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Many people in England will remember Autumn 2019 as a very wet season, but this hasn’t been the case across the whole of the UK.

Autumn  Many people in England will remember Autumn 2019 as a very wet season, with significant flooding in parts of the Midlands and days of prolonged rainfall. But this hasn’t been the case across the whole of the UK, as the map below indicates. There has been a marked difference in rainfall

This week will be another very cold week across the UK, and snowy at times in many areas.

in on bitterly cold easterly winds. These very cold conditions are expected to last through the week as very cold air from northern Scandinavia and the far northwest of Russia crosses the UK and the easterly winds bring a significant wind chill making it feel several degrees colder than thermometers show

The early May Bank Holiday will be very warm and sunny for many before a change to fresher conditions and the chance of showers arrives for the rest of the week.

Bank Holiday Monday will see a continuation of the very warm and sunny weather that much of the UK has experienced during the bank holiday weekend. The exceptions to the sunny story being around some Irish Sea coasts where a chilly mist may come in off the sea at times, and cloudy skies over

, with two periods of very rapid ice loss separated by a period of very slow ice loss. Predictions of September sea ice extent tended to be on the high side, although some came close to the eventual extent. Antarctic sea ice has likely recorded its seasonal maximum of 18.95 million square km on 27th

the period. There were major flooding problems, with the Environment Agency reporting at least 6000 properties flooded. The Somerset Levels were very badly affected, with large areas remaining under water from late December through the winter period, and severe flooding also affected much of the River

is provided but it raises one or more unacceptable concerns in relation to the quality of the Bid and/or the Bidder’s ability successfully to deliver the Requirement and/or represents a serious risk to the Met Office 1 Point Major Concerns Overall, the Met Office has very low confidence

through December and January. By February temperatures fell below normal in places, with cold or very cold conditions for parts of Central America, as well as northwest South America. Guyana saw near-normal temperatures away from the warm north. Outlook: For most of the MENA and Caribbean region, warmer

height is important to fishermen for several reasons. High waves slow down the movement of boats through the water. Very high waves can also swamp the canoes, causing them to take on water faster than it can be bailed out. The canoes have a very low freeboard and an open interior. They lie particularly

air persisted at times in the north, resulting in some snow at the frontal boundary. Storm Christoph brought very wet and windy weather between the 19th and 21st, with many stations having over 100 mm of rain. It was colder from the 22nd to 25th with snow in places, mainly in the west

pulses of electro-magnetic waves, which travel at the speed of light (approx. 186,000 miles per second), are transmitted in a narrow beam for a very short time (typically two microseconds). When the beam hits a suitable target, some of the energy is reflected back to the radar, which ‘listens’ out