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The Amazon: a hot spot for biodiversity and climate regulation Author: Grahame Madge (Met Office Climate Spokesman) 29 October 2024 Thousands of delegates are attending the international biodiversity conference at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. Uppermost in their minds is stemming biodiversity loss and prevent

. There is also the possibility of very localised impacts from lightning and hail.   Beyond the warning areas, unsettled and showery conditions will be the main theme of the weather for Thursday and Friday.  Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris said, “The hot and clear weather currently

for a heatwave, high temperatures need to persist for three days or more. This short hot spell will not reach the requirements to become a heatwave.  Stay connected You can check the latest weather warnings on our severe weather warnings pages and you can get the most accurate and up to date forecast for your

earlier. For Wales, the rain from Bert was from a mainly south-westerly airflow, whereas in contrast from Darragh it was north-westerly or northerly. The chart below shows maximum gust speeds from 6 to 7 December 2024. The highest gusts were 83Kt (96mph) at Berry Head, Devon, 81Kt (93mph) at Capel Curig

the letter J. On January 2, Storm Henk brought damaging winds, with Exeter Airport in Devon recording a gust of 81 mph, the highest January wind speed recorded at that location. Record breaking temperatures and rainfall for February We experienced the warmest February on record for both England

temperatures from this hot spell are forecast for Saturday, with low 30s Celsius fairly widely across England, and up to 34°C possible in eastern areas. Despite this, the more uncomfortable heat will be in northern and western areas initially, where despite somewhat lower temperatures the air will be more

name them? Why is it so hot? The presence of Dexter, combined with a southerly airflow and high pressure, has created a setup conducive to high temperatures. The jet stream has buckled, allowing warm air from the south and east to flow into the UK. This pattern has led to widespread warmth

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The deep low-pressure system resulted in impacts across large swathes of the country, including wind damage, flooding, and snowfall.  Provisional statistics show White Barrow in Devon saw the highest rainfall accumulation, with 175.7mm between midnight on 23 November and midnight 25 November

a zone of damp weather affecting South Wales, perhaps the Midlands, maybe northern parts of Devon and Cornwall seeing a little light rain and drizzle too. That should tend to fizzle out through the day, and away from that cloudier zone, many places looking dry through Wednesday. “We should see brighter