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the eruption over a period of around two weeks. The image above shows a well-defined plume of SO2 observed on 28 November 2022, derived from the TROPOMI instrument on the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite. This instrument can be used to infer a vertical column amout of SO2 in the atmosphere

predicted (e.g. tercile or quintile categories). The above figure shows, for illustration, a typical reliability diagram. This is a realistic example, but not drawn from any current prediction system. The example illustrates verification of a set of forecasts (here, forecasts over a 16-year period), over

Birds at the Met Office General trends Volunteers from the Met Office began monitoring bird species on site in mid-2013. 256 transects around the building have been conducted over the past eleven years, and we can now see how the number of birds our habitats support varies month-by-month. 140 120

Storm Kathleen, 6 to 7 April 2024 Storm Kathleen was the 11th named storm of the 2023-2024 storm season. Kathleen was a particularly deep area of low pressure for the time of year, bringing strong winds gusting widely at over 50Kt around coastlines in the west and north and over 60Kt in some

on Friday morning as Storm Éowyn arrives, with rain starting off as snow over parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and higher ground in northern England. A Yellow warning for winds in western parts of Wales, southwest England and the southern coast of England has been issued from 07:00 until 18:00

The system will develop in the North Atlantic before tracking eastwards towards the UK and Ireland over the coming days, passing to the north of Scotland on Saturday. A National Severe Weather Warning for wind has been issued for much of England and Wales, further warnings are likely to be issued

air persisted at times in the north, resulting in some snow at the frontal boundary. Storm Christoph brought very wet and windy weather between the 19th and 21st, with many stations having over 100 mm of rain. It was colder from the 22nd to 25th with snow in places, mainly in the west

of these being linked to rainfall. It was an especially dry month across NW Scotland, and the fine clear weather did ensure some chilly nights, especially over the northern half of Scotland. Only at the very end of March did an incursion of Arctic air bring a temporary return to wintry hazards. High

June 2021 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. The first half of June was largely dry and warm, though less settled over Scotland towards mid-month. The second half saw temperatures broadly nearer to average, with some days very cool for the time of year

Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings for potentially disruptive snow and ice have been issued covering parts of northern Scotland for Sunday and Monday and Northern Ireland for Monday. Whilst accumulation amounts will vary, parts of northern Scotland could see around 10 cms of snow over the two