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hot, dry desert regions, to cooler, wetter highland regions, and large variability in seasonal rainfall. The current climate is around 1-1.5˚C warmer than pre-industrial times, and there is high confidence of further warming in the future. There is less confidence about how rainfall has changed

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Storm Éowyn, 24 January 2025 Storm Éowyn, the fifth storm of the 2024/2025 season so far, hit the UK in late January. Northern Ireland and Scotland’s Central Belt experienced the brunt of this storm with winds gusting widely at well over 70Kt (81mph), and in places over 80Kt (92mph). The highest

headline review Mist, fog, and haze: What's the difference? Eight interesting facts about Autumn Fact checking climate information Met Office week ahead: Wet, windy but with hints of change Hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes: What’s the difference? Why do we have seasons? How changing weather patterns

Office 'Volcanic' heat maps? 600-mile wall of rain? Met Office weather headline review Mist, fog, and haze: What's the difference? Eight interesting facts about Autumn Fact checking climate information Met Office week ahead: Wet, windy but with hints of change Hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes

centres in Mozambique and South Africa. Southern Africa’s first nowcasting testbed in January–February ‘24 The two-week event in the middle of the rainy season brought together forecasters, meteorologists, user engagement specialists, representatives of disaster and disability organisations and community

and Met Eireann to review this first season of storm naming by the end of June. The views expressed by this group in relation to warnings were similar to others in that crucial elements to being successfully able to prepare and mobilise resources depend on the lead time into an event. This issue of timing

changes to our weather for extreme events at local and hourly scales. For example, for rainfall: In the RCM: In the CPM: it rains much more frequently, leading to an excessive occurrence of wet days it does not rain as frequently, in better agreement with observations, although when it does, it does so

formed part of a turbulent spell of wet and windy weather for the UK, associated with a powerful jet stream. Storms Dudley and Franklin also brought significant weather impacts. Impacts Storm Eunice brought major weather impacts. Four people died in the UK and Ireland as a result of falling trees. Over

for this future, one forecast at a time.  More by Press Office 'Volcanic' heat maps? 600-mile wall of rain? Met Office weather headline review Mist, fog, and haze: What's the difference? Eight interesting facts about Autumn Fact checking climate information Met Office week ahead: Wet, windy but with hints