Midland Metro in the snow, April 2001.
A Midland Metro tramcar passing through Winson Green, Birmingham on route for the City Centre in April 2001. Beneath the road bridge in the foreground is Nineveh Road, the railway bridge ahead of the tram carries the link line between the Birmingham-Smethwick-Wolverhampton railway line and the Birmingham-Perry Barr- Walsall railway line.
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Seeing snow in Britain during April is unusual, and I've only dated the slide as April 2001. Checking the BBC Weather Centre's records for that month, it states that there was snow followed by sunny periods and unsettled weather. So I guess I took the picture between 21st and 28th April 2001.
BBC Weather Centre records state:
14th - 20th April 2001
Cold northerly or northwesterly winds prevailed as pressure rose to the west and depressions tracked southeast from the Iceland area to Denmark. There were showers, some thundery, from time to time, these showers became distinctly wintry during the 18th to the 20th with hail, sleet, and snow mixed in. North Wales and counties adjacent to the North Sea were especially affected. There was widespread overnight frost, Sennybridge/Powys fell to minus 4.4°C early on the 19th.
21st - 28th April 2001
Rather cold wet and unsettled as a complex area of low pressure encroached upon and established itself over the region from the North Atlantic. Bands of rain and showers often heavy with thunder and hail mixed in, were the prevailing feature of the weather, however most places had some sunny periods. The 22nd was very cold and wet as fronts became slow moving over western areas, Cynwyd/Denbighshire only just rose above 4°C. Bristol reported a heavy thunderstorm on the 24th and there was some damaging hail in Norfolk on the 25th. A funnel cloud was observed off the Norfolk coast on the 26th. The remaining days to the 28th saw more thundery showers in many areas.
Midland Metro in the snow, April 2001.
A Midland Metro tramcar passing through Winson Green, Birmingham on route for the City Centre in April 2001. Beneath the road bridge in the foreground is Nineveh Road, the railway bridge ahead of the tram carries the link line between the Birmingham-Smethwick-Wolverhampton railway line and the Birmingham-Perry Barr- Walsall railway line.
See Satellite map: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=win...
Seeing snow in Britain during April is unusual, and I've only dated the slide as April 2001. Checking the BBC Weather Centre's records for that month, it states that there was snow followed by sunny periods and unsettled weather. So I guess I took the picture between 21st and 28th April 2001.
BBC Weather Centre records state:
14th - 20th April 2001
Cold northerly or northwesterly winds prevailed as pressure rose to the west and depressions tracked southeast from the Iceland area to Denmark. There were showers, some thundery, from time to time, these showers became distinctly wintry during the 18th to the 20th with hail, sleet, and snow mixed in. North Wales and counties adjacent to the North Sea were especially affected. There was widespread overnight frost, Sennybridge/Powys fell to minus 4.4°C early on the 19th.
21st - 28th April 2001
Rather cold wet and unsettled as a complex area of low pressure encroached upon and established itself over the region from the North Atlantic. Bands of rain and showers often heavy with thunder and hail mixed in, were the prevailing feature of the weather, however most places had some sunny periods. The 22nd was very cold and wet as fronts became slow moving over western areas, Cynwyd/Denbighshire only just rose above 4°C. Bristol reported a heavy thunderstorm on the 24th and there was some damaging hail in Norfolk on the 25th. A funnel cloud was observed off the Norfolk coast on the 26th. The remaining days to the 28th saw more thundery showers in many areas.