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• Are we in for a record-breaking Bank Holiday weekend?

  weather this weekend will also be good for gardening. Guy Barter, is the RHS chief horticulturalist. He said: “So far this spring, weather conditions will have delayed some tasks in the garden. "With a fine forecast for the three-day weekend across most of the UK, gardeners should feel excited

• exceptional-warmth-september-2016---met-office.pdf

  and flooding at Wallingford Hospital, Oxfordshire. A train derailed in a landslip near Watford Junction, injuring two people. The image below shows lightning strikes from a thunderstorm overnight 13 to 14 September at Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Image courtesy fotohebden. Weather data The analysis chart

• The Beaufort Scale

  Francis Beaufort was born in Ireland in 1774. He was the younger son of Daniel Augustus Beaufort, a protestant clergyman from Navan, County Meath, Ireland and Mary Waller the co-heiress of Allenstown House. Francis grew up in Wales and Ireland until he was 14 after which he left school and went

• Celebrating Lewis Fry Richardson and his legacy

  hall, with a map of the world painted on its walls. He estimated that 64,000 mathematicians tasked with computing would be needed to calculate weather forecasts in real time, each responsible for one small part of the world. The pioneer of modern forecasting  The mathematical methods, instigated

• Spring is getting warmer, but frost is a threat

  Average spring temperatures across the UK have risen by approximately 1 °C over the last few decades according to data released by the Met Office, but gardeners are urged to take note that spring frosts can still pose a threat.

  in average spring temperatures, he said: “Within many people’s lifetimes, spring in the UK has become appreciably warmer. The average spring temperature across the UK has risen by about 1 °C and the number of days recording grass frost has fallen slightly, particularly for Scotland. “Although the number

• Look out, there's a frost about

  in the forecast for the next few days. “Springtime frosts are a particular threat to gardeners who will be concerned about the impacts on tender plants.” Guy Barter is the Chief Horticultural Advisor at the RHS. He said: “Frosty weather at this time of year is always a worry for gardeners as fruit

• Satellite and surface assimilation scientists and scientific software engineers

  in our next-generation data assimilation system. He is based in the MetOffice@Reading centre at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. James Hocking James works on the development of fast radiative transfer models. Dr Heather Lawrence Heather works on improving the assimilation

• wiser0150_bududa_case_study.pdf

  awareness to the communities in the area to plant trees in their compounds and garden boundaries in order to reduce dependence on the existing natural forest reserves. Modern Water and Soil conservation practices are used during the wet and dry seasons and the advisories provided in the Seasonal

• When will it rain next?

  Office 13 May 2025 If you’ve been wondering when the next rain shower will arrive, you’re not alone. Across much of the UK, this spring has been unusually dry. While the sunshine has been welcome for many, it’s also raised concerns, particularly for farmers, gardeners, and anyone relying on regular

• Cold conditions to take over – April 2021

  in the garden over Easter, however with the chance of frosts widely across the UK people should take care with what is planted out.   Royal Horticultural Society Guy Barter is the chief horticulturalist at the Royal Horticultural Society. He said: “Overnight frosts in April are dreaded by gardeners