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  of the cumulonimbus extent field, seems to suggest that the new 0.25 degree resolution data has lower values overall. • This is because at 1.25 degree resolution all of the model points that lie within this grid box (at the underlying model resolution) are sampled, and the highest value is used. This process

• Beyond fruit and timber: the many other benefits of trees in today’s climate

  % woodland cover. Chris believes there are benefits to planting trees wherever the opportunity lies. He said: “Planting or preserving large blocks of trees can have obvious benefits for the climate, the environment, people and wildlife. However, single or small groups of trees have their benefits too

• nml_policy_collections_developmentpdf

  alongside increasing amounts of born digital content. Included in this is a digital image collection – a mixture of crown images and images transferred to the Met Office by the public with a keen interest in the weather. Digital preservation lies at the heart of our archive ensuring that content

• With just days to go, how close are we to breaking spring records?

  will follow. But, there are still two days of data left to include and with an unsettled weekend ahead, it really is up-to-the wire with this season’s statistics.”   We’ll bring you the full, provisional data on Monday 2 June.  How do we know when records are broken?  The answer lies in a Met Office

• Rain or showers? What's the difference?

  to avoid. Formation and cloud types The key difference between rain and showers lies in the cloud types and the processes that form them. Rain from weather fronts is produced through mass ascent, where one body of air is lifted by another. As the lifted air cools, water vapour condenses to form clouds

• When is a hurricane not a hurricane?

  Fri 22 Aug 2025 Hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, are among the most powerful and destructive weather systems on Earth. But not every swirling storm over the ocean qualifies as a hurricane. So, when is a hurricane not a hurricane? The answer lies in how we classify these systems based on their wind

• Satellite image of the month - 2020

  -colour image highlights where snow is lying on the ground. They are created using five channels in the near-infra-red part of the spectrum so things look a little different to what the human eye would see. Snow can be easily differentiated from the white cloud as it now appears in a bright orange

• mwr_2025_01_for_print.pdf

  regions reporting lying snow. There was a marked contrast in maximum temps north to south, with maxes struggling to break zero in Scotland, but hitting the mid-teens Celsius in southern counties of England, the contrast diminishing between the 2nd and 4th as the cold air swept south to all parts

• ukcp18_headline_findings_v4_aug22pdf

  with the reduction in summer rainfall. Locally this could lead to an exacerbation of the severity of hot spells, although large-scale warming and circulation changes are expected to be the primary driver of increases in the occurrence of hot spells. 3.3.4 By the end of the 21st century, lying snow

• Microsoft Word - march.docx

  eastwards on the 10th followed by a day of sunshine and wintry showers, some of the showers wintry even at low levels with 6 cm of lying snow at Middleton (Derbyshire). A ridge of high pressure brought a quieter day on the 11th but cloud and rain spread from the west late in the day, giving 48.8 mm at Shap