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been on average 6% wetter over the last 30 years (1991-2020) than the preceding 30 years (1961-1990). Six of the ten wettest years for the UK in a series from 1862 have occurred since 1998. 2020 was the first year that the annual values for rainfall, temperature and sunshine were all in the top ten

June 2019 The panel of maps below shows daily rainfall totals (09-09 UTC) from 10th to 12th June 2019. 10th June was a very wet day across the southern half of the UK, with 50mm falling widely across Lincolnshire and over 80mm across parts of the Lincolnshire Wolds. On 11th June over 50mm of rain fell

Over the next two and a half years, the WISER Early Warning for Southern Africa (EWSA) project will focus on providing weather information to socially disadvantaged urban populations to reduce the damage caused by storms. Across Southern Africa, extreme weather puts hundreds of thousands of people

Storm Malik and storm Corrie, January 2022 Storms Malik and Corrie, arriving in quick succession, brought damaging north-westerly winds to northern Scotland and north-east England. Malik, named by the Danish Meteorological Institute, brought widespread wind gusts of over 60Kt (69mph), and was one

taken over from Paul Hadley and has responsibility for the PWS contract. Emer O’Connell who replaces Thom Waite as the new PHE member. 2. Minutes & actions from last meeting PR updated the group on progress since the last meeting. Good progress made on all actions. The minutes for the April meeting

in place for the wider southwest, southern Wales and along the southern coast of England.   The low pressure system, which will now be called Storm Evert, is moving in from the west on Thursday evening. The highest winds are expected to be over parts of Cornwall during the early hours of Friday, when

Rain and strong winds will once again sweep across the UK overnight on Friday and through Saturday morning with the potential for 60-70 mm of rain over the high ground of South Wales. Yellow warnings for rain have been issued for Wales and western parts of England. A Yellow warning for wind

The yellow thunderstorm warning covers much of England and Wales and runs from midnight on Sunday through to 18:00 Sunday afternoon.   Areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms break out over parts of England and Wales during the early hours of Sunday, moving into the UK from the near-continent

across the region as early as June 2024. Our report on the testbed activities was recently completed and is available on request (Ageet et al. 2024). It explains the testbed in summary as follows. “WISER EWSA Testbed 1 was a live severe weather forecasting event conducted in Southern Africa over

phases of the Indian climate. Large-scale weather regimes over India follow a relatively predictable evolution throughout the course of the year, driven predominantly by the onset and retreat of the Asian summer monsoon. This new research investigates circulation variability within each