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on Monday, with isolated spots possibly reaching 24 °C. The average maximum temperature for England in October is around 14 °C. The high temperatures are, in part, due to the influence of ex-Ophelia which will draw up very warm air from Spain on its eastern flank. Hurricane Ophelia, which developed

together when required. We had very good access to the climate information from the website but the proper understanding of the information was inadequate, we did not have a clear understanding of the information.” Dr. Nanyende attended the WISER co-production workshops representing the Ministry

A new study, led by the UK Met Office, has revealed a very strong likelihood that one of the next five years will be the warmest on record globally, beating the current record year of 2016.   The chance of at least one of the next five year’s exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is now about

, they are propelled towards the top of the cloud by strong internal winds (updraughts) where they turn to ice. Some of the pieces of ice grow into hail, but others remain very small. Some of the hail that forms becomes too heavy to be propelled by the updraughts and so begin to fall back through the cloud

the relationship between units sold and the weekly minimum temperature. In this graph, the blue points represent the Christmas period and the orange represent the rest of the year. There is a very clear relationship in the orange points; whereas the blue points seem to be much more random with a very

Ahead of Storm Bert, wintry showers will continue to impact parts of the UK on Friday, particularly exposed areas in the north. As a brief ridge of high pressure moves in though, Friday will bring a drier and brighter end to the week. It will still feel very chilly, with maximum temperatures

the National Flood Resilience Review. As part of this review, the government asked the Met Office to assess the likelihood of a worstcase scenario for extreme rainfall over the next 10 years. However, predicting extreme weather is not straightforward. It is, by its very nature, a rare occurrence, which

Storm Hannah 26 to 27 April 2019 Storm Hannah brought some very strong winds to England and Wales overnight 26 to 27 April 2019, with exposed locations in west Wales recording gusts of over 60 Kt (69 mph). Gusts also exceeded 60 Kt across the south and west of Ireland. For Wales, this was one

from 15:00 on Friday to 09:00 on Saturday, with the strongest winds expected in coastal locations, where gusts in excess of 75mph are possible in some places.   #StormArwen has been named and is forecast to bring a period of very strong winds and cold weather to the UK from Friday into Saturday

Storms Atiyah (December 2019) and Brendan (January 2020) Storm Atiyah was the first named storm of the 2019/2010 season. The storm was named by Met Eireann, with the worst impacts across Ireland, but the storm also brought some very strong winds to Wales and south-west England overnight 8 to 9