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This week sees an end to the current spell of hot weather in the southeast as cooler, fresher conditions already in place over some areas, spreads across all parts of the country from tomorrow.

Today is the final hot day for the southeast of England in this current hot spell, where temperatures of 33 or 34 Celsius are likely.  The high temperatures will trigger hit-and-miss thunderstorms later this afternoon, with a Met Office weather warning already in force. Frank Saunders, Chief

Summary storyline Hot Average monthly temperatures between 4 and 6 o C above the mean Wet and windy in winter, dry and calm in summer Cold Wet Dry Windy Average monthly temperatures between 4 and 7 o C below the mean Average monthly rainfall between 2.5 and 3 times the mean Average rainfall 10

the increase in the current Heat Health Warning to Level 4 for England by the UK Health Security Agency. What happens next Although it will be an exceptionally hot day for many, particularly in central and eastern England, however, it will become cloudier and less hot as we go through the day

their names online, and there’s also the option of adding a reason for the suggestion. Once all submissions are in, the Met Office will work with Met Éireann and KNMI to determine the definitive list of storm names for the 2025/26 storm season, which will begin in September 2025. As part of the naming

and Accounts once these changes were enacted. • The Board gave their congratulations to NJ and his team and thanked them for a job well done. • The Board noted the summary of a Governance review and discussed some of the highlighted comments. • The refreshed Terms Of Reference for the Met Office Board

en than once in 200 years. Many places had over 100 mm of rain in one day with several having a once in more than 30 years event. The synoptic situation at 12 GMT on Friday 7 January 2005. Shown below are the rainfall rates detected by the rainfall radar network every 15 minutes from 1800 on 7

it was printed. Revision History Date of this revision: 27 th May 2016 Date of Next revision: 1 st June 2017 Revision date 27 May 2016 First issue Summary of Changes Distribution This document has been distributed to Name Title Date of Issue Version Page 2 Product Description UK Air Quality data, once

Very hot conditions are expected to persist across eastern and southeastern parts of the UK through the working week.

of very widespread rainfall for East Anglia and the south-east was 29 May. Hot weather often brings the risk of showers and thunderstorms and there is a chance of heavy or thundery downpours across eastern parts of England on Friday before the fresher, more changeable conditions in the northwest

. Lightning caused a roof fire in Lincolnshire on the 12th, together with brief power cuts and surfacewater flooding. During the course of the second half of the month, wild-fires were reported in a few places, until the rain arrived at the end of the month. England diary of highlights April began

of their times The Beaufort Scale - extracts from the private weather diaries of Sir Francis Beaufort, including the Beaufort Scale and Battle of Trafalgar Weather Lore - a brief guide to weather lore  Bottle Papers - used by the Admiralty and the Met Office to understand the direction and speed