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Wales and Cornwall too 🌧️ A mixture of cloud and hazy sunny periods elsewhere and feeling pleasant in the sunshine and lighter winds ⛅ pic.twitter.com/vwiJsCUTcS — Met Office (@metoffice) April 25, 2025 David Oliver is a Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist. He said: “Despite media speculation, next
to our winter weather: understanding which will dominate is crucial for determining future climate of the region.” Dr Ed Blockley – a co-author on the paper - is an Arctic expert from the Met Office. He added: “The Arctic is warming around three times faster than the global average in response
skies with occasional patchy cloud. Light winds and rising temperatures will create a warm, summery atmosphere and one that is sure to compliment performances from Drake, Burna Boy, Faithless, and DJ Spoony. Similarly, Kew the Music Festival at Kew Gardens will enjoy dry and sunny conditions
will continue because CO₂ is still building up in the atmosphere.” “He added: “La Niña conditions are expected to cause forests and other ecosystems to soak up more carbon than last year, temporarily slowing the atmospheric CO₂ rise. However, stopping global warming needs the build-up of greenhouse gases
sunny and warm across most areas, with a high of 26.5 °C at Cambridge Botanic Gardens. Storm Helene brought very windy weather to many parts overnight 17th/18th, and the 18th saw some rain in the north during the morning, and some light rain over the south-west, but otherwise it was bright and breezy
and ice in places, there are a number of simple steps you can take to prepare your home, garden, or business for the winter weather. Our WeatherReady pages provide expert seasonal advice from carefully selected organisations to help keep you and your property safe, from steps to prevent sub-zero
is a Senior Scientist at the Met Office Hadley Centre, and co-edited the global climate chapter of the report. He said: “Despite 2017’s surface temperatures not breaking the absolute record, the fact that it is following the pattern of one warm year after another is concerning and we are seeing
The build-up of atmospheric carbon-dioxide between 2023 and 2024 is forecast to be faster than that required to track IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5°C, that is the finding from the latest Met Office CO₂ forecast.
a temporary weakening of tropical land carbon sinks – areas which would normally absorb some of the carbon released will have reduced capacity because of the effects of El Niño. Professor Richard Betts is the Met Office author of the CO₂ forecast. He said: “This year’s estimated rise in atmospheric
of the world’s oceans. Professor Adam Scaife leads the team behind the Met Office’s global forecast for 2025. He said: “Interestingly, the warm 2025 predicted global temperatures occur despite the tropical Pacific moving towards a La Niña phase which is driving slightly cooler conditions. “Years
which commenced in 1659, it was the warmest calendar month yet recorded. The numerous warm, sunny days were associated with anomalously high pressure over northern Europe and a persistent southerly airstream over the UK. Warmest calendar month yet recorded Impacts The heat placed strains on water
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