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were the 4th highest for August in a series from 1919, with 132% of average. 1st to 4th Cloud over the Midlands and south-east cleared away to leave sunshine for all for a time on the 1st, but cloud increased with rain, occasionally heavy, spreading from the west into central and northern areas from

The latest weather system will move in from the Atlantic overnight into Friday, bringing some heavy outbreaks of rain for southern Britain and snow over the hills of northern England and southern Scotland. National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued for snow from the early hours of Friday

the initial front meets the colder air in place across Scotland there is a risk of sleet, snow and ice over higher ground before turning to rain later on Wednesday morning. Elsewhere bands of rain will move eastwards across the UK through the day.   Through Thursday further spells of rain push in from

journey over the land or sea. This might lead to warming or cooling by the prolonged contact with a warm or cool surface. Northern Canada Arctic Ocean High pressure Siberia Low pressure Tropical Ocean Tropical Ocean Tropical Ocean High pressure Equator Low pressure Tropical Ocean Tropical Ocean Tropical

customers lost power, with police reporting over 700 emergency calls. A number of rural and A roads were blocked by fallen trees both here and across the south-east. Storm Eunice was the next named storm to cross the UK. On the 18th in Scotland snow brought travel disruption to the road network

Flash droughts Flash droughts develop rapidly and have led to severe impacts around the world in recent years, such as the droughts over central USA in 2012 which caused billions of dollars of economic losses; those in southern China in 2013 that affected 2 million hectares of crops in the Guizhou

forecasts for the next few days Forecasts show the likelihood of a range of possible outcomes The most likely outcome in the forecast will not always happen Forecasts are for average conditions over a wide region and time period For more details on interpretation, see How to use our long-range

above average in the south. Rainfall was broadly near average overall, rather dry in north-west Scotland and East Anglia, although some parts of south-east England, eastern Scotland and Northern Ireland had well over 150% of the month’s average; the UK had 111% of average. It was a sunnier than

temperature scale. Infrared satellite images are available both day and night. The images are available over the previous 24 hours – at 15-minute intervals for the last six hours and three hourly for the 18 hours before these in the 24-hour period. It is recommended that satellite images are viewed

variability and climate change as these are expected to be of similar size in many parts of the world over this forecast period. Forecasts are experimental, so at this early stage of development expert advice is needed to assess the reliability of regional predictions. Important Long-range