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and Atmospheric Physics group at Imperial College London. His PhD used data from the Cluster spacecraft to examine Earth's bow shock, a low-energy analogue for collisionless shocks commonly encountered elsewhere in the universe.

at the following Met Office sites: Total (mm)Prev wettest April (mm)Records began Edinburgh 110.0 84.0 (1947) 1939 Lossiemouth (Morayshire)113.3 71.5 (1977) 1951 London 113.8 100.6 (1993) 1940 Cranwell (Lincs) 113.8 94.4 (1998) 1921 Birmingham (Edgbaston) 143.4 124.9 (1961) 1897 Northolt (Middlesex) 118.6

to the Met Office Hadley Centre in 2007. Before joining the Met Office, Kirsty obtained an MSc in Weather, Climate and Modelling at Reading University in 2001, after studying Physics at Imperial College, London as an undergraduate. She is currently studying for a PhD in Climate Security.

temperature was way back in 1949 when Camden Square in London recorded 29.4°C on 16 April. Met Office Chief Forecaster Matthew Lehnert said: “We are not expecting the April UK temperature record to be broken, but some locations may nudge local records.   “Often warm spells are driven by warmer air arriving

and 7th, wildfires were reported at several locations around London and south-east England including Woolwich, Feltham and Newbury Park. Further north both Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Services reported wildfire activity on the 12th and 13th. The London Ambulance Service saw

was recorded at Kew Gardens (Greater London) on the 26th. A minimum temperature of -15.4 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 1st. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 8th, 50.8 mm of rain fell at Capel Curig (Gwynedd). A wind gust of 73 knots (84 mph) was recorded at Capel Curig

  The Commonwealth Climate Services Demonstrator is a trial project that is pulling through existing Met Office capability to have additional benefit to Commonwealth nations. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in London in April 2018, the UK universities Minister announced

The Yellow National Severe Weather Warning area covers much of central England and eastern Wales, from Manchester to London, but the public is being advised to expect frosty conditions in many areas. Frank Saunders is a Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office. He said: “We are advising commuters

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in the evenings.” Not everywhere will see the showers however and where it remains dry and sunny, temperatures could reach into the high twenties. So it remains to be seen whether this weekend will see the warmest day of the year so far, with the current record held by St James Park in London at 29.1 Celsius