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until Wednesday. “Although not all places will be affected, where thunderstorms occur there is the potential to for very large rainfall totals, but when that heavy rain is falling on extremely dry ground, the risk of flash flooding is much more pronounced. "With no meaningful rainfall in some southern

a sofrer um processo de acidificação, e a frequência das ondas de calor marítimas aumentará. O número total de ciclones tropicais que afetam a África Austral será semelhante ou inferior. No entanto, a proporção destes eventos considerados intensos (categoria 4-5) irá aumentar. Elaborado pelo Met Office. Met Office e o logótipo Met Office são marcas registadas. © Crown Copyright 2022, Met Office 02091

.  Strong westerly winds will bring widespread gusts of 50-60mph to these areas, with gusts possibly reaching 70mph in exposed locations. A spell of heavy rain will accompany the strong winds, with parts of western Scotland seeing the highest rainfall totals. Will Lang, Met Office Chief Meteorologist

or very cold across parts of Scotland. Significant weather event The gale on the evening of the 2nd was one of the most severe to affect the British Isles during the twentieth century. At least 23 people died, public services were widely disrupted, and the total national damage was estimated to be between

from the west. This will bring periods of heavy rain at times, with the risk of thunderstorms further east.   “Within the yellow warning area on Saturday, rainfall totals of 30 to 40mm are possible within a three-hour period in some places, with a low risk of between 80 and 100mm in 24 hours for some

pic.twitter.com/fCc4QVsKtV — Met Office (@metoffice) September 29, 2022 “As well as strong winds a band of heavy rain will affect many areas of the country, however rainfall totals are expected to build in western parts of Scotland, up to 40mm in one or two places. With potentially gale force winds

they were accompanied by very heavy rain causing locally severe floods and considerable damage. During these events there were some quite remarkable downpours in relatively short periods of time. Most notable rainfall totals were: 80.0 mm (3.15 inches) in 30 minutes at Eskdalemuir (Dumfriesshire

. In total 112 people were killed and over 350 injured. A report after the crash concluded that the weather conditions at the time were a major contributing factor to the accident. British Isles chart for 0800 on 8 October 1952 showing fog (signified by three horizontal lines) and low visibility

, and this favours fewer tropical storms than seen in recent years prior to 2006 (see the table) Verification During the 2007 Atlantic season there was a total of 12 named storms in the July-November time frame. The Met Office forecast issued in June predicted 10 storms with a 70% probability range of 7-13.   To view PDF documents you will need to download Adobe Reader

cloud in places. Elsewhere, showers will be more scattered and interspersed with brighter spells during the afternoon. The southeast may see a heavy downpour or even a thunderstorm due to lingering humidity, but many areas will become drier by the end of the day. Rainfall totals over the 48-hour