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valley. These may be compared with 23.5 °C in the London area. Instances of extreme high temperatures are rare and are associated with hot air brought from mainland Europe on south easterly winds, accompanied by strong sunshine. The highest temperature ever recorded in the whole of Scotland was 32.9 °C

Science from an Operational Mission: An L5 Consortium Meeting – London, UK – 12 May 2015 Heliospheric Remote-Sensing Observations and Modelling: An Outlook to a Long-Standing View from L5. Mario M. Bisi ([email protected]) (1), Bernard V. Jackson (2), Dusan Odstrcil (3,4), David F. Webb (5

bring up to 1,000 millimetres of rain over its lifespan, with Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and other parts of the Caribbean facing the brunt of the deluge. Such rainfall totals are comparable to what London typically receives in an entire year but compressed into just a few days. The combination of intense

severely affected due to flooded lines and Kings Cross station in London was temporarily closed due to concerns with overcrowding. Other rail services in Scotland and northern England were cancelled or severely disrupted. Leeds Bradford airport closed after an aircraft skidded off the runway during

, particularly in highly populated areas. The main wind warning covers eastern areas, including Lincolnshire, East Anglia, southeast England, and London. A secondary wind warning is in place for the western coast of Wales and the western and northern coasts of Devon and Cornwall. READ MORE: Met Office

, to be agreed with (CEOSA) Division). No activity was required under this work item. ©Crown Copyright 2010 7 1.2 Publications O’Doherty, S. and Carpenter, L. J., ‘Volatile halogenated compounds’ in Koppman R. (ed), Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere, Blackwell Ltd, London, 2007. Miller, B. R

a number of research activities involving UK-based organisations of relevance to the SCIPEA work, including that by Oxford University Energy and Power Group, Tropical Power of Oxford and the London School of Economics (LSE) as well as the International Hydropower Association (IHA) – based in London

are the warmest months, with mean daily maximum temperatures ranging from about 21.5 °C in South Yorkshire to less than 17 °C in the higher Pennines. The highest July mean maxima occur in the London area (23.5 °C) whilst the lowest occur in the Shetlands (15 °C). Maximum temperatures are normally 2 or 3 hours

hand image from the evening of 27 May show the storms stretching between London and North Wales. The backgrounds are visible channel images from Meteosat-11, a geostationary satellite operated by EUMETSAT. These are overlaid with lightning strikes detected by a Met Office designed, ground-based

defences and the Thames Barrier was closed to protect London. The storm of 18 to 19 December again resulted in travel disruption and several thousand homes without power across western Scotland and Northern Ireland. There were also reports of some fallen trees, minor structural damage and localised