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Strong winds 10-12 March 2008 Strong winds over England and Wales caused some disruption to transport and power supplies over this period... 10 March 2008 On 10 March 2008, a deep area of low pressure moved east across southern Ireland, central Wales and Lincolnshire, with the southern half

and warnings were posted across London, Sussex and Kent. Further heavy rain in south-east England led to renewed flooding on the M20 and M25 on the morning of the 6th. During the 10th and 11th there was prolonged rainfall over the north-west Highlands of Scotland and the Western Isles, with flooding near

. The weather variables in a microclimate, such as temperature, rainfall, wind or humidity, may be subtly different to the conditions prevailing over the area as a whole and from those that might be reasonably expected under certain types of pressure or cloud cover. Indeed, it is the mixture of many

High pressure will restrict rain to the northwest and pull up mild air from the southwest, bringing many a dry and exceptionally mild few days. However, northern areas of the UK will see more unsettled weather over the next few days (Thursday and Friday), and warnings have been issued.  Meanwhile

of the month. Babet also brought some very strong winds, gusting at over 50Kt (58mph) across northeast England and much of Scotland. A blocking area of high pressure over Scandinavia prevented Babet clearing the UK eastwards into the North Sea and as a result these wind speeds were sustained

Birds at the Met Office General trends Volunteers from the Met Office began monitoring bird species on site in mid-2013. 185 transects around the building have been conducted over the past seven years, and we can now see how the number of birds our habitats support varies month-by-month

weather and will help fuel periods of wet and windy weather over the next few days, with showers and some longer spells of rain likely for much of the UK on Thursday and Friday. “While many areas may welcome some rain after fairly prolonged dry weather, there’s a potential that over the next few days

Sea coasts with gusts in exposed locations exceeding 60Kt (69mph). In addition to the strong winds, storm Debi and associated fronts brought a further spell of very wet weather with 30 to 50mm of rain falling widely and over 100mm across upland areas of north-west England. This was a notable

. The ‘UNSEEN’ approach We know that the atmosphere is a chaotic system – with the flap of a butterfly’s wings, very different weather outcomes can arise from near-identical starting conditions. One of the questions that follows is how the summer temperatures that we have witnessed over the years

the 1970s, but have been relatively flat over the most recent 15 years to 2013. This has prompted speculation that human induced global warming is no longer happening, or at least will be much smaller than predicted. Others maintain that this is a temporary pause and that temperatures will again