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the glens and ord-like sea lochs. These mountainous areas include the Great Glen, running from Fort William north-eastwards to Inverness and containing Loch Ness. The region therefore has extensive areas of high ground and includes the highest point in the UK - Ben Nevis (1344 metres), near Fort William
problems. Parts of eastern England were also affected by this storm. Impacts North-east Scotland was worst affected by flooding, particularly the Inverness to Moray area and Kingussie to Aviemore but also around Ullapool. Rail travel was affected, there was flooding and damage to roads and 200 homes were
to a rise of about 16 cm. Table 1; Extremes for 2017 Extremes 09 -09 GMT Date Observation Station Highest daily max temp 21 Jun 34.5 °C Heathrow, Greater London Lowest daily min temp 11 Dec 12 Dec -13.0°C Dalwinnie, Inverness-shire Shawbury, Shropshire Highest daily rain 24 Dec 212.6mm Ennerdale, Cumbria
Isles were cancelled. Two planes attempting to land at Stornoway airport were unable to land and forced to return to Aberdeen and Inverness. A subsequent warning was also issued for 26 December 2016 with more strongs winds following shortly after named Storm Conor. Storm Barbara - Maximum gust speeds
) Alderney Benbecula Biggin Hill Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bristol Cambridge Cardiff Carlisle Coventry Cranfield Durham Tees Valley Edinburgh Eglinton (City of Derry) East Midlands Exeter Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Guernsey Heathrow Humberside Inverness Isles of Scilly (St Mary's
Cambridge Campbeltown Cardiff-Wales Carlisle City of Derry Coventry Cranfield Doncaster Sheffield Dundee Durham Tees Valley East Midlands Edinburgh Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Hawarden Humberside Inverness Islay Kirkwall Lands End Leeds/Bradford Liverpool London City London/Gatwick London
Ireland. These areas all have common characteristics, given their high elevations (or even mountainous status) and their northern or western locations in the UK. Area Rainfall (mm) Argyllshire 2274.9 Dunbartonshire 2066.5 Inverness 2034.8 Merionethshire 1914.0 Ross and Cromarty 1858.1 Carnarvonshire
temperatures in Scotland: Braemar, Aberdeenshire -27.2 °C Lagganlia, Inverness-shire -24.1 °C Balmoral, Aberdeenshire -23.5 °C Lowest temperatures in England: Newport, Shropshire -26.1 °C Shawbury, Shropshire -20.8 °C Maps from the daily weather summary showing the minimum and maximum temperatures for 10th
knots (79 knots) Forecast pressure charts from the Meteorological Office global and limited area models. Daily weather extremes Highest Maximum Temperature 13.5 °C at Yeovilton (Somerset) Lowest Minimum Temperature -1.0 °C at Inverness (Highland) and Dalcross (Highland) Most Rainfall 37.2 mm
, wind and ice. A wind gust of 94 mph was recorded at Capel Curig in Gywnedd, North Wales and a gust of 87 mph at High Bradfield in South Yorkshire. By 4pm this afternoon Aboyne in Aberdeenshire had seen 3cm of snow and Tulloch Bridge in Inverness-shire 2cm, with reports of larger amounts on higher
