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days of the month. On 27th, two rain-gauges recorded daily totals of over 200mm in an event known as a ‘warm-conveyor’ where rainfall is greatly increased across high ground as moist air is forced to rise. This event was very similar in characteristic to the extreme rainfall events of December 2015

Ex-Hurricane Ophelia 16 October 2017 On 16 October 2017 ex-hurricane Ophelia brought very strong winds to western parts of the UK and Ireland. This date fell on the exact 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 16 October 1987. Ex-hurricane Ophelia (named by the US National Hurricane Center

of carbon from permafrost thaw is irreversible on human timescales, because even if the temperature reduces and permafrost re-freezes, the mechanisms for burying carbon take place very slowly. (3) This means that a greater reduction in human greenhouse gas emissions would be required to reverse global

greenhouse gases, driving further global warming 1, 2, 3 . The release of carbon from permafrost thaw is irreversible on human timescales, because even if the temperature reduces and permafrost re-freezes, the mechanisms for burying carbon take place very slowly 3 . This means that a greater

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points is as a rise in the rate of risk with increasing climate change. Whilst we don't know exactly where tipping point thresholds are, we can say that the chances of crossing a tipping point are inevitably larger if there are high levels of global warming. It is very difficult to predict

the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology-Pune, the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and the Met Office. The training event was very successful. On the final day, groups showcased skills they had learned, presenting work done during the workshop. The training has been particularly

weather events can ruin crops and lead to famine. Yet the uptake and availability of climate information services has historically been very low. “Until fairly recently a lot of African services published just a 10-day forecast,” explains Robert Powell, Media Consultant for the Met Office, the UK’s

relatively wet. Previous hot summers have been largely dry, but this summer was seventh wettest overall in the UK in a series dating back to 1910. Scotland was very wet overall as it recorded its second wettest summer, only surpassed by summer 1985. Weather in autumn 2019  Many people in England

to low levels, mainly from the Midlands northwards. The second half was generally settled with high pressure close by. It was generally cloudy until the 23rd, but the last week was often very sunny. The mean temperature for March was provisionally 1.5 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, making