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Current Status and Outlook – Rainfall Global Outlook – Temperature Global Outlook – Rainfall Africa Current Status and Outlook - Temperature Current Status: Most of Africa was hot in December, except for parts of East Africa and Madagascar which were cold. This pattern became more mixed through

persistent easterly or north-easterly winds bringing bitterly cold air from northern Europe and Siberia, accompanied by snow. Eastern Scotland and north-east England saw the most persistent and heaviest snow, which accumulated to depths of 50 cm or more across the higher ground by the end of the spell

, leading to improved climate risk management and the protection of lives and livelihoods". It consists of a pan-Africa model development project and four multi-disciplinary regionally-focused projects. Dave works on the Management Board of two regional projects, HyCRISTAL (East Africa) and AMMA-2050

33.6 76 Rainfall was well below average for the month as a whole with parts of Scotland see only around 15% of the average January rainfall. It was the driest January on record (in series from 1910) for Clackmannanshire with 23.1mm of rain (15% of the expected average), East Lothian with 9.9 mm

, especially in the east with low cloud and a few showers in places ☁️ Brighter towards the northwest with any mist or fog patches quickly clearing ⛅ pic.twitter.com/SMFTyefi6M — Met Office (@metoffice) April 23, 2025 Outlook for Friday Friday will start with any isolated fog patches quickly clearing

Saturday begins with rain clearing from the far south-east during the early morning, leaving most areas with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers.

Saturday begins with rain clearing from the far south-east during the early morning, leaving most areas with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. These showers will be most frequent across northern and north-western regions, where some longer spells of rain are likely and could be heavy

the success of WISER in East Africa and in response to these climate risks, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) asked the Met Office to further expand the WISER programme within Africa. WISER Africa will include West, East and Southern Africa and is part of the FCDO ARCAN (Africa

conditions dominated through the early part of the year, but most months have been warmer than average from June to December, September being the most notable of these. The wettest month relative to average was May, and we had unusually dry weather predominating in April, June – except in the south-east

Friday brings a marked contrast across the UK. Much of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and far northern England will remain dry and cold, with variable cloud and some sunny spells. However, scattered showers, wintry over hills and in Shetland, will affect the north and east. Meanwhile, the rest

East Africa programme – a user focus The WISER East Africa programme is user-focussed, ensuring that weather and climate services and information meet the needs of the people they are aimed at. Both national and regional projects have been working with a wide range of users to co-produce relevant