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, Steve Willington, said: “We could see disruption today and tomorrow, particularly across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and West Wales, due to the very strong winds and heavy rain associated with Storm Ashley. In addition, the strong winds will coincide with high spring

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that the October-December (OND) rainy season could also fail.” The full statement can be seen here. A more active West Africa Monsoon has resulted in wet or very wet conditions in west Africa in the last three months, and parts of the Sahel during July and August. After a wet June, rainfall has been mixed

May 2021 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. May began very unsettled and unseasonably cold, with frosts in many places; it became less cold after the first week but continued with frequent rain or showers for most areas. The UK experienced a number of deep low

, some very wet conditions were observed at times in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Mozambique, particularly in February. Outlook: Over the next three months, it is likely to be wetter than normal conditions across large parts of Somalia, southeast Ethiopia and the coastal plain of Kenya

, although dry conditions were experienced in Ethiopia during January and Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia in February. In Southern Africa, very wet conditions were experienced at times in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, particularly during December and February. Outlook: The East African Long Rains season

African monsoon has resulted in wet or very wet conditions in parts of western Africa. Southeast Africa was wetter than normal in May, though wetter than normal conditions became confined to parts of Mozambique and South Africa into June, before drier conditions developed generally in July. Outlook

  Summary Arctic sea ice extent is currently joint-3rd lowest on record for the time of year (since satellite records began in 1979). Sea ice loss in the Arctic during July was the largest on record by a small margin. However, sea ice loss from 21st July – 10th August was very slow because

sea ice extent for 2023 was the lowest on record. During the ice growth season from June-October, ice extent was exceptionally low for the time of year, reaching over 1 million square km below previous record lows and setting a new record low maximum extent by a very large margin. For much

, Antarctic sea ice extent remains very low for the time of year, equal-lowest with 2019.   Current Arctic sea ice state Arctic sea ice extent on 10th June was 11.32 million sq km. This was 0.75 million sq km below the 1981-2010 average and was the 11th lowest on record for this date (Figure 1). Figure 1