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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

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

that, on average, UK winter weather conditions are expected to become milder and for certain weather types, wetter. We focus here on the UK winter season when specific conditions are expected to have more significant impacts. • The UK experiences two dominant weather types: • Weather Type 1 (WT1): Cold

RBG. These show that the frost-free season is o en as little as 3 months. Back to top Sunshine The number of hours of bright sunshine is controlled by the length of day and by cloudiness. In general, December is the dullest month and May or June the sunniest. Sunshine duration decreases

of Wind for DJF and JJA Fig 6. Projections of Precipitation for Winter (DJF) and Summer (JJA) of 2050s Results � • Validation: Fig 2 to Fig 4 T: DJF-model>obs; JJA-model<obs (Fig 2) P: DJF-model wetter; JJA-model drier (Fig 3) W: model predicted less strength of Westerlies than obs for both seasons (Fig

Storms Atiyah (December 2019) and Brendan (January 2020) Storm Atiyah was the first named storm of the 2019/2010 season. The storm was named by Met Eireann, with the worst impacts across Ireland, but the storm also brought some very strong winds to Wales and south-west England overnight 8 to 9

in the season, you’d expect 85%. There is of course, much regional variation, with central, southern and eastern parts of England and Wales so far especially dry, whilst north-western parts of the UK, especially Scotland, have been much wetter. Northern Scotland has already seen 98% of its seasonal

recharge, increase the likelihood that tolerance thresholds will be exceeded for certain crops and livestock, and combine with increases in rainfall variability and the length of dry periods to increase drought severity and irrigation demand. A projected delayed onset to the wet season may result

With just days to go, how close are we to breaking spring records? Author: Press Office 30 May 2025 The weather has been a hot topic of conversation this spring, and for good reason. From record-breaking sunshine hours to long-stretches of high temperatures and very low rainfall, it’s been a season that’s

A change in the pollen season – but is it worse than normal? Author: Press Office 10 June 2022 The effects of hay fever are already increasingly being felt across the UK, with grass pollen now fully in focus following the spring release of many types of tree pollen. The pollen forecast is high or very high