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• Week Ahead forecast: Seasonal shift becoming increasingly apparent

  . High pressure is firmly in control, keeping the weather settled and largely dry, but also allowing temperatures to drop sharply after dark. High pressure dominates: Dry, settled days for most For much of the week, high pressure will be the main influence on our weather. This means that most areas

• Arctic and Antarctic end-of-season report - October 2023

  years in the satellite era with estimates of statistical significance overlaid. The figure demonstrates that for a long time Antarctic sea ice extent was characterised by gently, then sharply rising trends (left and centre of figure) but more recently by rapid decline (top right). The persistent low

• Deep dive: Understanding an exceptional winter and the weather patterns behind it

  and wind direction can create sharp rainfall gradients. For instance, Aberdeen recorded around 120mm of rain in the first nine days of February, while Aviemore, protected by mountains, saw only about 2mm during the same period. These contrasts illustrate the profound effect of flow direction on local

• Deep Dive: UK heat and tropical cyclones

  or exceed these values in places, temperatures are not expected to remain widely above thresholds for long enough to qualify. That said, this is still a notable early‑season warm spell. READ MORE: What is a heatwave? A sharp change later in the week The warmth will not last. A cold front pushing

• Met Office 10-Day Trend: High pressure dominating, but for how long?

  minutes less daylight in parts of Scotland. As the nights draw in, clear skies will mean temperatures dip away more sharply. The weekend: Settled, but with local variation Looking ahead to the coming weekend, high pressure will once again be the dominant feature, shifting eastward and maintaining dry

• Deep Dive: High-pressure, dry air and meteor showers

  experience calmer conditions, only for winds to increase sharply again after moving further west, highlighting the influence of local terrain. Elsewhere across southern England, it will also feel breezy at times, even though the overall weather remains dry and bright. Why the air is so dry One

• factsheet_10-air-masses-and-weather-fronts_2023.pdf

  sharply defined. This transition zone or boundary is called a front. An air mass may cover several millions of square kilometres and extend vertically throughout the troposphere. Sources of an air mass The temperature of an air mass will depend largely on its point of origin and its subsequent

• Factsheet_2_Thunderstorms_2026pdf

  ) and a sharp or rumbling sound (thunder). Thunderstorms are associated with deep convective clouds, called cumulonimbus and are most often, but not necessarily, accompanied by precipitation at the ground. This factsheet describes how cumulonimbus clouds form, how they produce lightning, how it can

• factsheet_10-air-masses-and-weather-fronts_2023pdf

  sharply defined. This transition zone or boundary is called a front. An air mass may cover several millions of square kilometres and extend vertically throughout the troposphere. Sources of an air mass The temperature of an air mass will depend largely on its point of origin and its subsequent

• Met Office deep dive: A gusty Bonfire Night and a typhoon heading towards Vietnam

  cooler than it has been. As a result, temperatures are likely to return to average levels for November, rather than dropping sharply. READ MORE: How is temperature measured? Model ensembles suggest a gradual decline in temperatures, with the most noticeable cooling in the east. Further west