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is lightning and how does the Met Office monitor it? Temperatures will be widely warm to very warm, with highs of 21–24°C inland and in sheltered areas. Parts of northern England and areas further south could see 25–26°C, with an isolated 27°C possible. Southern coastal areas may remain cooler
It will stay unsettled and, at times very windy, over the coming days. This unsettled period peaks with Storm Ciarán, which crosses southern UK on Thursday.
of England and Wales Thursday early hours and morning and the far south and southeast of England Thursday daytime and early evening. Storm Ciarán is expected to bring very strong along southern coastal areas of England in particular where gusts of 70 to 80mph are possible, gusts perhaps exceeding 85 mph
into Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some sunnier breaks across the Scottish Borders and the far north of England. “And once again across the very far southeast remaining mostly dry though we can't rule out a shower into the afternoon which once again could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. Now
England with over 150mm falling in the wettest upland areas. Around three-quarters of the whole-month average rain fell in a swathe from Gwent to Wiltshire to Northamptonshire. Storm Bert also brought some very strong winds, particularly across south-west England with gusts exceeding 60Kt (69mph), even
Summary Arctic sea ice extent is below average for the time of year, but not exceptionally so. Winter 2023-24 was very mild in the Canadian and Central Arctic but nearer average in the East Siberian Arctic; end of winter ice thicknesses estimated by satellites reflect this. April and early May
is different. However, there are clearly some common themes: firstly, our climate is continuing to change dramatically – 2023 has been yet another very warm year, as well as wetter than average – and we expect this to continue in future decades. Secondly, we have broken a number of high temperature
as the temperature threshold gets higher. The number of ‘pleasant’ days (daily maximum 20°C) has increased by 41% for the most recent decade (2014-2023) compared to 1961-1990. The number of ‘warm’ days (25°C) has increased by 63%, ‘hot’ days (28°C) have more than doubled and ‘very hot’ days (30°C) have more than
Snow and low temperatures - December 2009 to January 2010 From Thursday 17 December 2009 to Friday 15 January 2010 the UK experienced a spell of very low temperatures and significant snowfalls which affected almost the whole country. This was the most widespread and prolonged spell of this type
June 2021 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. The first half of June was largely dry and warm, though less settled over Scotland towards mid-month. The second half saw temperatures broadly nearer to average, with some days very cool for the time of year
1990 levels by the middle of that period. By the Seventh Carbon Budget, the Climate Change Committee projects that UK emissions will be only a quarter of current levels, requiring significant reductions across all sectors. Renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar power have a very clear
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