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for Sunday and Monday, before these hotter conditions recede on Tuesday, allowing more unsettled conditions to return. “This change to hotter conditions is caused, in part, by the effects of Tropical Storm Debby in North America. Debby is helping to strengthen the jet stream, causing it to meander over

Birds at the Met Office General trends Volunteers from the Met Office began monitoring bird species on site in mid-2013. 104 transects around the building have been conducted over the past four years, and we can now see how the number of birds our habitats support has changed over time

The rate carbon-dioxide is being added to the atmosphere needs to slow by around 20% over the next five-year period if global warming is to be limited to 1.5°C, says the Met Office in its annual CO2 forecast.

the first measurements were taken at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa observatory – the rate of annual rise of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere was less than one part per million (ppm). The atmospheric concentration of CO2 was then about 316 ppm. The rate of rise has accelerated over 60 years and the rise over the last

We have seen large snowfall amounts in many places across the country  over the last few days with strong winds causing blizzard conditions and drifting snow resulting in some large snow depths. Drumalbin in Lanarkshire and St Athan in South Glamorgan have recorded snow depths of 50cms, some

Way into Swansea. In Merseyside and Greater Manchester a possible tornado resulted in damage to houses and vehicles. Heavy rain affected the south of England overnight 20th/21st. Essex Fire Services reported over 120 flood-related incidents including the rescue of a pensioner from their car

). • Met Office (2020) and ECMWF (IFS: 2022, 2024) operational weather forecasts. • ECMWF AIFS machine-learning-based forecasts (2024). • Verification is carried out separately over tropical latitudes (15S to 15N) and northern hemisphere middle latitudes (30N to 60N). • First look at Europe and Africa

The HadCRUT5 global temperature series, produced by the Met Office, University of East Anglia and UK National Centre for Atmospheric Science, shows that the average for 2020 as a whole was 1.28±0.08°C above pre-industrial levels, taken as the average over the period 1850-1900. This makes 2020

persistent cloud and further outbreaks of rain or drizzle. Winds will be a notable feature, with the risk of gales around exposed coasts and upland areas. Wednesday will begin with rain, heavy at times over western hills, most notably in Wales, spreading north-eastwards through the day. While some central

High pressure brings a fairly quiet day on Friday, with sunny spells for many. It will be cloudier in the far west though, with patchy rain, especially over Northern Ireland and western Scotland. A fine day across much of England and Wales with sunny spells 🌤️ Cloudier and breezier in Northern

disappeared. “Once it has gone and the sun gets to work, those temperatures will be ticking up quite nicely. A warm afternoon widely over 20°C, the mid-20s over the Midlands and down towards the southeast, we could easily peak at 25, maybe 26°C. Some coasts will be a little bit cooler, but generally, it's