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is still not running at record temperature compared to 2016 – the warmest year for global average surface temperature.  Prof Adam Scaife  is the Head of Met Office Long Range Prediction. He said:“We are likely to have seen the most extreme global temperatures already this year as La Niña is now

.  With searing temperatures affecting many nations from the UK to India and Pakistan, 2022 will be remembered by many as the year of the heatwave. The increasing intensity of heatwave is no surprise to Omar. He said: “The heat waves are the most evident sign of climate change because they are directly associated

of Climate Variability Modelling. He said: “A typical El Niño temporarily adds about 0.2C to average global temperature. “This increase is dwarfed by the 1.2C that we have seen from climate change since the Industrial Revolution but added to that human-induced warming a new global temperature record

regarded as simple, not requiring too much detailed weather forecast information. Ken Mylne is an ensemble forecasting expert. He said: “Even a simple decision like ‘should I take an umbrella tomorrow’ will depend on how much you’re concerned about getting wet.  “If you are dressed up for an important

will remain as 32.9°C at Greycrook, Scottish Borders from 9th August 2003. How do we verify records Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre. He said: “At the Met Office we manage a network of weather observing sites across the UK. This network is comprised

record on the 25 August 1986. Saturday 3 October was the wettest day in the UK rainfall record stretching back to 1891. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre. He said: “In climate statistics, 2019 will be remembered for possessing the UK’s hottest day

flooding, and rapidly rising rivers. In such a normally arid region landslides are an ongoing threat in some locations. Rainfall accumulations Dr Julian Heming is a Met Office expert on tropical cyclones. He said: “Although Hilary reached hurricane status, its greatest impacts now will be the heavy

. Julian Heming is the Met Office’s expert on tropical cyclones. Commenting on this year’s forecast he said: “What is interesting this year is that the forecasts issued by many different agencies are all indicating an above-average season. As they are all pointing in the same direction this gives us

 is the Director of Climate Research at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). He said: “As the Covid pandemic has reminded us, the greatest risks sometimes come from hazards that are not the most likely. We mustn’t be complacent about the low-likelihood aspect of higher-than-expected levels

of the timing of natural events in relation to climate. He said: “The natural world is responding to the changes we are witnessing within our own climate. “A wide-ranging study published in 2022 showed an alarming discovery. Comparing two periods from 1753 to 1986 and 1987 to 2019 researchers found