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, with the south basking in warm southwesterlies and maximums hitting the high teens Celsius. That split was evident up to the 5th when warm southwesterly winds eventually extended north to all bar the Northern Isles. The 6th hailed the arrival of Storm Kathleen and with it very strong winds and remarkably
pellets, snow grains, hail, small hail, ice pellets, diamond dust) or a mixture (rain and snow, drizzle and snow, rain and melting snow). Precipitation is described as freezing rain or freezing drizzle when the drops of rain or drizzle have temperatures below 0 °C and freeze on impact with the ground
day of the forecast period. Farmers also wanted the weekly forecast to flag up any weather-related hazards expected, such as high winds, thunderstorms, hail storms and extremes of temperature. They emphasised that each forecast should be communicated to them in plain language and terminology which
day of the forecast period. Farmers also wanted the weekly forecast to flag up any weather-related hazards expected, such as high winds, thunderstorms, hail storms and extremes of temperature. They emphasised that each forecast should be communicated to them in plain language and terminology which
, especially in the north-west and south-west. The 11th had sunshine and scattered showers of sleet and snow, with hail in the south, and the showers became widespread but the north-east remained dry. Sunshine, with wintry showers mainly over the north and west, on the 12th, dry in the south and east
dark. It continued very windy in the north on the 11th with gusts to 78 mph at Lerwick (Shetland), with showers and longer spells of rain, heavy and locally thundery with hail, although drier across the south and north-east. On the 12th showers affected the north and an area of rain and drizzle crossed
in order to get icing potential, snow or hail formation; � Forecasting of mountain waves which are hazardous to aircrafts; � Analysis of weather conditions for the compilation of aircraft accident reports; � Used for now-casting; � Use of AMDAR data to generate SIGMETs, ARMETS and SIGWX charts � Compiling
town of Eyemouth in southeast Scotland saw extensive surface water flooding in the town centre with hail around 1cm in diameter also reported. In addition, there were unconfirmed reports of several hundred properties losing power as a result of lightning strikes impacting high voltage transmission
of the showers were wintry with hail, though the south-west stayed mainly dry. Braemar (Aberdeenshire) only reached 5.0 °C. There were generally fewer showers on the 11th, these mostly in the north-east, with some sunny intervals. Rain spread southwards through the country on the 12th, with sleet
and snow for some northern parts where Copley (Northumberland) recorded 25 cm of lying snow; blustery wintry showers followed in northern and central areas with rain showers in the south and hail and thunder in the south-east later. The 19th was mainly dry and sunny, with scattered showers in the west
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