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Wednesday 31 May 1911 (Derby Day Thunderstorm) Weather chart for 0700 UTC on 31 May 1911 General summary Severe thunderstorms affected the London area causing flash floods and severe disruption to public transport. One particular thunderstorm interrupted the Derby Day event on Epsom Downs resulting

of the other autographic devices work in a very similar way although one significant exception are sunshine cards where the mark left on the card is produced by a Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder which focuses sunlight through a glass sphere and uses the resulting beam to burn a line into the card during

, ignition, and suppression), and changes in these factors are leading to shifts in fire patterns in many regions of the world.   It is widely known that the overall global burned area is decreasing, as explored by one report from Science magazine in 2017. This is mainly driven by land-use change from

. With a breeze developing across the south of the UK temperatures will be kept a little lower here through the day, with the highest temperatures likely in the northwest of England and north Wales where 19°C is possible. Wednesday will be another day of widespread sunshine, with temperatures possibly

fires that are a natural process and vital for the health of many ecosystems, wildfires are fires that can burn out of control and have serious negative environmental, economic and social impacts. Wildfires can destroy forests and infrastructure and their smoke can lead to poor air quality

season. On this day in September five named storms were present simultaneously over the Atlantic Basin, the first time this has happened since 1971. The image shows there was also a sixth named storm over the eastern Pacific. The image is created from visible and near Infra-red channels of the Advance

on the planet.  Elsewhere in the world, individual wildfires that burned intensely and spread quickly in Chile, Hawaii, and Greece led to 131, 100, and 19 direct fatalities, respectively. These were among the many wildfires worldwide with significant impacts on society, the economy, and the environment

en than once in 200 years. Many places had over 100 mm of rain in one day with several having a once in more than 30 years event. The synoptic situation at 12 GMT on Friday 7 January 2005. Shown below are the rainfall rates detected by the rainfall radar network every 15 minutes from 1800 on 7

bringing a year’s worth of rain in a single day Author: Press Office 21 August 2023 The Hollywood studios of southern California are renowned for creating dramatic storylines. But sometimes the region produces events which rival anything from a film producer’s imagination. Tropical Storm Hilary