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. Sometimes the vortex can appear as a slender rope-like form, particularly when the tornado is weakening; sometimes a tornado can be almost invisible, observable by the debris thrown up from the surface. Tornadoes typically spin anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere (cyclonically). Total destruction

was also sunnier than average whilst autumn saw below-average sunshine amounts.   At weather station level, Magilligan, County Londonderry, recorded 301.3 hours of sunshine in May 2025, the highest monthly sunshine total ever recorded in Northern Ireland for any month.  Met Office Senior Scientist Mike

cloud amount Hourly 75 22. Medium cloud amount Hourly 74 23. Low cloud amount Hourly 73 24. Total cloud Hourly 71 25. Convective cloud amount Hourly 72 26. Convective cloud base (hPa) Hourly 153 27. Convective cloud top (hPa) Hourly 154 28. Cloud fraction (below 1000ft ASL) Hourly 207 29. Height lowest

-term average total. Parts of southeast England saw heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds, spread across the area on the last two days of the month. The largest rainfall totals were recorded over the North Downs, where there was in excess of 40mm at Lenham in Kent. The rest of the UK that day

mean value for Summer is 14.37°C, which is 0.22°C below the 1991-2020 average. The provisional total for Summer is 241.3 mm, which is 95% of the 1991- 2020 average. The provisional total for Summer is 491.6 hours, which is 97% of the 1991- 2020 average.

April on record for England, and the second sunniest for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. UK statistical summary Mean temperature Rainfall Sunshine The provisional mean value for March and April is 8.3°C, which is 1.5° above the 1991-2020 average. The provisional total for March and April is 77.3 mm, which is 49.3% of the 1991- 2020 average. The provisional total for March and April is 387.1 hours, which is 146.3% of the 1991-2020 average.

of rainfall, intensity and amount Hyetogram showing rainfall periods of, intensity (gradient of line), and total. (ii) Hygrograms – humidity rise and fall Hygrogram showing variations in humidity. (iii) Anemograms* (rolls) – change of wind speed and direction Anemogram roll. Top = wind direction in degrees

and into the start of next week. Amber warnings for rain have been issued for South Wales, and Cumbria where accumulations are particularly notable, with potentially over 200mm of rain over 48 hours. More widely, totals of 40-70mm are likely, with over 100mm on higher ground of western Britain and up

are calculated by combining pre-determined emission factors with activity data; that is, the sum total of emission sources, i.e. automobiles. While bottom up efforts are able to provide estimations estimates, the method includes many uncertainties. In particular, emission factors are often considered

for a total of 182 countries based on data for 2021. 8 Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative: https://gain.nd.edu/ ND-GAIN country scores and rankings are used by, amongst others, the World Bank in their climate risk country profiles – see https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/. Scores