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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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 02427 South Asia Summary Infographic

  areas of South Asia risks to infrastructure and settlements will be exacerbated by more intense cyclones, storm surges and rising sea levels. Roughly 370 million people in South Asia are already exposed to significant flood risk, mostly in low-lying coastal areas of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

• ukcp18_headline_findings_v4_aug22.pdf

  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

• wiser0004_dailyregionalforecast_westernkenya.pdf

  for Western Kenya would cover five additional counties that lie on the eastern inland fringe of the climatic zone: Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Kericho, Nyamira and Kisii. Time of publication and period of forecast coverage The daily forecast would be issued by KMD at 16.00 seven days per week. II would cover

• 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