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centuries later. Throughout the ages, thinkers, philosophers and naturalists examined the phenomenon of the rainbow effect, noting its appearance not just in the sky but in other circumstances too. But in every case, two elements were essential for that characteristic burst of colour, water vapour

an indication of expected cloud conditions and temperature. Finally it would highlight any weather-related hazards that were likely to occur in particular counties or districts. These would include violent thunderstorms, high winds, unusually high or low temperatures, floods, flash floods and landslides

Clouds with a base below 6,500 ft including cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratocumulus and stratus.

In a cloud sunlight is scattered equally, meaning that the sunlight continues to remain white and gives clouds their distinctive white appearance.

Why are clouds white? Clouds are white because light from the Sun is white. As light passes through a cloud, it interacts with the water droplets, which are much bigger than the atmospheric particles that exist in the sky. When sunlight reaches an atmospheric particle in the sky, blue light

Clouds with a base between 6,500 and 20,000 ft including altocumulus, altostratus and nimbostratus.

differences, and some very high resolution climate modelling suggests that summers may tend to become drier overall but when it does rain it will fall in heavier bursts, which has implications for flash flooding. • Drought - It is very challenging to say whether drought events are becoming more common

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from flooding. WaterSafe "Make your stop tap easy to find in the event of a plumbing emergency by tagging it with a spare gift label with the number of a WaterSafe approved plumber written on it." If you have a burst or frozen pipe this winter, the number one step you can take to prevent damage

aspects considered included how it might related to triggering winter fuel payments, the increase in fire response call outs as more people light fires, the risk of household water pipes bursting and in the education setting transport issues can impact keeping the 1200 school estate open. KS spoke