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The heavy rain and strong northeasterly winds affecting northeast England, and the east of Northern Ireland will ease later today. Meanwhile Wales and the southern third of England will see heavy rain with the chance of thunderstorms. There will also be strong, gusty winds in the far south

Tonight, skywatchers across the UK are in for a celestial treat as the final supermoon of 2025, known as the Cold Moon, rises above the horizon. This event marks the third consecutive supermoon in recent months, following October’s Harvest Moon and November’s Beaver Moon. For those eager to catch

the third wettest 3-day period on record for England and Wales. Storm Ciarán, at the start of November, was an exceptionally powerful storm – comparable in severity with the ‘Great Storm’ of 16 October 1987 – but with the strongest winds further south across the Channel Islands and Northern France

-thirds of normal sunshine for the UK overall – representing less than one hour per day on average in most areas. Southern England recorded a mere 26.6 hours, only 50% of the 1991-2020 long term average. January was much less dull, with above-average sunshine hours across the UK (128%) and especially

 mobile site gives them up to date information on any incidents on the network.” The Met Office works with Met Éireann in a storm naming collaboration to name storms which can affect either the UK or Ireland. Storm Caroline will be the third named storm of the season, following Storm Brian which

by a combination of growth in demand and contamination from flooding and sea level rise. Coasts • Sea level rise along the West African coast will severely impact coastal settlements where one third of the West African population lives. • Water quality and availability from coastal aquifers may be affected

this was arguably the third most severe April storm in the last 50 years. The most severe April storm in observational wind records – in terms of widespread gusts exceeding 60 Kt - was on 1 April 1994, followed by 11 April 1989. The analysis charts below show each of these events as deep Atlantic low pressure

is coming – used by 26% If it rains on St Swithin’s day, it will rain on each of the next 40 days – used by 22% In total, 58% of UK adults think that these methods are accurate to some degree, and incredibly, almost two thirds (64%) think they can be more reliable than official forecasts. However

Office correctly predicted the record-breaking rise in atmospheric CO2 in 2016, caused by the large El Niño weakening natural carbon sinks and magnifying the impact of human emissions. He is currently leading the main analysis for the UK’s third national Climate Change Risk Assessment to inform

the situation was even more serious. Amongst those who consider themselves ‘outdoor enthusiasts’, a third (31%) say they have found themselves in a ‘dangerous or perilous’ situation due to not planning for the weather, which equates to around eight million people across the UK (15% of adults). The figure