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the forecast on student radio.” By the time he began an MSc in Applied Meteorology and Climatology at the University of Birmingham, Anthony knew he wanted to explore how the weather impacts everyday life. So, after adding a PhD in air quality, he joined the Met Office in 2001. Making a difference When working
Saturday will bring predominantly dry conditions across much of the UK, with sunny spells expected for most regions. The west will turn increasingly windy as the day progresses, with somewhat cloudier skies, especially across Northern Ireland and north-west Scotland. Here, a few showers may develop
from Northern Ireland, through Dumfries and Galloway, Cumbria, across the Pennines and down through East Yorkshire and away into the North Sea and onwards into the near continent. Following on behind this cold front is a trough running from North Wales, across the Midlands and Southeast England
Saturday will bring predominantly dry conditions across much of the UK, with sunny spells expected for most regions. The west will turn increasingly windy as the day progresses, with somewhat cloudier skies, especially across Northern Ireland and north-west Scotland. Here, a few showers may develop
and southern areas but below average in the east and northeast, while sunshine was above average everywhere except in parts of the western half of Scotland. The highest ever March reading of mean-sea-level pressure was recorded in north-west Scotland on the 29th. The UK monthly extremes were as follows
UK temperature record, December 2019 On 28 December* the daily maximum temperature at Achfary (Sutherland) reached 18.7 °C, the UK’s highest December temperature on record. Temperatures locally across the far north-west of Scotland were 8 to 10 °C or more above average for the time of year, due
travel disruption in the West Country, notably on the A35. England diary of highlights May started off generally cool, with a cold northerly outbreak on the 3rd/4th, and often cloudy. The second week began wet but then high pressure slowly built across the country, and between the 12th and 24th
on the A4107. In north-west England there were blocked roads due to flooding, including the B5192 and the A5058 in Merseyside. In London, four central stations were affected by flooding resulting in delays to rail services. Liverpool Street station saw water pouring in through the roof, and some
Theor Appl Climatol (2015) 119:255–272 DOI 10.1007/s00704-014-1104-4 ORIGINAL PAPER Assessing the capability of CORDEX models in simulating onset of rainfall in West Africa Moussa S. Mounkaila & Babatunde J. Abiodun& J. ‘Bayo Omotosho Received: 15 August 2013 /Accepted: 23 January 2014 /Published
. It was a sunnier than average month, particularly in central and eastern areas, with 126% of average sunshine, provisionally the eighth sunniest October in a series from 1919. 1st to 7th The 1st started fine in many places but with showers across the north and the south-west, these developing over many
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