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• Thundery downpours ahead of unsettled weather

  spots could see in excess of 30mm of rain in just a few hours.” Wet and windy weather to come The unsettled theme is to continue for most later this week when the remnants of Ex-Tropical Storm Alex, which brought heavy rain to southern Florida earlier on, tracks to the northwest of the UK

• ‘April showers bring May flowers’ – is it true?

  : Press Office Mon 7 Apr 2025 ‘April showers bring May flowers’ is a phrase you may have heard in the UK, but is there any truth in it, and where does it come from? And what do gardeners need to know to be WeatherReady? We delved into the statistics and had a chat with the Royal Horticultural Society

• What is a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW)?

  on the UK? We normally expect our weather to come in from the west – with a flow of relatively mild air coming in off the Atlantic. When an SSW brings easterly winds this tends to alter our weather patterns slightly, weakening areas of low pressure and moving our jet stream further south. This leads

• Is the future of Alpine skiing all downhill?

  when no natural snow is expected. The process requires: water, often sourced from nearby reservoirs; air temperatures between -1°C to 6°C; low humidity air; and light winds. Artificial snow comes with a number of caveats – it requires considerable use of energy and water. And, if followed by warm

• What is a Sudden Stratospheric Warming?

  to the troposphere – the lowest part of the atmosphere where our weather is. It can take anything from a few days to a few weeks for this process to take place. What impact does this have on the UK? We normally expect our weather to come in from the west – with a flow of relatively mild air coming in off

• Are we still in a heatwave - and could another one develop next week? 

  heatwave thresholds, then the current heatwave spell would come to an end for those areas. If temperatures then rise again and meet the criteria for three consecutive days, that would be treated as a new heatwave rather than a continuation of the previous one. This weekend brings change for some

• Unsettled weather continues – are there any signs of a change?

  warmth to come? While there will be some sunny spells for some later this week, temperatures remain likely to be either slightly below or around average for the time of year recovering slightly through the weekend or early next week. Global drivers of the UK’s weather are somewhat weaker

• Summer 2022: a historic season for northern hemisphere heatwaves

  elements have come together in the UK: the global wavenumber 5 pattern driving high temperatures, in the presence of an already warmed climate due to climate change, further enhanced by the soil moisture feedback. They have made these extreme temperatures of 40 degrees possible, and we are now

• barometer-issue-36.pdf

  09 13 Lessons and legacy We talk to Dr Joanne Robbins about her work with MapAction, who assist and support the emergency response to hurricanes, earthquakes and humanitarian crises around the world. 17 We look back at the Great Storm of 1987 in October, and just how far things have come

• ar13_report_25jun2013e.compressed.pdf

  will liaise with Dr. Hartmut Bosch of the University of Leicester who is leading this GAUGE work package. Satellite information will be used within the global inversion studies, the success of these efforts will be reported to DECC as they come to fruition. 16. Make provision for up to 5 days’ ad