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, is moving gradually from west to east through the day on Sunday and will affect much of the UK, before the arrival of Storm Fergus to western areas later in the afternoon. A number of Met Office warnings for rain have been issued, predominantly focused on northwest England and southwest Scotland, as well

The study found that a 1 °C lower (or higher) temperature during March was associated with later (or earlier) leaf budburst of between three days for Alder in the south-east and six days for European Larch in the north-east. These results back up earlier studies revealing an overall long-term trend

, mainly affecting coastal areas in the east and southeast, as well as the far north of Scotland. Temperatures are expected to be near average for most locations, with generally light winds. During Wednesday night, cloud will persist for many, though most places will remain dry. Coastal showers

are possible in exposed coastal locations. As the low pressure moves north-eastwards the strongest wind gusts also move eastwards across the UK with many parts of southern England, the south Midlands and East Anglia experiencing 50-60mph gusts through the afternoon and evening. Inland gusts could

29 - 30 October 2008 (Hail and thunderstorms over East Devon) Weather chart for 0000 UTC on 30 October 2008 General summary An area of low pressure passed over South West England at around midnight on 30 October 2008. The frontal system associated with the low pressure system brought heavy rain

and Archive team under an Open Government License (OGL) Recording sites Locations covered are: Belfast Exeter London (King’s College) Cardiff Invergowrie (East Scotland) Plymouth Chester Ipswich Worcester East Riding (Yorkshire) Isle of Wight York Eskdalemuir (South West Scotland) Leicester Please

of the Gulf of Guinea coastline as well as Morocco have also experienced above normal rainfall. Outlook: For the next three months, parts of southeastern Africa continue to be likely to have above normal rainfall before the main rain belt starts to transfer northwards. During the East African ‘Long

on the east coast main line in north Yorkshire because of damage to overhead power lines. By late on the 7th 80,000 customers had lost power in NE England and 20,000 houses in Yorkshire and Humberside remained without electricity for most of the 8th. [BBC News link]Severe gales cause havoc on roads

development in the various East African countries, WISER East Africa, the Met Office-led strand of WISER, set up a number of projects to develop new weather and climate services that would deliver on some of the objectives outlined in the strategy documents. Supported by: Fund Manager: For example

as Goretti moves through. Met Office Chief Forecaster Neil Armstrong said: “Storm Goretti will be a multi-hazard event, with the most significant impacts from snow in parts of Wales and the Midlands and the very strong winds in the far southwest, though heavy rain in some parts of Wales and East