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• Met Office issues Red Warning for Extreme Heat for record third consecutive day

  the south-east of the UK. Temperatures are projected to rise in all seasons, but the heat would be most intense in summer.  It is virtually certain that human influence has increased the occurrence and intensity of extreme heat events. Numerous climate attribution studies have shown that human influence

• Understanding urban heat stress: how street canyon modelling can improve weather and climate forecasts 

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• Heat to last into the weekend for some

  nights, which is when overnight temperatures remain in excess of 20°C.   The highest overnight minimum temperature for September on record is 21.7°C, and this record could be threatened on Wednesday and Thursday nights in particular.   As our climate changes due to human influences, hot spells like

• Water security and the global water cycle

  . Climate change, the water cycle and water security Recent IPCC reports have confirmed that human activities are influencing climate change, which is resulting in more frequent and extreme weather events, with instances of intense rainfall and extreme drought both expected to increase.   Climate change

• Met Office Advice for Sun Awareness Week

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• Ex-hurricane Ophelia impacts the UK

  is around 14 °C. The high temperatures are, in part, due to the influence of ex-Ophelia which will draw up very warm air from Spain on its eastern flank. An interesting phenomena that is a result of the movement of ex-Ophelia is the colour of the sky and the sun this morning (Monday), and dust on cars

• How the Met Office makes a difference

  for the UK. Climate change has already influenced the likelihood of temperature extremes with the chances of seeing 40°C days in the UK as much as 10 times more likely in the current climate than in a climate unaffected by human influence. However, the influence of weather doesn’t stop there, even

• Red Extreme Heat Warning issued with June temperature records forecast to break

  influence has increased the occurrence and intensity of extreme heat events. Numerous climate attribution studies have shown that human influence increased the chance that specific extreme heat events would occur, such as the summer of 2018 and July 2022.  Professor Stephen Belcher CBE, Met Office Chief

• What is diurnal temperature range and why it changes as we move into spring

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• Exceptional heat possible early next week

  is influenced by air masses from continental Europe or North Africa – as it will be at the weekend - there is already a strongly-embedded warming due to climate change across the continent, that is increasing the likelihood of challenging the existing UK temperature record.”