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the health and social care sector. When temperatures drop, house pipes can freeze and then burst when they thaw out. Find out more about protecting your pipes on our website. We will see a mostly dry day on Tuesday, with some sunshine, but still cold, especially in the south where temperatures

The representation of clouds in weather and climate prediction.

Clouds redistribute heat and moisture through the atmosphere, as well as producing precipitation at the surface and reflecting solar radiation back out to space.  Their evolution can be very complex due to the interactions between the clouds themselves, radiation and fluid dynamics. Clouds act

Luke Howard, On the Modification of Clouds 1803

Howard, an amateur meteorolgist and professional pharmacist, devised the cloud classification scheme the basis of which is still in use today. The complete volume is available from our Digital Library & Archive. Howard was keen that his naming convention should bear no resemblance to any religious

evening with some heavy bursts of rain and gales in areas open to the wind.  Indeed some severe gales are expected in western and north-eastern Scotland. The rain will clear from the west through Sunday with strong winds and blustery showers following. A Yellow National Severe Weather Warning for wind

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to a temporary strengthening of natural carbon sinks. Weather patterns linked to the current La Niña event are expected to promote a temporary burst of growth in tropical forests that soak up some of humanity’s emissions.   Carbon dioxide will continue to build up in the atmosphere Despite these La Niña

are expected, with warm temperatures prevailing, particularly when the sun breaks through. Bury Folk Festival, Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds (28 June) The weather remains unsettled throughout the festival period. Rain or showers are likely, with the potential for heavy and thundery bursts on Thursday

of applications, from the prediction of pipe bursts in the soil through to climate change predictions and weather forecasting. He contributed to setting up the climate side of JCHMR in 2002 and took over the management of the land surface processes group in 2004. In between he spent six months