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respectively. Despite recent thundery downpours in some parts of the UK, rainfall totals are fairly unremarkable for this point in the month across the UK, with most regions recording close to the average. The complexity of thundery weather systems mean that only very small areas will see the peak

, Suffolk, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and West Yorkshire recorded their highest December gusts since a major winter storm on 5 December 2013. Storms Elin and Fergus formed part of an ongoing sequence of very wet weather to affect the UK, The map below shows rainfall accumulations from 7 to 11

contact the Customer Centre on: Tel: 0370 900 0100 Fax: 0370 900 5050 Email: [email protected] If you are outside the UK: Tel: +44 330 135 0000 Fax: +44 330 135 0050 Introduction A cloud is an aggregate of very small water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of both, with its base above

in southern and eastern counties. Some southern counties started very wet on the 7th, as an area of heavy or very heavy rain with isolated thunderstorms moved away, then bands of showers, some heavy and thundery, swept eastwards through the day, merging in parts of the north Midlands and the north

was breezy in places, with sunshine and blustery showers, though cloudier in the far north; showers continued to develop, becoming more widespread and intense with thunderstorms breaking out, especially in southern and eastern counties. Some southern counties started very wet on the 7th, as an area

April 2021 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. April began settled, but soon turned very cold, and a notable feature throughout the month was the number of air frosts. Daytime temperatures did recover from the middle of the month, but it was cold and showery

in northern and eastern areas, Brizlee Wood (Northumberland) recording gusts to 98 mph later. The 27th began very windy, with blustery showers, wintry at times with rain, sleet and snow, coalescing occasionally into longer spells of precipitation, Middleton Hillside (Derbyshire) recording 17 cm

no confirmations to date. In any event, preparations would need to be made to build the evidence base and business case to justify the continued spending on a Public Weather Service. 2 3.2 PWSCG Chair’s Update WW provided a short verbal update to draw out the highlights from his update paper. WW spoke very

months, there have been large regional variations. Southern Asia has been wet or very wet at times, whilst Central Asia has experienced near normal rainfall or dry conditions. The exception was that in November, large parts of Central Asia were wet. In January, some parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan

is a Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office and said: “Although we are expecting to see some very warm temperatures this week, it may not be the wall-to-wall sunshine and blue skies people are expecting as there is likely to be some cloud around in places. “Some areas, mainly central