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by the calendar and don’t take into account what is actually happening in nature, which is after all how most of us understand the notion of seasons. So comes the third method, which is based on phenology – the process of noting the signs of change in plant and animal behaviour. In this distinction, Autumn

the UK, with the heat likely to persist into Sunday. There is some uncertainty regarding the timing of cooler air arriving from the west, which may begin to influence conditions early next week. Our third heatwave of the summer is coming this week. But which areas will it affect, and how long

) During the third KRCS SDT meeting towards the end of 2016, KRCS reported that drought was becoming serious in the Kilifi and Tana River counties and described their operational triggers for intervention and associated relief activities. Drought was occurring mainly where the March-May season had been

, this represents between a third and half of the November whole-month average rainfall, and more than 50% in some areas, in the first three days of the month. The chart below shows rainfall totals from 1 September to 7 November 2023 as a percentage of average for the whole of autumn. With three weeks of November

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of flying and can be quite unnerving, but if you understand how to find that lift and use it you can be up for hours and travel long distances.  The third kind is wave lift, and this is essentially when the air ‘bounces’ over large ground features such as mountains or hills and this ‘bounce’ creates

of nowcasting Meteosat’s Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) launched in 2022 and is now in operational use in weather forecasting. The satellite, which is now referred to as Meteosat-12, is positioned in geostationary orbit 36,000km above Earth and provides a constant view of Europe and Africa. Imagery

, particularly in the Celtic Sea and western English Channel, over the coming week.  Sea surface temperatures across the Northwest European shelf seas have reached an average of 14.6°C, making this the third warmest July 1st temperature on record, behind 2009, and 2023. These temperatures are more typical

and Scotland its fourth. Daytime maximum temperatures were also significantly above average. England recorded its third highest June maximums, and the UK its sixth. Sunshine levels were above average for England, while rainfall was slightly above average overall, though with marked regional variation