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°C above pre-industrial levels and the following three years have all remained close to this level.  The global average temperature between now and 2023 is predicted to remain high, potentially making the decade from 2014 the warmest in more than 150 years of records.” Averaged over the five-year

Flooding in North Yorkshire - 19 June 2005 Synoptic situation Heavy and thundery downpours developed over north-west England and north Wales around midday, spreading across North Yorkshire through the a ernoon. The worst-affected areas were around the North York Moors, with flooding being reported

Storm Otto, 17 February 2023 Storm Otto on 17 February 2023 was the first named storm of the 2022/2023 storm season. The storm was named by the Danish Meteorological Institute and brought gusts of over 60Kt to parts of northern and eastern Scotland and north-east England. The storm tracked rapidly

suggest that the Pacific Ocean may play a key role. Global mean surface temperatures rose rapidly from the 1970s, but there has been little further warming over the most recent 10 to 15 years to 2013. This has prompted speculation that human induced global warming is no longer happening, or at least

to the south, so Belfast cheering up, Glasgow, Edinburgh also looking brighter by the time we get to Saturday lunchtime, and a much brighter day overall for the Highlands of Scotland. “Still quite breezy, quite a gusty wind blowing here. Quite a grey day over the far north of England, rain on and off

– the amount of water vapour in a parcel of air - reached record levels over both land and ocean last year. Relative humidity – a measure of the saturation of a parcel of air – also reached higher levels than in 2023. Total column water vapour – the total amount of water within the atmosphere above the surface

, and written records where available, have been used by scientists to try to determine the frequency, size and type of volcanic eruptions over time. A study of the last 11 centuries reveals over 200 eruptions, with around three quarters of these explosive, and with an average frequency of 20-25 events per

, one in seven (17%) say they are delivered too frequently. • Public Weather Service Advisors o The majority of respondents (86%) were satisfied with the service provided by Advisors over the past year, with over six in ten (63%) saying they are ‘very’ satisfied. o The most important service aspects

Human actions, including increased greenhouse gas levels and changes to land use, are causing our planet to warm. We have already seen average global land temperatures increase by over 1 °C since the Industrial Revolution. As a result of this baseline increase in temperature, we are seeing

A series of National Severe Weather Warnings – including an Amber Warning for rain in Scotland – are currently in place. Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Steve Willington, explained: “A series of low-pressure systems will track across the UK over the next couple of days bringing some potentially