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and persistent showers. Northern Ireland and Scotland experienced a relatively dry and sunny month, while central and southern parts of the UK were particularly wet and dull. The month began on a warm note, with above average temperatures across the UK persisting for the first week as successive plumes of warm

tree cover taking up more than 8890 tonnes of carbon each year and storing ~319,000 tonnes of carbon. One of Belfast City Council's parks, Botanic Gardens, is also a pilot area for a Horizon 2020-funded project, Upsurge, which is focused on nature-based solutions. This is being used as a demonstrator

maximum temperature maps - calendar view 9. Daily minimum temperature maps - calendar view 10. Daily rainfall maps - calendar view 11. Monthly atmospheric circulation 12. Weather diary 13. Notes UK overview May overall was sunny, warm and dry, with high pressure dominating for most of the month. May

and western Europe. With temperatures exceeding 20°C, many records were broken – the warm air was extensive as even the snow-lined Alpine landscape became punctuated with broad patches of rock, soil and grass. Good winter snow conditions are a significant source of tourism revenue. Delicate ecosystems rely

national forecaster; providing consistent, trusted information, even during calmer weather. “Our forecasting capability helped predict the unusually warm weather in May, as well as getting to the local details of warnings for fog, ice, rain and thunderstorms.” “Weather models have demonstrated remarkable

from Rainbow Grey 10 minutes Video “Rogues, Rogues, Rogues,” he trilled. “They refuse to use instruments to channel their weather magic, making it chaotic, unpredictable and destructive. They have created some of the WORST weather the Earth has ever seen. What do we call a group of Rogues working

lowest on record for the time of year, while Antarctic sea ice extent remains exceptionally low, and has been at record low levels since late May. Dr Ed Blockley leads the Met Office’s Polar Climate Group. He said: “During the satellite era, scientists have been able to monitor the annual cycles of sea

of Climate Variability Modelling. He said: “A typical El Niño temporarily adds about 0.2C to average global temperature. “This increase is dwarfed by the 1.2C that we have seen from climate change since the Industrial Revolution but added to that human-induced warming a new global temperature record

drier and rather warmer than average month as a whole. Most of the month’s rainfall came between the 5th and the 12th, with several days of scattered locally intense thundery downpours, especially across a belt stretching from the south-west through central southern and into eastern England. The only

and a global warming level of 2 °C and 4 °C. These have been derived from the global projections using statistical techniques. Results overview 1 • Observations show a high level of variability in precipitation from year to year, with a slight overall increase in UK winter precipitation in recent