the same as it did
earlier in the day!
Reports on Midlands Today said Staffordshire had the worst of the snow
in the Midlands with 15 cms but it must have been just to the South and
east of Weston Coyney. We only had the heavy snow for a few hours
during the afternoon.
The Midlands forecaster says its turning milder this week with more
rain then a dry & colder weekend before turning mild again next week.
Another 12mm and this will be our wettest January on record (1960-2021)



Graham





Gosh! Another variable rainfall month across the UK must be beckoning.
I've only received 45.3mm so far this month which is less than half of
the estimated long term average for the whole of January. Rain to come
this week though, which should edge closer to the mean.

Nigel (Niton, Isle of Wight)
101m amsl