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bringing a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow, most frequently across parts of the north and west.” There are then strong signals for a change to northeasterly winds towards the end of next week. As we go through the rest of the month and into February the longer-range outlook indicates

Snow and Ice Warning Colder weather is expected across the UK this week accompanied by frosts, hail and sleet, particularly from mid-week onwards.  Snow is expected to settle over higher ground in the northern half of the UK - the Met Office has issued snow and ice warnings for parts of Scotland

Islands and northern France experienced the worst weather impacts. In the Channel Islands were numerous fallen trees and significant damage to buildings, with a tornado reportedly affecting eastern parts of Jersey during the height of the storm together with large hail. Jersey’s Met Service issued

to identify aspects of the model simulations that need improving in order to produce more accurate lightning forecasts, which would help save lives and protect livelihoods around the world.   “There is still limited understanding in the link between the evolution of ice crystals and graupel (soft hail

said: “Over the coming days we’ll be transitioning to a more unsettled regime for the UK, though temperatures will remain high and it’ll feel very humid for many. “Heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to become more frequent through the weekend, with the potential for associated hail, lightning

of intense rainfall, which will not always have an official rain gauge. One example is the extremely localised flooding in Coverack in Cornwall. The very far eastern edge of the Lizard peninsular experienced intense rainfall and hail however just half a mile away it remained dry. Reports from a voluntary

and northern England later on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. “In addition, scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms may break out on Thursday afternoon and evening across parts of central, southern and eastern England, along with perhaps south Wales, which may produce gusty winds, large hail

today. 2 to 5 cm of snow accumulations are expected above 200 meters. Sunny spells and scattered showers are expected elsewhere. The showers will be heaviest and slow moving across south west England and Wales, where hail and thunder are likely too. Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris said: “The band

; a limitation of the encoding and data transfer method. The empirical relationship between radar reflectivity and rainfall rate is fixed whereas in reality this is highly dependent on precipitation type and is very different for rain and hail. Synoptic Chart For the 7 May 2000 1800 (UTC). Lightning

be widespread and torrential in places. Whilst rainfall totals will vary considerably from places to place, up to 100mm of rain could build up in some locations with potential impacts including the chance of some flooding as well as poor travel conditions due to surface water. Lightning and hail