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Friday 16 October 1987 (October 1987 Storm) Weather chart for 1200 UTC on 16 October 1987 General summary An intense depression crossed the coast of South Devon soon after midnight, moving quickly, and deepening rapidly, with a track across the Midlands and out towards the Humber Estuary. The very

-functional and high quality open spaces • Secondary health benefits (e.g. mental health, physical activity) http://www.pureframework.org/ (Tiwary et al. 2012) Attribution of mortality to the Urban Heat Island during heatwaves in the West Midlands, UK. ‘urban’ model run Heaviside et al. (2016) ‘urban

is the jet stream? Ian Lisk, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “It’s all to do with our old friend, the jet stream. Weather typically moves across the UK from west to east, but the north-south amplification of the jet stream has enabled areas of high pressure to hang around

is expected to affect much of the country. Warnings in force The first thing to note is the presence of Met Office weather warnings. These are in place for southern Scotland, parts of Northern England, and areas of North and West Wales. The warnings reflect the risk of persistent and, at times, heavy rainfall

, Nottinghamshire and the West Midlands. Parts of central England experienced extreme rainfall in late September from three successive low pressure systems. The Oxford Radcliffe Observatory recorded its wettest 2-day period in a near 200-year daily record and wettest calendar month since 1774; some locations

, the West Midlands, and Yorkshire. READ MORE: How weather and climate change are shaping global food security Dry ground heats up more quickly than moist soil. When soil is wet, some of the sun’s energy goes into evaporating moisture. When it’s dry, more of that energy goes directly into heating the air

. The system responsible was named Storm Darragh on the 5th, by which time a medium impacts amber wind warning was in force for Northern Ireland and the western edges of southern Scotland, England and Wales. On the 6th this was escalated to high impacts with a red wind warning issued for west Wales

as the snow arrived airport runway closures were reported at Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds/Bradford and Teesside. Multiple Pennine road closures followed, along with some rail service suspensions. Meanwhile, the prolonged rainfall across southern/central England brought reports

and windy weather to many parts of the UK. Maximum temperatures for the month overall were near average, with minimum temperatures slightly above average across the north and west. The UK monthly mean temperature was 0.2°C above average. The rainfall pattern was variable but generally near average

UK rainfall total for 2019 was 1240 mm, which is 107% of the 1981-2010 average, making this a wet year overall although not especially so. Parts of the North Midlands, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were notably wet through the year, and Sheffield had its second wettest year in a station record