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the Midlands. Water Rescue Boats were deployed in Northampton to help residents affected by flooding. In Wales, there was widespread flooding with some roads being blocked and cars and homes le under water in Welshpool. In the east of England, lightning caused major disruption to refuelling at Stansted

135 000 MET. DECODES Aerodrome forecast – TAF decode Code Element Example Decode Notes 1 Report type TAF ‘Terminal Aerodrome Forecast’ Name for an aerodrome forecast 2 Location EGSS ‘London Stansted’ Station four-letter ICAO indicator 3 Date/Time of origin Zulu is equivalent to UTC 130500Z

tackled a 30-acre field fire near Cambridge. Thunderstorms on the 9th in south-east England caused some delays to air travel, notably at Gatwick and Stansted airports. On the 10th heavy showers across parts of the south-east led to some localised impacts, with flooding in Barking and Dagenham, and one

or diverted around Edinburgh and Glasgow. Further south, flooding around Stansted Airport on the 9th meant at least one cancelled train to London, and delays on the A12. Services between Brighton and Haywards Heath were suspended due to a flooded line, and police in Gosport asked people to avoid Leesland

(M) in County Durham, and the A30 in Cornwall. Liverpool and Manchester airport runways were closed for several hours due to snow on the morning of the 30th. Freezing fog also caused delays at Stansted and Norwich airports on the 31st. England diary of highlights January started dry and settled

roads closed due to snow. East Midlands Airport was closed for a time and Stansted Airport was also affected. As milder air brought rain and snowmelt, some surface water issues affected west Wales and south-west England with some roads closed due to flooding, and a landslip onto a rail line. On the 24th

for several hours and multiple snow-related accidents were reported from the M20 and M2 across Kent, while gritting/ploughing vehicles became stuck in stationary traffic and unable to operate. Temporary runway closures were reported at Gatwick and Stansted airports to enable snow to be cleared. Further

with the cost of mitigation measures when a weather forecast would trigger a planned response, at five airports typical of the UK: Heathrow, Stansted, Glasgow, Exeter and Norwich. Using data from the Met Office for the occurrence of these events during 2012 a Cost-Loss model was employed to calculate