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• What is a Sudden Stratospheric Warming?

  in the lower part of the atmosphere, such as a large area of high pressure in the northern hemisphere. This causes the Polar Night Jet to wobble and these wobbles, or waves, break just like waves on the beach. When they break, they can be strong enough to weaken or even reverse the westerly winds

• An average October comes to a close

  Ireland were cancelled and dozens of flights cancelled at Belfast City Airport due to strong winds. In Scotland, some rail services were cancelled or had speed restrictions in place. Large waves battered exposed coastlines with beach material thrown up, and over 200 homes in north-east Scotland

• Microsoft Word - 2020_09_storm_alex.docx

  Winchcombe, Gloucestershire 118.6 158 Oxford 108.8 156 Reading University, Berkshire 97.4 136 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 108.2 133 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 106 131 London St James's Park 88.2 127 High Beach, Essex 86.6 118 Aboyne, Aberdeenshire 107.8 116 Guernsey Airport 107 113 Wisley, Surrey

• Microsoft Word - 2025_05_storm_amy_2.docx

  with the storm, having cleared the far south-east, is stretched across northern France and extends across the Bay of Biscay into the Atlantic. Image copyright Met Office / NOAA / NASA. The rain-radar image at 1400 UTC on 10 October 2025 shows heavy rain across the UK from storm Amy, particularly

• Climate change continues to be evident across UK

  Carlisle, Cumbria Highest daily minimum temperature (09-09 GMT) 22.3°C 8 August   Langdon Bay, Kent Lowest grass minimum temperature (09-09 GMT) -12.7°C 31 December Aboyne, Aberdeenshire Highest daily rainfall (09-09 GMT) 239.9mm 16 August East Wretham, Norfolk Greatest snow depth (09 GMT) 23cm 24

• Microsoft Word - 2021_05_july_northern_ireland_temperature.docx

  month (denoted by an asterisk). Station Value Previous Previous Record Date (°C) value °C) date length Aldergrove, County Antrim 30.0 21 July 2021 29.4 10 July 1934 94* Helen’s Bay, County Down 28.7 21 July 2021 28.4 17 July 2006 59 Altnahinch Filters, County Antrim 29.1 21 July 2021 27.2 19 July

• Microsoft Word - 2026_02_storm_goretti_1.docx

  of tightest isobars in a narrow swathe immediately south-west of the low pressure centre. The chart below shows hourly mean sea level pressure at four stations along the south coast – Culdrose (Cornwall), Isle of Portland (Dorset), Shoreham Airport (West Sussex) and Langdon Bay (Kent) – indicating

• Briefing on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice - July 2025

  ). Extent was exceptionally below average throughout the side of the Arctic bordering the Atlantic Ocean, including in Hudson and Baffin Bay, and to a lesser degree in the Laptev Sea, where melting had begun early in the first week of June. Extent was nearer average on the side bordering the Pacific

• Microsoft Word - 2021_02_low_temperatures_v1.docx

  across the south-east and Lincolnshire and several Covid vaccination centres were also shut. A kitesurfer died on a beach in Suffolk. Scotland was also affected by deep lying snow, with transport disruption and school closures, and the harbour at Nairn was frozen over. There was deep lying snow across

• Weekend weather: heat shifts west as eastern coasts cool

  , but it will be noticeably breezy, especially across southern parts of the UK and around exposed coastlines. Anyone heading to the beach or taking part in activities such as paddleboarding should be aware that these stronger winds could create challenging conditions. Temperatures will continue the gradual easing trend