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and south Wales also received significant snow with 49cm at St Athan, South Glamorgan, 25cm at Hereford, 20cm at Seavington and 16cm at Yeovilton (both Somerset). The time-series below show hourly snow depths across selected stations across northern England and southern Scotland, and southern England

England 26-28°C: Central and southeastern England By Saturday, many areas, particularly in Wales, the West Midlands, and Somerset, are likely to meet the criteria. By Sunday, central and eastern England, and even parts of eastern Scotland, could also qualify. So yes, a technical heatwave is likely

years, it still felt like a momentous occasion.   A group of about two dozen computer operators, administrators and a couple of photographers gathered in a vast hall.    With a tap on a keyboard, the processing of over 50 billion weather observations – gathered daily for forecasting – came

of atmospheric concentrations at a doubling of CO 2 . The ECS tends to be greater than the TCR because the planet’s surface temperature continues to rise as the Earth seeks to come into equilibrium with the radiative forcing, even after greenhouse gas concentrations have stabilised. This delay

The collaborative research carried out by Stanford University in the US and the Met Office has been published as part of the Royal Society’s special issue on Methane and Climate.   Methane is the second strongest greenhouse gas and is over 25 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide when it comes

– such as tropical forests - are expected to draw down a higher proportion of carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere than usual. “However, if the world is to meet ambitious targets within the Paris Agreement, the long-term build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere needs to slow rapidly and come to a halt

Office’s project to renew all the weather radars comes to a close – but the benefits it will bring are only just beginning. 20 Science profile: Dr Steven Wade 22 Celebrity weather: Will Livingston 21 STEM at high altitude When Hamish Steptoe, Applied Climate Scientist, had the opportunity to join

-scale river flooding from the River Severn in Gloucestershire and sections of the River Thames. In a repeat of the Exceptionally wet weather - November 2012, the Somerset Levels were also inundated. A major focus of concern was high spring tides and large waves combining to cause an extreme risk

Woolhouse (CW) Paul Furlong (PF) Ian Hoult (IH) Patricia Abbott (PA) John Irvine (JI) Phil Evans (PE) Derrick Ryall (DR) Richard Orrell (RO) Mel Harrowsmith (MH) Alex Bailey (AB) Guest Speaker: Alan Peever (AP) Apologies: Charlie Hall Keith Hodgkinson Gregor Birse Nathan Travis PWSCG Chair PWSCG