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Translating forecasts into farming In East Africa, the rainy season dictates when farmers can sow, cultivate and harvest their crops. By making sure that farmers have access to accurate forecasts – and can understand them – WISER is helping to make farming more successful and more efficient across

needs can be. Ekoporus is a 52-year-old pastoral farmer living in Northern Kenya. He has six herds of livestock, including 200 goats and 50 cows. The unpredictable weather has made work very difficult for Ekoropus, as he can longer rely on the traditional wet season during February and March. Albert

Storm Ciara Storm Ciara was the third named storm of the 2019/2020 season and the most severe storm of the winter season so far. Amber warnings were issued for both strong wind and heavy rain. Winds gusted at over 60Kt widely across England and Wales and in terms of gust speeds this was the most

On Saturday a deep area of low pressure – now named as Storm Kathleen and the 11th named storm of this storm season – will move towards the UK and Ireland from the southwest bringing unseasonably strong winds to Ireland and western parts of the UK. A yellow severe weather warning for wind has been

It will be a cloudy and wet Christmas for much of the UK, with any wintry showers confined to the far northwest.

some wet and windy weather at times and the chance of some snow in the north of the UK, as is often the case at this time of year.”  Stephen Basterfield, National Network Manager, at National Highways, said: “Even light or moderate rain can have an impact on visibility and vehicle performance, so

The Met Office, along with partners Met Éireann and KNMI today reveal the list of storm names for the UK, Ireland and Netherlands for the next season.

, Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann, said: “This summer has closed with Storms Ellen and Francis bringing wet and windy weather to our shores.  As we begin the new storm season for 2020-21, Met Éireann forecasters look forward to working in close co-operation with our colleagues in the UK

conditions can affect the islands. In the wet season, these tropical cyclones can cause extensive damage to local infrastructure, agriculture, and major food sources as well as disrupting transport between the islands. In the dry season, the island can experience prolonged drought conditions, depleting

Storm Bert, 22 to 25 November 2024 and storm Conall, 26 to 27 November A deep Atlantic low pressure system, named Storm Bert, brought a spell of extremely wet and windy weather in late November. The weekend of Saturday 23rd to Sunday 24th was exceptionally wet across South Wales and south-west

, and Sutcliffe 1996). Together the RSCZ and the ITCZ produce a bimodal seasonal distribution of precipitation with one peak between March and May and the other between July and September. In this report, a single wet season between April and November is considered. Outside of the two wet periods

named on the 22 August. Lilian was the 12th storm to be named this storm season, and is the furthest through the list the Western European naming group has got since storm naming was introduced in 2015. Met Office Scientist Emily Carlisle explained: “I don’t think it will surprise anyone