Search results (1,402)

emissions of greenhouse gases, the more we can avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.”  Climate change may also lead to wetter conditions in some places, as warmer air can hold more moisture, which can affect fuel availability and flammability.    Latest Climate Science of Wildfire  A new

these daily rainfall grids. Instead, various derived quantities are available, by season and year, as summarised in Appendix 1. Data Source The station data were extracted from the Data Components database, which is a part of the Met Office climate data archive and contains a simplified version

is important, here we only present seasonal mean quantities for the June to August (JJA) season, the most active season for TCs in the WNP; the Technical Report shows the results for all seasons. This analysis serves as a starting point to help build physical understanding to underpin analysis

regions, especially in the northern part of the continent, weather conditions can change rapidly and a short dry spell can still lead to high fire activity even during a wetter than average season - please see Figure 8a showing fire trends and accumulated hot pixels in the Technical Information section

, which is seeing a shift to wetter and windier weather on Tuesday and into Wednesday. This could indeed see a mixture of snow and rain over the high ground of Scotland over the next couple of days, but this isn’t the weather the vast majority of people will experience and isn’t unheard of, even

, Ireland, Scotland or Wales reached their average monthly sunshine this month.  Average rainfall for the UK but wet for some  While there was much regional variation, the UK provisionally experienced around average rainfall.  The UK recorded 82.4mm which is the long-term meteorological average

there is a chance of a warning for the wet weather expected across Northern Ireland on Friday. Stay up to date with the latest forecast for up-to-date information on any warnings. “Changeable weather across UK forecast after unusually warm, dry spell,” is a more balanced headline online. What our forecast

significant impacts. On Saturday, a zone stretching across northern England, Wales, and southwest England is likely to start the day very wet. Bright radar colours will indicate some particularly heavy bursts of rain, which will gradually push further north, returning to Scotland as the day progresses

available for storm development (measured as CAPE) is lower than earlier forecasts indicated, reducing the likelihood of severe weather. A Pattern of Change The overarching theme for the coming days is one of alternating systems: periods of wet and windy weather followed by brief, quieter interludes

the impactful wet and windy weather from Storm Éowyn, it’s a mark of how unusually bright other days were that January 2025 will go down as one of the sunniest on record for the UK. “We chiefly saw this as a result of frequent high pressure over the UK, bringing clear skies for many but also below