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, the Midlands and southern England, leading to reports of lightning damage to the rail electricity supply in Wiltshire and damage to homes and power supply in Sussex. Some areas in Devon and Somerset saw travel disruption due to surface water flooding and fallen trees. Further scattered heavy downpours over

, the Midlands and southern England, leading to reports of lightning damage to the rail electricity supply in Wiltshire and damage to homes and power supply in Sussex. Some areas in Devon and Somerset saw travel disruption due to surface water flooding and fallen trees. Further scattered heavy downpours over

. The last week in August saw some benign weather; rain on the 26th affected some of the events taking place at Pride Cymru in Cardiff, and a T20 Blast cricket quarter-final in Taunton, Somerset was postponed by a day due to the rain. England diary of highlights August began with a week of mostly

, Niab (Cambridgeshire, 26mAMSL) 12.0°C on 25th at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 20.9°C on 12th at Gogerddan (Dyfed, 31mAMSL) and Yeovilton (Somerset, 20mAMSL) and Gosport, Fleetlands (Hampshire, 1mAMSL) -1.2°C on 31st at Kinbrace, Hatchery (Sutherland, 103mAMSL) -2.5°C on 31st

of these showers could be quite heavy, with the risk of lightning and hail mixed in with them too. Although many of us will likely stay dry and avoid them." Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris commented: “The forecast later this weekend and into the early part of next week comes with larger

marine data service The Met Office’s UK Marine and Climate Advisory Service (UKMCAS) is now operational and currently offers free at point of use access to five data products. These come in NetCDF format and are accessed via FTP/SFTP. Find out more about more complex weather and climate consulting.

enable us to avoid the worst impacts that will surely come if we fail to act decisively.” The Met Office’s Richard Jones has been the co-ordinating lead author on the Interactive Atlas – a new feature in the report. He said: “The report demonstrates that climate change is currently affecting all

governments and humanitarian agencies have a clear view of the situation on the ground. What has happened and where? How many people have been killed, injured or lost their homes? This is where MapAction, a charity that produces maps of areas affected by disasters, comes in. A team of volunteers aims

. He explained that a ‘café’ is an English word borrowed from French which means a small restaurant selling light meals. He however, explained that in a climate café people don’t come to have light meals but have a light though important discussion on climate. He emphasized that what happens

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