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Strong winds and flooding from storm Angus, November 2016 The first named storm of the 2016-2017 season brought some damaging winds to the south coast, accompanied by heavy rain causing flooding mainly across parts of south-west England. Gusts in exposed coastal locations reached 60 to 70 Kt (69
RAL3.3 S Amer Africa SE Asia “DYAMOND3” Takasuka et al (2024); Grey-scale = incomplete and not yet available Regional evaluation of resolution and physics dependencies Increasing model resolution 5/3 scaling Parametrised convection GPM Explicit convection Claudio Sanchez Results from earlier DYAMOND
the storm. For more details see ESA - Arctic Weather Satellite’s first images capture Storm Boris. Credits: Image: ESA August 2024 - Thunderstorms during Paris Olympics 1 August 2024 The Paris Olympics in late July to August 2024 began with wet and unsettled weather, featuring heavy rain
Scottish Highlands. The course of mean monthly rainfall for 1981 - 2010 for 4 sites is shown below. Whilst rainfall is generally welldistributed through the year, there is a seasonal pattern. The driest season is spring whilst in the wetter upland areas there is an autumn/winter maximum, when
-year anniversary of the project launch, on Saturday 26 March, these records have now been made publicly available in the official Met Office national record, extending it back 26 years to 1836. The volunteers’ efforts have revealed some new records for extreme dry and wet months across the UK
reduces with increasing latitude as the ITCZ reaches its maximum northerly extent. The most northern areas of Sudan receive virtually no rainfall. Wet season rainfall totals are highly variable from year-to-year due to large-scale dynamics in the climate system, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation
to shift. In this week’s Met Office Deep Dive, we take a closer look at the rainfall statistics, the geographical disparities, and the atmospheric drivers behind the relentless wet conditions felt by many. A season of extremes Since the start of the year, the UK has seen an exceptional distribution
. In the past few decades there has been an increase in annual average rainfall over the UK, particularly in Scotland for which the most recent decade (2008-2017) has been on average 4% wetter than 1981-2010 average. Summers in the UK, for the most recent decade (2008-2017), have been on average 17
sunniest overall for the UK, with only three others since 1910 recording higher sunshine totals. Despite some wet spells, particularly in western Scotland and northwest England, rainfall overall was below average, and August was especially dry, with the UK receiving just 62% of its average rainfall
two wetter days being 30 December 1900 (80.9mm) and 3 November 1931 (75.6mm). The charts for Oxfordshire compare the extreme rainfall at the end of September 2024 with that from storm Bert. Totals from Bert were less extreme but show the surplus rainfall compared to average for the season overall
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