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the predictability of the Asian summer monsoon to observational work on the records of extreme humidity. The issue documents how the project is further developing seasonal climate services by extending the lead time for predictions of Yangtze river basin summer rainfall to over six months in response to user

patterns for May-September 2025-2029, relative to the 1991-2020 average, suggest anomalously wet conditions in the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska and northern Siberia, and anomalously dry for this season over the Amazon. The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update is issued annually by the World

changes in the 21 st century are similar to UKCP09, with a move towards warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers. However, natural variations mean that some cold winters, some dry winters, some cool summers and some wet summers will still occur. • The probabilistic projections show

the weather affect our mental health? Author: Press Office 13 May 2025 As the seasons shift and the skies change, many of us notice subtle, or sometimes not-so-subtle, changes in our mood, energy, and overall wellbeing. But is it just in our heads, or does the weather really affect our mental health

of findings from the Climate risk report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Drier on average, but rainfall events may be more intense Zone 4: Lowlands of Iran Hotter throughout the year, days above 35 °C more frequent Wetter and drier futures plausible, and rainfall events may be more

we name storms? Author: Press Office 28 August 2025 As autumn approaches and the likelihood of impactful weather increases, the Met Office, in partnership with Met Éireann and KNMI, is preparing a new list of storm names for the 2025/26 season. But how are these names chosen, and why do we name

of wet weather. However, by midweek, the story evolved. Radar imagery revealed wetter conditions pushing into the northwest, with a secondary feature forming from Dexter and contributing to rainfall across parts of Scotland and northern England. READ MORE: Are storms in August unusual and why do we

in the south Asian summer monsoon and in parts of the extratropical North Atlantic Ocean, with wet biases over the Indonesian warm pool. In the Indian ocean sector, wet biases occur off the coast of Madagascar in DJF (in the region associated with the southern lobe of the Indian Ocean dipole (Behera

associated with an intense storm system passing over the UK, or a notably hot or cold day. Climate hazards relate to exceptional conditions over periods of months to seasons such as the exceptional wet winter of 2013/14, or summer droughts and heatwaves spanning several weeks or even months

of unprecedented wildfires, such as those seen in Canada and parts of Amazonia last year.  The State of Wildfires report is the first edition of a new systematic annual review of extreme wildfires of the 2023-2024 fire season. The report explains their causes and assesses whether events could have