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to storm Ciarán reportedly led to at least 13 deaths. In the UK, the storm caused major transport disruption with the port of Dover temporarily closed and ferry services cancelled more widely. Flights and rail services were also cancelled, with the Great Western Line closed both west of St Austell

locations possibly surpassing 30°C. Across England, the focus of the heat will shift westward compared to earlier heatwaves. The highest temperatures are expected in a zone stretching from the west to southwest Midlands into the West Country and southeast Wales. Here, temperatures are likely

systems, bringing with them persistent rain, strong winds, and above-average temperatures for the time of year. Here’s what to expect day by day. Tuesday: Wet and windy, especially in the west Tuesday starts with a strong southwesterly wind, bringing coastal gales to exposed western coasts and a very

for much of the country. Many areas, particularly East Wales, the Midlands, eastern England, and a good part of Scotland, will wake to dry and fine conditions, with some sunshine to start the weekend. However, the weather is set to change as the day progresses. A weather system, which has been

of sleet and snow over higher ground. Central inland areas are likely to stay mostly dry, with the best of the sunshine towards the west, but it will feel cold everywhere. Temperatures will be a couple of degrees down compared to Tuesday, and even across the south, it will turn colder than average

of notable exceptions – such as the Birmingham tornado on July 28 2005 which left a significant trail of damage. Most continents have regions with favourable conditions for tornado formation. The central and southern US states see the most violent tornadoes in the world due to a unique combination

was characterized by a mixture of flabby lows and ridges of high pressure, apart from the 22nd. A rather innocuous feature over the near continent on the 21st drifted slowly north and west, deepening as it crossed the North Sea and produced some significant rainfall from the Midlands northwards. North

front at the boundary between colder, drier air to the north-west and warm, moist air across the nearcontinent. a) Analysis chart at 00 UTC 11 June 2019 b) Analysis chart at 06 UTC 11 June 2019 The rain-radar images show the persistent heavy rainfall across Lincolnshire and the East Midlands

on record, while 31 December was the second-wettest day on record for the climate district of North-West England and North Wales. Several long-running stations in eastern England recorded their wettest January day on record on the 5th. The very wet weather was accompanied by some strong winds, coinciding

% of the season's average, making it one of the sunniest and driest areas in Scotland this summer. Scotland west Western Scotland recorded an average maximum temperature of 18.23°C and a mean of 14.43°C. Sunshine hours were 434.5, and rainfall was the highest in Scotland at 381.4 mm, 103