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. There is little urban development, the main towns being Inverness, Fort William, Wick, Kirkwall (Orkney) and Lerwick (Shetland). Temperature Mean annual temperatures over the region at low altitude vary from about 9 °C close to the Moray Firth and on the westernmost isles to about 7 °C on Shetland
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the warning colour alone as an indication of potential impact. Flood Forecasting Flood Guidance Statement User Guide Flood Forecasting Centre short training videos Scottish Flood Forecasting Service - Your guide to using the Flood Guidance Statement Daily Hazard Assessment NHP Daily Hazard Assessment User Guide
and related basic services among WMO members. Full details of all the WIPPS centres can be found on the WIPPS Web Portal. The UK is a Designated Centre for the following activities under WIPPS, all of which are operated by the Met Office: World Meteorological Centre (WMC Exeter) Global Deterministic
is sheltered from the rain-bearing westerly winds. This shelter reaches its greatest potential along the coasts of East Lothian, Fife and the Moray Firth and these areas receive less than 700 mm of rainfall in an average year. In contrast, the wettest area is the southern Grampians where the average
of 2.2°C above its long-term average mean temperature of 4.2°C. North Scotland is the only region to have seen more sunshine than average, with 74.8 hours of sunshine making 132% of its long-term average. North-west England and Wales has had the least sunshine with just 40.9 hours, 60% of its average
it caused further weather impacts to southern Norway and Sweden, and northern Denmark. Weather data The analysis chart at 0600UTC 17 February 2023 shows the centre of storm Otto over the Northern Isles driving very strong north-westerly winds across Scotland and north-east England. The rain-radar image
problems. Parts of eastern England were also affected by this storm. Impacts North-east Scotland was worst affected by flooding, particularly the Inverness to Moray area and Kingussie to Aviemore but also around Ullapool. Rail travel was affected, there was flooding and damage to roads and 200 homes were
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