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• Storm Dennis brings risk of floods this weekend

  of weather this weekend with a risk of flooding, particularly in parts of England and Wales and also southern Scotland, where snowmelt will add to the flood risk.  “Following Storm Ciara last weekend and further spells of rain this week, the ground is already saturated in places. With Storm Dennis

• Climate change continues to be evident across UK

  .” Storms Ciara and Dennis, hitting the UK only one week apart, were part of the UK’s wettest February on record, and brought devastating flooding affecting many homes and businesses. Most of the UK received more than twice the February long-term average rainfall, with 300% quite widely in the north

• Further heavy rain expected in the wake of Storm Dennis

  and a further front will move through on Thursday bringing heavy downpours. Storm Dennis brought wet and windy conditions after what was an unsettled week, with Storm Ciara bringing stormy conditions the weekend before. South Wales saw the most rain from Storm Dennis, with 157.6mm recorded

• Storm Dennis 15 to 16 February 2020

  February. Western upland parts of the UK received 50 to 100mm or more of rain falling on already saturated ground following Storm Ciara the week before. The Met Office issued a Red Warning for rain across parts of South Wales and there was major and widespread flooding. More than the rainfall

• Microsoft Word - 2021_07_storm_barra.docx

  . Maximum gust speeds exceeded 50Kt at Aberdaron from 0800 UTC on 7th to 2200 UTC on 8th – a period of 38 hours during which there were three distinct peaks in gust speeds over 60Kt, as apparent in the chart. This relatively prolonged period of high wind gusts was also observed during storm Ciara in February 2020. Author: Mike Kendon, Met Office National Climate Information Centre Last updated 15/12/2021

• Storm names for 2020-21 announced

  “The impacts from Storm Ciara and Dennis earlier this year are still fresh in many people's minds and although it’s too early to anticipate what weather this autumn and winter will bring, we are prepared with a new list of names to help raise awareness of severe weather before it hits.” Evelyn Cusack

• Microsoft Word - Minutes PWSCG 29 April 2020 no in camera FINAL

  protected 7. Severe Weather WL provided the group with a summary of the weather events experienced since the last meeting with a key focus on storms Ciara and Dennis. WL reminded the group that at the January meeting it was looking possible that that targets for warnings would be missed. However

• Wet and windy weather this weekend

  . “The heavy rain warnings for parts of Wales, South West England and North West England are indicating that some isolated areas of Wales could see as much as 100 mm of rainfall. Storm Jorge is not expected to bring wind gusts as strong as Storms Ciara or Dennis, but it will still bring gusts of 60 to 70

• Memo

  the positive reception of the supercomputer funding announcement; the early forecasting of storms Ciara and Dennis; the preparations for the bi-lateral meeting with ECMWF; and the organisation redesign, noting the proposed location of a number of functions. • Andrew McKean presented the Finance Report

• Climate change drives increase in storm rainfall

  . That’s why it is so important for us to adapt to our changing climate and become more resilient to increases in rainfall.” Impacts in Ireland Ciara Ryan, Climatologist at Met Éireann, said: “This is the second attribution study looking at rainfall associated with storm events in Ireland this season