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, salty water sinking in the North Atlantic, so as the ocean warms from increasing greenhouse gases, and freshwater from melting glaciers enters the ocean, the AMOC may be weakened due to the change in temperature and salinity. (3) (4) (5) Weakening of the AMOC reduces the northward supply of salty
, salty water sinking in the North Atlantic, so as the ocean warms from increasing greenhouse gases, and freshwater from melting glaciers enters the ocean, the AMOC may be weakened due to the change in temperature and salinity. (3) (4) (5) Weakening of the AMOC reduces the northward supply of salty
by transporting warm water northwards in the Atlantic 1, 2 . The AMOC is maintained by cold, salty water sinking in the North Atlantic, so as the ocean warms from increasing greenhouse gases, and freshwater from melting glaciers enters the ocean, the AMOC may be weakened due to the change in temperature
of the Atlantic MOC comes from cooling of the surface in high latitudes, producing dense water which sinks to several kilometres below the surface. Climate models suggest that as the climate warms, the water in high latitudes becomes warmer and less salty, leading to less sinking and a weakening of the MOC. Some
. Rainfall End return Rainfall station total date/timeperiod (mm) (years) Comments Guernsey Airport (CI) 62.5 8 July, 09:00 - 24 hours - - Wittering, Cambridgeshire 56.6 Jersey Airport (CI) Andrewsfield, Essex Wattisham, Suffolk 51.9 43.8 36.0 Wittering, Cambridgeshire 52.6 Wittering, Cambridgeshire
April - 0900 9 0900 9 April - 0900 10 April (mm) April (mm) Return period (yrs) Hampton Park Hereford and Waterworks Worcester 25.1 72.0 70 Staplow Hereford and Worcester 32.6 69.6 70 Stanground Cambridgeshire 4.7 73.8 65 Ledbury Hereford and Worcester 18.2 69.9 60 Pulham St Mary Norfolk 0.4 69.1 60
and potentially towards Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. For context, the highest temperature on record for the UK in March is 25.6°C recorded on 29 March 1968 at Mepal in Cambridgeshire. End of March Chief Meteorologist Steve Ramsdale, said: “The UK will see a few days of notably warm weather to end March
, Cambridgeshire and 35.2 °C at Faversham, Kent. Temperatures across the Midlands, East Anglia and parts of north-west and north-east England were also into the low 30s including 33.4 °C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire and 31.9 °C at Brampton, Cumbria. The heat extended to the north of Scotland with 29.0 °C
, Cambridgeshire and 35.2 °C at Faversham, Kent. Temperatures across the Midlands, East Anglia and parts of north-west and north-east England were also into the low 30s including 33.4 °C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire and 31.9 °C at Brampton, Cumbria. The heat extended to the north of Scotland with 29.0 °C
, this is the highest ever total of rainfall reported in a single 24 hour period since records began in 1900. Rainfall Station Cambridge, Guildhall Herne Bay, Kent Andrewsfield, Essex Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire Radar imagery Duration of rainfall on 21 October 2001 18 hours - 02:00 GMT to 20:00 GMT 4 hours - 03:00 GMT
