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and infrastructure systems. A recent partnership activity looking at impacts of weather and climate extremes on the UK food chain has brought together the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Universities of Exeter, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Oxford and University College London, Defra, the Food Standards

. Temperatures will edge upwards slightly, offering some warmth between the showers. Outcider Festival – Fernhill Farm, Bristol Outcider Festival, known for its alternative edge and cider-fuelled fun, will also see humid conditions on Thursday as rain moves through. Friday will be drier with some

into coastal areas. The most wide-spread storm surges of 2022 came with storm Eunice on 18 February, with the northern Irish Sea witnessing over 1m surges. Severe coastal flooding in the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary was avoided as defences held. Dr Andrew Matthews from the National Oceanography

large areas. Elsewhere there is a patchwork of fields, greener in the west and yellower in the south and east. The brown colour of silt being washed out to sea can be seen in the Bristol channel. Satellite imagery further nothwards starts to contain more cloud, with a thick band of cloud over Scotland

, while cities like Bristol and Cardiff may see the warmest conditions. Further east, winds will be lighter but still originate from the relatively cool North Sea, keeping coastal areas feeling fresh. Sea surface temperatures are currently above average for the time of year, with readings around 18

Berkshire, East Sussex and Bristol. Most of the UK enjoyed only around 1 hour per day of sunshine, on average. Wales had its third dullest December on record in a series back to 1910, with England having its eighth dullest. The UK also had its eighth dullest December on record, with 27.9 hours

of Bristol, Bristol, UK. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA. Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell

closure due to flood damage. In Doncaster, the local B&M store was reportedly damaged when flood water burst through the roof during a thunderstorm. The rail line between Bristol and Taunton was hit by flooding, and the M1, M4 and M5 all reported incidences of surface water flooding closing lanes

on the 4th, with some mist and fog for the south-west, and scattered showers elsewhere moving east and turning thundery in the afternoon across eastern parts. The next few days were brighter and warmer, though the 5th had some early mist or fog around the Bristol Channel, and scattered showers further

Interpretation of long-term measurements of radiatively active trace gases and ozone depleting substances DECC contract number: GA0201 Date: October 2011 Authors: Alistair J. Manning, Maria Athanassiadou (Met Office), Simon O’Doherty, Aoife Grant, Dickon Young (University of Bristol), Richard G