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wind. But away from the cloud around coastal districts, there is some sunshine breaking through as well for Northern Ireland. Do watch out for a few showers around North Wales, parts of northwest England. And there is just some heavy rain lingering around Kent and Sussex first thing this morning
Storm Barbara in Spain and Portugal Storm Barbara, named by the Spanish, will bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Portugal and Spain tomorrow and Wednesday. Across the UK Storm Barbara will probably not cause major impacts, but will bring some rain, which could be heavy, to the south east
above average elsewhere, with parts of eastern Scotland, East Anglia and Gloucestershire seeing more than twice the normal rainfall. Sunshine was 93% of average, and it was sunnier than average in central southern England, the Midlands and East Anglia, but sunshine was well below normal in Wales
Ciarán were comparable in severity with those experienced in the south-east of England during the ‘Great Storm’ of 16 October 1987. While Ciarán also brought very strong winds to the South Coast, with gusts of 60 to 70Kt (69 to 81mph), the location of the storm track meant that the worst impacts
be a feature on Saturday and may merge into a longer spell of rain for a time in the far north and northwest. Those showers could turn to snow on the hills in the northwest of Scotland on Saturday evening, and then overnight and into Sunday. This chance of wintry showers extends to Northern Ireland
and the south-east from late afternoon. Most places were cool and cloudy on the 7th, with persistent light rain for central and eastern areas, which turned more showery in nature in the south-east with isolated thunderstorms for Hampshire, East and West Sussex; Fylingdales (North Yorkshire) recorded
Friday brings a marked contrast across the UK. Much of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and far northern England will remain dry and cold, with variable cloud and some sunny spells. However, scattered showers, wintry over hills and in Shetland, will affect the north and east. Meanwhile, the rest
The strongest winds will arrive across northern Scotland during Friday afternoon and will then spread across the rest of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and some exposed coasts of northern England by evening, and the rest of the UK away from the far South East by Saturday. Cold Arctic air will arrive
in the table below. Station Date Mintemp (degC) Previous mintemp (degC) Previous date Record length (years) Bradford, West Yorkshire 17-Dec- 2015 11.6 11.5 29-Dec- 1987 108 Hastings, East Sussex 20-Dec- 2015 12.3 11.9 12-Dec- 1994 83 Plymouth, Devon 27-Dec- 2015 12.7 12.5 03-Dec- 1985 83 Heathrow, Greater
is not certain, but during the war weather echoes were regarded as a nuisance rather than of intrinsic value. Nevertheless, before the end of the war the Meteorological Office had established a radar research station at East Hill, some 30 miles north of London. For a time after the war, the Meteorological Office
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