Search results (821)

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

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

, graduated in physics, and joined the Met Office for the opportunity to sample a wide range of research fields. He began as a key developer of the original Open Road ice prediction scheme, and then undertook a spell of bench forecasting for aviation, including time at London Heathrow Airport. He

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.

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

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

8.5 +1.14m +0.52m Edinburgh (Leith) RCP 4.5 +0.62m +0.16m RCP 8.5 +0.92m +0.31m London (Sheerness) RCP 4.5 +0.84m +0.38m RCP 8.5 +1.16m +0.54m Scan the QR code to learn more about local and global drivers of sea-level change Scan the QR code to learn more about IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6

at UCL (University College London) Jenna went on to obtain a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Hertfordshire. This thesis explored the effect of meteorological conditions on the properties of ice particles in cirrus cloud using observations made with the FAAM atmospheric-research

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

") model for pollution concentration in London to understand the influence of meteorological factors on pollution concentration, running the Met Office Unified Model at kilometre to hectometre scales (across the convective boundary layer grey zone) to determine the impact of grid length on vertical