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to a reliable ensemble with good Brier Score resolution in time and space • A higher model resolution is often better than more ensemble members • CRPS remains a good overview metric for evaluation purposes Met Office FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB United Kingdom Tel: +44 330 135 0000 Fax: +44 330 135 0050 Email: [email protected] © Crown copyright | Met Office and the Met Office logo are registered trademarks
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previous record of 425.2mm also set in 2000. The location with the highest total through the Autumn was Holne on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Devon with 899mm. The driest spot was Shoeburyness in Essex with 148mm. Conversely, northern and western Scotland have been much drier than average, with our
= Lyneham (North Downs)– averaging 7.9 hours of sunshine per day 6. Slapton (Devon) – averaging 7.7 hours of sunshine per day 7. Aberporth (West Wales) – averaging 7.6 hours of sunshine per day 8. Bude (Cornwall) – averaging 7.4 hours of sunshine per day 9. Whitby (Yorkshire) – averaging 7.1 hours
above their respective long-term averages. Wales had its second dullest March on record in a series which goes back to 1910. Only 1936 had a duller March than the 64.3 hours of sunshine seen in 2023 for the area. Several counties, including Devon, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire had their dullest
just see a more persistent band of ranges pushing through for a short time. Showers also across the southwest of England. these potentially heavy for Devon and Cornwall and maybe just fringing into the very far south of Wales as well. Perhaps the odd rumble of thunder once again, but skies
and play. Ed Borlase is a Bronze level Glider operator in Devon, and part of Dartmoor Gliding Society. He tells us the crucial role the weather, weather forecasts and data play in being able to fly safely. Photographer James Hines explains how using our forecasts helps him locate the best time
, with local hail and thunder across south and southeast England. It was a windy day with gales in places. Maximum gusts included 69 knots at the Isle of Portland (Dorset), 67 knots at Alderney (Channel Islands), 63 knots at Brixham (Devon) and 62 knots at Guernsey airport (Channel Islands
England, northeast England and Northumberland, with a gust of 96mph recorded at Berry Head, Devon. Two fatalities were reported on the day of the storm, one in Longton, Lancashire and another in Birmingham, both the result of falling trees impacting vehicles. In Northern Ireland, a cooling chimney
in and around Kingsbridge, south Devon as a band of locally torrential thundery rain moved through during the morning. The weekend of the 18th/19th saw further thundery activity across parts of southern and eastern England as a cold front displaced an incursion of very warm air. Lightning strikes
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