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to the ground and includes rain, snow and hail. Encourage the children to compare these two projections. Show slides 5-7 Slides Suggested questions below when looking at the projections: • Prompt questions: In which scenario (high or low emissions) is there greater precipitation, meaning that it is wetter

. Two rain belts, with a drier brighter interlude in between, spread from the southwest across all parts on the 29th. The 30th was a day of sunshine and showers with some hail in places, and the showers banded together to give a longer spell of rain in central and southern areas, with thunder mainly

severe weather warnings issued this month were for thunderstorms between the 7th and the 11th. However, on the 5th surface water flooding affected parts of Lincolnshire after some locally intense downpours, particularly around RAF Waddington where hail also accumulated for a time. The Louth area

of Northern Ireland, with the Enniskillen area reporting numerous traffic incidents and several fallen trees as a result of the snow. Parts of the Peak District and south Pennines also experienced snow, with several roads reported closed for a period. Further south, a heavy hail storm in Sussex on the 1st

and sunny in the south-west. 10th to 15th A northerly outbreak brought colder weather during this period. A rain belt introducing the northerly winds cleared the south early on the 10th, followed by sunshine and scattered showers, and some of the showers were wintry with hail, though the south-west

-time minima. Wind speed refers to the average wind speed at a height of 10 metres. All numerical values relate to averages (temperature, wind speed) or totals (precipitation – rain, sleet, snow and hail) over 1 or 3 months, which are further averaged over the UK land area as a whole. Normal likelihood

of Northern Ireland, with the Enniskillen area reporting numerous traffic incidents and several fallen trees as a result of the snow. Parts of the Peak District and south Pennines also experienced snow, with several roads reported closed for a period. Further south, a heavy hail storm in Sussex on the 1st

was evident up to the 5th when warm southwesterly winds eventually extended north to all bar the Northern Isles. The 6th hailed the arrival of Storm Kathleen and with it very strong winds and remarkably warm temperatures. Unusually, the effects of Storm Kathleen were felt across the whole country

of the aurora on the 10th. However, thunderstorms returned on the 12th, with reports of marble-sized hail in Coleford, Gloucestershire and surface flooding in Wales. Around 3000 homes in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland lost power as the storms moved north, and surface water flooding was reported from

, with the south basking in warm southwesterlies and maximums hitting the high teens Celsius. That split was evident up to the 5th when warm southwesterly winds eventually extended north to all bar the Northern Isles. The 6th hailed the arrival of Storm Kathleen and with it very strong winds and remarkably