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at their largest treatment plant. Large numbers of people at coastal spots created extra pressure on police services. Meanwhile, some areas saw impacts from convective weather from the 20th onwards, with localised heavy rain and thunderstorms. Large hail damaged cars in Leicestershire, with flooding

showery, with hail at times, on a northerly wind. The 22nd was again bright, after frost in places, with showers near eastern and south-eastern coasts. A few southern locations had early fog on the 23rd, with frost in some south-western counties, otherwise there was some sunshine, only central

/ structures from flooding and/or lightning. Some transport routes and travel services affected. Some journeys require longer travel times. Road conditions affected by spray and standing water and/or hail. Short-term disruption to power and/or other utilities and services in some places. Flooding

precipitation falls as snow and how much as hail. In turn, this could affect other variables (e.g. the amount of lying snow which leads to colder winter temperatures). We find that fixing the error can lead to differences that are significant, i.e. when the differences are larger than the spread (i.e

weather data. Field services engineer Engineers whose job it is to maintain and fix radars. Precipitation Water that is falling out of the sky, this could be rain, drizzle, snow, sleet, or hail. Meteorologist People who forecast the weather, helping people stay safe. 04 05 06 If working with a more

that ‘listens’ to the echoes transmitted back to the radar to capture important weather data. Field services engineer Engineers whose job it is to maintain and fix radars. Precipitation Water that is falling out of the sky, this could be rain, drizzle, snow, sleet, or hail. Meteorologist People who forecast

was affected by floods between York and Darlington. The snowfalls caused travel disruption, with many roads affected by snow, the A9 closed south of Inverness and the Queensferry crossing closed for a time due to the risk of falling ice. Heavy hail showers led to poor driving conditions on the M5 near

on the two types of storm that affect the UK (Figure 1): large-scale low pressure systems or windstorms, that bring rain and wind over hundreds of kilometres and can last for a few days; and smaller-scale thunderstorms with hazards possibly including rain, hail, lightning and tornadoes affecting a few

is required). 3.7.3. Figure 16 contains information on interpreting the CB call-out information. 3.7.4. It is important to note the advisory information contained in the legend (3.2.1) which advises that where CB cloud is forecast this implies thunderstorms (TS), hail (GR), moderate or severe

) 11 Drizzle 12 Light rain 13 Heavy rain shower (night) 14 Heavy rain shower (day) 15 Heavy rain 16 Sleet shower (night) 17 Sleet shower (day) 18 Sleet 19 Hail shower (night) 20 Hail shower (day) 21 Hail 22 Light snow shower (night) 23 Light snow shower (day) 24 Light snow 25 Heavy snow shower (night