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for tropical regions. With a couple of notable exceptions (e.g. East Africa) La Niña, very broadly speaking, tends to increase the likelihood of wetter than normal conditions across many land areas of the tropics. More information on typical impacts can be found here https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research

the south at times. It turned hot in places, especially south-east England, around mid-month, and the 16th to 21st was settled with high pressure and plenty of warm sunshine for most parts of the UK. The weather turned much cooler and more unsettled from the 22nd, and it was very wet and windy

and only brief settled interludes when temperatures in southeastern England reached 30°C on several occasions. There was a strong rainfall contrast between the very wet west of Scotland/Cumbria and the dry/very dry central and southern England. The month opened with thunderstorm activity across central

parts of the UK.” Early analysis shows that a sting jet could have formed over the sea west of the Western Isles in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Sting jets can cause very high wind speeds in a concentrated area and occur when air rapidly descends from high in the atmosphere. Sting jets

Strong winds November 2019 An area of low pressure brought some very strong winds to south Wales and the south coast of England on Saturday 2 November. Winds gusted at 60 to 70 Kt (69 to 81 mph) in exposed coastal locations. Gusts of 95 Kt (109 mph) were recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle

,  with a very severe frost over snow cover in Scotland, there could be some more snow ahead of a band of rain leading to a risk of some disruption during Sunday, with high level routes across the Pennine and the Southern Uplands are likley to be affected so plan ahead for delays or longer journeys

For the first time in 15 years, an extended on-site Met Office team will also be responsible, and have the oversight of the airfield observations. These observations are crucial in ensuring that the very latest information about the prevailing weather conditions is at the centre of the weather

for the UK on Sunday are very unlikely to be of the same strength we saw earlier in the week with Storm Doris.” As always keep up to date with the weather using our forecast pages, Twitter orFacebook, as well as using our new mobile app which is available for iPhone from the App store and for Android from the Google Play store. Search for "Met Office" in store.

of further impacts such as flooding in areas that are already struggling to clean up from the heavy rainfall we have seen over the last week or so.” #StormCiarán has been named and is forecast to bring very strong winds and heavy rain to southern parts of the UK on Wednesday night and into Thursday

conditions to become a little colder, with a risk of some wintry showers developing in the north. At this stage there is very little sign of any widespread or severe cold and wintry weather.” As always, these longer range forecast subject to change so for the day to day detail keep up to date