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Office Chief Forecaster. He said: “If you have heard media hyperbole that a heatwave driven by an African plume will bring intense heat to the UK in the next few days you are going to be disappointed – this isn’t true. However, if you are looking forward to a spell of largely fine, sunny and warm

Office Hadley Centre, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year. He said: “With the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and a commitment to reach Net Zero by 2050 – in just 30 years’ time - the UK Government’s climate science needs are changing. And we are realigning our work programme

conditions are allowing temperatures to build day-on-day with the hottest temperatures expected to be reached by Friday for many. Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Jason Kelly, said; “The heat is a result of a mix of home-grown warming due to a high pressure over the southern half of the UK, as well

early on the 29th spread northwards, to become slow-moving over the north, turning more showery during the afternoon; though remaining cloudy for most, it was another unseasonably warm day with Kew Gardens (London) reaching 22.9 °C. An area of rain over East Anglia and the south-east cleared after

Mike Silverstone is a Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office. He said: “Higher temperatures building over the weekend and into early next week will bring particularly warm, hot or even very hot conditions for some, especially in the southeast and East Anglia and more locally elsewhere

Provisional figures confirm that 2017 was the warmest year on record without the influence of warming from El Niño.

in the atmosphere. Prof Tim Osborn is the Director of Research at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit. He said: “It isn't only the average global temperature that matters: we can also explain the geographical pattern of the warming.  Greater warming over land and in the Arctic

at the Met Office. Commenting on the update, he said: “Assessing the increase in global temperature in the context of climate change refers to the long-term global average temperature, not to the averages for individual years or months. Nevertheless, a temporary exceedance of the 1.5 degree level may

. He said: “There is the potential for some disruptive snow through the middle to latter part of next week as warmer Atlantic air attempts to push in from the southwest. As this occurs, some substantial snow could fall in some places, but the details of that are uncertain at the moment.” The weather's

the information from the latest 30-year period (1991-2020). Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre, which manages the UK’s climate records. He said: “The publication of climate data from the latest 30-year period is a perfect opportunity describe some

this week has seen temperatures well below average for the time of year. Paul Hutcheon is a meteorologist with the Met Office Global Guidance Unit. He said: “By Thursday and Friday there is the potential for record-breaking temperatures in Spain, with inland areas like Córdoba expected to reach 15