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flooding to north-east England and a fatality from a fallen tree at Kew Gardens. On 12 September 2011 ex-hurricane Katia brought widespread transport disruption and a fatality from a fallen tree in northern England. On 30 August 1992 a storm brought down trees in central London and resulted in 6

into London and also around Bournemouth and Southampton.  Parts of the Midlands have also been very dry. The last day of very widespread rainfall for East Anglia and the south-east was 29 May. Hot weather often brings the risk of showers and thunderstorms and we are expecting of a scattering

in 2009. Mike graduated with an MSc in Hydrology for Environmental Management from Imperial College, London in 2004. Mike graduated with an MEng Engineering from Cambridge University in 1996. Before joining the Met Office, Mike spent 3 years as a hydrologist for a Civil Engineering Consultancy

Centres (VAACs) is managed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Information on London VAAC can be found here: Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) - Met Office.  Marine meteorological services  The Met Office provides warnings and routine forecasts for mariners on behalf of the UK

recorded their highest ever temperature, some by extraordinary margins of 3 to 4°C. Records were set overnight too, when Kenley Airfield, Greater London, recorded a new highest minimum temperature of 25.8°C. New provisional national temperature records were also set for Wales and Scotland. On 18 July

Groupwork 4 Decoding D-Day | Forecasting and prediction Activity steps Sites to decode: Manchester, Aberdeen, Aberporth, London, Portland and Aldergrove. 04 Go through the observations that they have decoded and discuss as a class what the weather was doing at 7am on D-Day. You could either use your

areas with a few spots from south Lancashire and Yorkshire southwards seeing 27 or 28 °C.    The highest temperature of the day is likely to be in or just west of the London area where 29 °C is possible, smashing the previous record high for early May Bank Holiday Monday. The warmest early May Bank

month, with mean daily maximum temperatures varying from about 17 °C in the higher inland locations, to 18 °C along the west coast and 21 °C in the east of Powys and Monmouthshire. In the UK, the highest July mean daily maxima occur in the London area (23.5 °C) whilst the lowest occur

died a er falling into a frozen lake in a London park. There was severe travel disruption with roads closed, numerous road traffic collisions and cars were stranded overnight on many roads in both Scotland and England, for example the A31 in Hampshire and M80 in Scotland. Rail series were cancelled

’ were established at a range of commercial aerodromes. Initially priority was given to routes between London, Paris and Brussels but soon meteorological staff were based around Britain and abroad. The first overseas bases were at Malta and Heliopolis in Egypt but as air travel became global so too