Overview
- Residents across Birmingham reported an unusual purple or pink glow overnight as snow from Storm Goretti moved in.
- Aerial photographs revealed a bright pink plume above St Andrew’s, consistent with the club’s high-intensity grow lamps.
- Simon King of the BBC explained that low cloud and falling snow increased reflectivity, spreading stadium and city lighting across the sky.
- Images taken nearer the stadium showed stronger pink tones, while the broader sky appeared purple to many observers.
- Storm Goretti continues to disrupt services with red wind warnings in the South West, amber snow alerts for the Midlands, about 60,000 properties without power or gas, rail route closures, and reduced runway operations at Birmingham Airport.