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Ciara and Dennis, but flooding problems continued in the aftermath of these earlier storms and as a result of further rain falling on already saturated ground. The railway line between Cardiff and Swansea as closed and there were reports of further localised flooding. The M4 in west Wales

Battery (Isle of Wight), 70Kt (81mph) at Exeter Airport (Devon), 62Kt (71mph) at Isle of Portland (Dorset) and Mumbles Head (Swansea) and 60Kt (69mph) at Cardinham, Bodmin (Cornwall) and Heathrow (Greater London). The 70Kt gust at Exeter Airport was unusually strong for this inland location: Exeter

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of Wight) - 80 m Mumbles Head (near Swansea) - 32 m Berry Head (Devon) - 58 m 71 Isle of Portland (Dorset) - 52 m 67 Jersey Airport - 84 m 67 Plymouth Mount Batten (Devon) - 50 metres 10 March 2008 - station highest gust values Highest gust Hour ending speed (UTC) Comparison with past records (knots

to 60Kt across exposed coastal locations. Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) recorded a gust of 70Kt (81mph). The chart below shows hourly maximum gust speeds at three exposed coastal locations, Aberdaron (Lleyn Peninsula), Mumbles Head (Swansea) and Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight). In all

(Isle of Wight). Numerous other stations recorded gusts exceeding 60Kt (69mph). A feature of storm Gerrit was the persistence of the strongest winds. The chart below shows hourly maximum gusts at Blackpool, Squires Gate (Lancashire), Lake Vyrnwy (Powys) and Mumbles Head (Swansea) from Christmas Day

orographich enhancement of the rainfall in this area, so that the upland areas recorded 3 or 4 times as much rainfall as coastal locations around Swansea, or locations to the north-east in the rain-shadow - such as the Black Mountains. This very pronounced contrast in the spatial pattern of rainfall is very

its way across the UK on the 3rd and 4th. In Wales, there were reports of flooding on roads, speed restrictions and closures were placed on some bridges, and the M4 elevated section near Swansea was closed; some fallen trees blocked roads and railway lines. There were power cuts in Swansea

of London on the 5th. Prolonged rain fell across western Scotland but caused minimal impacts during the second week. Unsettled weather prevailed during the second half of October. Some roads were closed in Swansea and Carmarthenshire on the 20th due to flooding, including the M4 and parts of the Fabian

’ with the daily minimum temperature exceeding 20°C, for example 20.2°C at Mumbles Head (Swansea) on 7th and 20.3°C at Hastings (East Sussex) on 10th. The chart below shows UK average daily mean temperature for 2023 compared to the daily 1991- 2020 long term average. The natural variability in the UK’s weather