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MINUTES PWSCG (45) Meeting 10:00 – 14:30 Wednesday 30 th January, Room C21 Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET Attendees Wyn Williams (WW) Denise Harker (DH) Paul Furlong (PF) Colin Hord (CH) Nick Davies (ND) Jonathan McKee (JM) Carol Holt (CHt) Jenny Shellens (JS) Sarah Jackson

and a number of houses were flooded in Belfast. Flooding also affected southwest England, disrupting transport and causing the closure of a number of seafronts across Devon, and part of the main rail link to London was also closed at Dawlish. Parts of Wales saw flooding on the 8th. On the 9th

 January, with, for example, a maximum of -2.3°C at Aviemore, Inverness-shire, but a high of 13.4°C at Benson, Oxfordshire and Heathrow, Greater London.  Amber weather warnings were issued for parts of England and Wales on 3 January, while further Amber warnings for snow issued on 8 January

Rainfall Most Sunshine Highest Gust Highest Gust (mountain*) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 17.0°C on 21st at Hull, East Park (Humberside, 2mAMSL) 0.1°C on 8th at Lentran (Inverness-shire, 146mAMSL) 11.9°C on 21st at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -9.6°C on 14th at Aviemore (Inverness

thunderstorms through the weekend. “Temperatures set to hit 30C in parts of UK this week,” says another headline. What our forecast says: Temperatures could indeed reach 30C in parts of London on Friday in what will also feel like a humid day for many in the south. However, it’s later on Friday

and infrastructure systems. A recent partnership activity looking at impacts of weather and climate extremes on the UK food chain has brought together the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Universities of Exeter, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Oxford and University College London, Defra, the Food Standards

.” The paper, published in the journal Earth’s Future, is supported by a panel of eight other UK and international scientists. UK contributors include: Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter; Crystal Moore from the Environment Agency; Simon Sharpe from University College London; and Professor

: Cardiff Location: London Location: Belfast Heavy rain and strong winds Highest daily temperature: 12 °C Lowest daily temperature: 9 °C Chance of precipitation: 95% Average wind speed: 29 mph Gust speed: 61 mph Snow showers and risk of ice overnight Highest daily temperature: 2 °C Lowest daily temperature

of the UK. Forecasts indicate highs reaching the upper 20s Celsius, with London and East Anglia likely to see the warmest conditions. Nights are also becoming warmer, with temperatures remaining in the mid-teens, marking a shift from the cooler nights experienced earlier in the spring. Humidity

, and the threshold for an extreme heat warning in Aberdeen, for example, is likely to be lower than one covering London.   In the most extreme circumstances, prolonged spells of heat can cause illness and even death. According to Public Health England figures, 2,256 excess deaths were reported across the country