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interesting facts about Autumn Fact checking climate information Met Office week ahead: Wet, windy but with hints of change Hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes: What’s the difference? Why do we have seasons? How changing weather patterns are affecting UK wildlife Ocean forecasting at the Met Office: What

regional forcing is a strong component of simulated biases in tropical-extratropical interaction frequency Hart, Washington, Stratton (2018) GRL Result 2: Reduction of wet bias in CP4 ● Reduced October to January rainfall bias in CP4 and improved maintenance of east-west rainfall gradient Hart

, 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

wet summers from 2007, with only that of 2013 drier than average for the UK and four of these summers exceeding 130% of average for the UK overall. Winter Spring Summer Autumn Rainfall anomaly (%) 20% 20% 400.0 300.0 200.0 100.0 0.0 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Year Season

a critical role through the pre-season and during times when no natural snow is expected. The process requires: water, often sourced from nearby reservoirs; air temperatures between -1°C to 6°C; low humidity air; and light winds. Artificial snow comes with a number of caveats – it requires considerable

League opening weekend weather forecast Author: Press Office 13 August 2025 Dry and warm conditions are expected across the UK for the Premier League’s opening weekend. As the 2025/26 Premier League season gets underway, fans across the country will be heading to stadiums and tuning in from home

The latest Met Office ‘State of the UK Climate’ report has been published today, examining the weather of 2022 in the context of long-term climate records.   The report highlights how the UK’s climate continues to change, with recent decades warmer, wetter and sunnier than the 20th century

the difference? Eight interesting facts about Autumn Fact checking climate information Met Office week ahead: Wet, windy but with hints of change Hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes: What’s the difference? Why do we have seasons? How changing weather patterns are affecting UK wildlife Ocean forecasting

. standard-deviation) across the 12-member UKCP Local (2.2km) ensemble. This can be seen in some variables in some seasons, and especially in some locations. A detailed breakdown of this is available in the Technical Note and reproduced here in Table 1 in the Appendix. 3 Which existing UKCP documents

of the event for the best chance of optimal weather conditions? ‘How many people will attend if it rains or if it's wetter, hotter or colder than usual for the season? ‘What type of stage or ground surface will I need to guarantee the safety of participants, athletes and performers?’ Risk assessment to avoid