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• met-office-extreme-weather-briefing-note.pdf

  that for short-duration rainfall events, a shift to more intense individual storms and fewer weak storms is likely as temperatures increase. Over most of the mid-latitude land-masses and over wet tropical regions, extreme rainfall events will very likely be more intense and more frequent in a warmer world

• Seasonal Forecast Assessment – Winter 2008/09

  Seasonal Assessment – Spring 2021 The following represents a provisional assessment of the weather experienced across the UK during Spring 2021 (March, April and May) and how it compares with the 1981 to 2010 average. This spring was a season of contrasts. Overall it was colder than average

• November 2024: a month of two halves

  for the season. England, however, has seen the most rainfall compared to average, with 300.3mm, which is 20% above its average. Scotland on the other hand, has seen a drier than average Autumn, with 284.0mm, 38% less than its average. Autumn started off wet, with a succession of low-pressure systems

• What caused the record UK winter rainfall of 2013-14?

  Unusual conditions in the tropics and stratosphere gave rise to the very wet winter of 2013-14, in which there was damaging flooding in many parts of England.

  to the very wet weather. Over the course of a season, even influences from the other side of the globe can change the weather experienced in the UK.   New study published Today, in a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, a team of Met Office and University of Oxford scientists

• A look back at the 2024/25 storm season

  /25 season, delivering wet and windy conditions across the UK. The strongest winds were recorded in north-western areas, with gusts reaching up to 82mph at Aberdaron, Gwynedd. The storm underwent explosive cyclogenesis, with central pressure dropping from 988hPa to 952hPa in just 24 hours.  Travel

• 2020_04_storm_jorge.pdf

  Storm Jorge Storm Jorge was the fifth named storm of the 2019/2010 season. Jorge was named by the Spanish meteorological service and brought strong winds and heavy rain across the UK from 28 February to 1 March. Impacts Weather impacts from storm Jorge were in general less severe than from storms

• Microsoft Word - 2023_10_storm_debi.docx

  , but not exceptional, autumn storm for the UK, but as the fourth named storm of the 2023-2024 storm season, contributed to a generally wet, stormy and unsettled spell of weather affecting the UK through the autumn. Impacts The worst weather impacts from storm Debi were across the Republic of Ireland where

• Seasonal Forecast Assessment – Winter 2008/09

  spells of fine weather. With the contrast in rainfall between these two months, total rainfall amounts for the season to date have been unexceptional. Sunshine has also shown a contrast, being rather more than normal in September, but well below average for most areas during October. In September

• Summer 2019 climate statistics: largely warm and wet

  However, one temperature record can’t tell the full story of a season overall. So how did Summer 2019 compare with previous summers? Tim Legg, of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, provides more detail. He said: “Overall Summer 2019 was the twelfth warmest on record since 1910

• Wet and windy week for most

  A succession of weather fronts and low-pressure will see wet and windy weather dominate the UK this week.

  and low-pressure will see wet and windy weather dominate the UK this week. Some of these bands of rain will be heavy and may bring some impacts to travel and possible flooding in places. A number of National Severe Weather warnings are in place, so stay up to date with the latest weather warnings