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in the atmosphere, typically between 80 and 300 kilometres above the Earth’s surface. To see them, clear, dark skies are essential. Even thin cloud can obscure the subtle colours and movements of the aurora, while thick cloud makes sightings impossible. Light pollution from urban areas further reduces

Thursday will begin with residual showers and isolated thunderstorms lingering across the southeast, gradually clearing through the morning. Western areas will see scattered, mainly light showers developing later in the day. Across central and eastern Scotland, and possibly far northeast England

. Radio waves emitted from a radar antenna travelled outwards at the speed of light, only bouncing back to the same antenna when they encountered an object. When the weather was clear, radar could quickly provide intelligence on the position of aircraft in the sky. When it was raining or snowing, echoes

settled conditions across much of the UK, with most areas enjoying dry weather and sunny spells. Temperatures will be close to the seasonal average, though it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine, especially where winds remain light. Eastern and southeastern England may see more in the way of cloud

international modelling centres. Much More Likely Below Normal Near-Normal Above Normal Likely Likely Much More Likely Climate Outlook Asia: October to July Overview 5 Global Outlook - Rainfall Outlook: 3-Month Outlook February to April - Rainfall El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) – The current La Niña

, respectively; regions shaded in light and dark blue indicate values below the 20th (Cool) and 10th (Cold) percentile, with respect to the 1981-2010 climatology. The data used in this map are from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center. Climate Outlook Asia: February to November Current Status 8 Current

counties, while other areas away from eastern coasts were brighter. Patchy rain and drizzle in eastern parts on the 30th became more showery later; in western areas cloud broke up to allow warm sunshine, though enough cloud built up in the south-west during the afternoon for isolated light showers

and it was mostly cloudy in the north with some light rain on the 2nd and 4th, but central and southern areas remained dry and sunny with overnight frosts and some patchy fog, which was particularly widespread early on the 4th. East Malling (Kent) recorded 7.8 hours of bright sunshine on the 3rd. After

with some morning fog patches, and the south-west had some light rain. A band of rain spread southeastwards across the country on the 2nd and 3rd, with brighter weather and just isolated showers following behind to most areas on the 3rd. High pressure gave mostly dry and benign weather on the 4th

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