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caused widespread flash-flooding and disruption to the road and rail networks, with Falkirk, Fife, Perth, Edinburgh and the Aberdeenshire area all affected by flashflooding. Several schools were closed across Aberdeenshire, and there were reports of lightning strikes. The very heavy rain from

This warm weather will extend to parts of Northern Ireland, as well as parts of central and western England and Wales on Friday. There’s very much a north/south divide in the weather, with unsettled conditions in the south but drier, warmer conditions in the north. There’s a marked east/west split

. Outlook for Sunday Sunday continues the unsettled theme, with a mixture of rain bands and showers, some locally heavy with thunderstorms, moving generally northwards. Between these, there will be windows of drier, brighter, or sunny weather. Further very heavy rain may arrive into the far south

Nowcasting is a method used for very short-range forecasting. Directly connected to observed weather, it involves mapping the current weather and using its estimated speed and the movement of its direction to carry out forecasts with a lead time of zero to six hours. The technique is considered

: 75% by day. Low Cloud and visibility: Good or very good, becoming moderate or poor in rain, very poor within cloud with bases occasionally lowering 600m. Check our weather forecast every day to get the most accurate and up to date information https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/specialist

Welcome to the Met Office, how are you finding things so far? Everyone has been very helpful throughout science, management and every area I have met. What are your initial impressions? After working for 25 years at KNMI (the Dutch meteorological service) in climate science, it is a change

, have been wet or very wet over the last three months, as well as parts of parts of Southeast Asia in July and August. China has experienced mixed conditions for the last three months with south-eastern areas dry or very dry during August. Outlook: Over the next three months, above normal rainfall

have been wet or very wet during July and August. Likewise, many parts of Southeast Asia have been wet or very wet through the last three months. Conditions have been mixed in China for the last three months with southeastern areas dry or very dry during August and September. Outlook: Over the next

during March-May 2023. La Niña, very broadly speaking, tends to increase the likelihood of wetter than normal conditions across many land areas of the tropics with a couple of notable exceptions (e.g. East Africa). More information on typical impacts can be found here https://www.metoffice.gov.uk

January 2018 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. January started mild and changeable, and it was very windy on the 2nd/3rd with the passage of Storm Eleanor. It turned more settled and quite cold between the 6th and 12th, with high pressure o en close