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• western-scotland_-climate-met-officepdf

  metres. Fjord-like sea lochs and the islands of the Hebrides characterise the west of the region, while the south contains the Southern Uplands. The major estuary is that of the Clyde, but the southern part of the area borders the Solway Firth. The highest peaks of the two main upland regions

• Glasgow Storm 15 January 1968

  the afternoon. Significant weather event Gale damage was extensive in central Scotland, and Glasgow was particularly badly hit with gusts exceeding 90 knots in many places. Also 250,000 houses were damaged in Scotland, leaving more than 2,000 people homeless. 20 people died across central Scotland, 9

• Amber and Yellow warnings in force for Storm Amy

  danger to life on exposed coastlines, particularly around high tides. “During this time, we urge the public to stay away from the coast, with the greatest area of concern for coastal flooding in the Firth of Clyde where there is likely to be flooding to parts of communities, disruption to travel

• The storm that shaped the Shipping Forecast

  The night of the storm A severe, slow moving storm, later named the Royal Charter Gale, hit the Irish Sea on the night of 25 October of 1859. Wind speeds in the adjoining River Mersey were higher than any previously recorded. 800 people were killed and 133 ships destroyed, with 90 more badly

• heavy-rainfall-early-september-2008---met-office.pdf

  . On the 5th, there was flooding of homes and businesses and transport disruption across parts of the south-west Midlands, south and mid Wales, particularly the south Wales valleys. On the 6th flooding affected north-east England, where the town of Morpeth in Northumberland was badly hit with some 1000

• heavy-rainfall-and-flooding-in-cornwall-november-2010---met-office.pdf

  for several hours) and motorists were stranded by floodwaters. The mainline railway between London and Penzance was closed due to landslides. A number of schools across Cornwall were closed for the day and the Eden Project was badly affected by flooding. Weather data Overnight on 16/17 November, a deep

• Met Office marks 50 years since the legendary summer of 1976

  for average maximum temperatures. The impacts were widespread. Water shortages led to standpipes in some communities, crops and agriculture were badly affected, wildfires broke out, and the extreme heat contributed to increases in heat-related illness and hospitalisations. The government introduced

• uk_monthly_climate_summary_202004pdf

  in the month. The 17th started with fog in the Firth of Forth and was generally cloudy in the east and sunny in the west. Low cloud near the east coast on the 18th cleared away, leaving a dry sunny day for all. The night of the 18th/19th was very cold in places with a minimum of -6.9 °C at Aboyne

• The Royal Charter Gale

  in the Mersey were higher than any previously recorded. The storm took 800 lives and 133 ships with a further 90 badly damaged. Twice as many people were lost at sea around the British Isles than in the whole of 1858. The most famous ship to founder during the night was the steam clipper Royal Charter

• heavy-rainfall_flooding-in-the-lake-district-cumbria---november-2009---met-office.pdf

  cut in half as the remaining road bridge in the town was also severely damaged by floodwaters. Cockermouth was also badly affected by flooding, with the town centre under two metres or more of floodwater and several hundred other properties also affected by flooding. There was widespread disruption