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collaboration To reduce the impact of this hazard, an international collaborative project involving the University of Plymouth and South African Weather Service (SAWS) developed forecasting tools for rip current hazards in South Africa. Collaboration has been essential for this work and with support from

widely at 60 to 70 kt around exposed coastlines of the north and west, with gusts exceeding 70 kt in the Western Isles, South Wales and South Coast. 74 kt (85 mph) was recorded at Plymouth and 82 kt (94 mph) at Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight), while winds gusted at over 100 kt across

locations have gales a few times a year. Western coasts have the highest frequency of gales, especially the western isles of Scotland. On other coasts, gales are still more frequent than inland. 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 3 1 0.5 1 0 London Plymouth Birmingham Manchester 8 7 6 5 4 2 0 Lerwick Aberdeen Glasgow

to deliver actionable security intelligence for the business. She is on the external advisory panel for Computing at Plymouth University and was a keynote speaker at the Women in STEM Symposium last year. Joelle Buxmann Senior Scientist, Remote Sensing Systems R&D - Lightning, Clouds and Aerosols Joelle’s

on lightships, 1 buoy in the channel and two off the coast of Plymouth.   Each moored buoy stands 7 metres tall, measures 3.6 metres in diameter, and weighs 4.5 tonnes. They are anchored in deep ocean locations with cables several kilometres long. Deployment requires a ship with heavy lifting gear

. Jaramillo 4 & L. Zarate 5 1 Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK 2 University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, TR10 9FE, UK 3 University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK 4 Shell Global Solutions US Inc., 150 North Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, TX 77079, USA 5 Shell Global

. In Plymouth a number of cars were damaged by falling tree debris next to the Guildhall. Monthly extremes The table below lists UK monthly weather extremes recorded at individual weather stations during April 2023 from data available on 05/05/2023. The map shows the location of these stations. Highest

Newport due to surface water flooding. The A470 in Powys and the A487 in Pembrokeshire also reported as closed due to flooding. Southwest England saw road flooding in several towns including Ashburton, Okehampton, Totnes and Buckfastleigh, whilst a flooded rail tunnel between Plymouth and Exeter caused

Newport due to surface water flooding. The A470 in Powys and the A487 in Pembrokeshire also reported as closed due to flooding. Southwest England saw road flooding in several towns including Ashburton, Okehampton, Totnes and Buckfastleigh, whilst a flooded rail tunnel between Plymouth and Exeter caused

lane in the Blackwall tunnel was closed, as well as travel delays due to flooding around Chichester and Portsmouth. Thunderstorms, in south-western areas on the 12th and further north on the 13th, caused flooding in Plymouth, and the A377 in Devon was closed for a time by a tree blocking the road