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fell across Cumbria and parts of Derbyshire in early December. A major incident was declared in Cumbria with a large number of roads closed including the M6 for a time. Several rest centres were opened to accommodate stranded travellers and residents without power. Storms Elin and Fergus brought wet

the afternoon. Coldest across southern counties early on the 18th, then bright or sunny for many, but cloudier in the north-west with patchy light rain arriving. Fog covered central and eastern areas first thing on the 19th, which was also frosty in some places, then it was generally sunny, but the far south

). The south-west had early mist or fog on the 3rd, and some areas began with patchy light rain or showers, lasting into the afternoon in places, then it became brighter but the far north had a few isolated showers later. Scattered showers in the north and the south-west died away during the 4th, leaving all

is to ultimately improve the resilience of community users in light of exposure to extreme weather, seasonal events and longer term climate change, and enhance the adaptive capacity of countries in Africa to prepare for and respond to these changes. We assume that: • The decisions community users, institutions

on technology driven systems, it is only in The likelihood Whilst severe events leading to total failure of GNSS are rare, relatively common space weather events can still have minor disruptions on navigation systems, which can still be significant to an industry where navigation is at the centre of its

of the low temperatures (with hard frosts lasting for well over a week), rather than the snowfalls, which were generally unexceptional for the time of year, and conditions were mitigated to some extent by some welcome winter sunshine and relatively light winds. The graph below compares UK area-average

likely that this year will see a continuation of the post-2007 sea ice conditions, whereby every year since 2007 (inclusive) has recorded a September extent lower than every year before 2007. Each year, scientific centres around the world submit predictions of September Arctic sea ice extent

& drizzle will occur bringing the visibility down to 7km. • Isolated areas of heavier rain and/or drizzle near to the fronts in the north of the zone are expected – this heavier rain is expected to reduce the visibility down to 3500m in these areas. • Isolated areas of mist and light drizzle

 singled out as a reason for being caught out by severe weather. With much of the country likely to be changing their habits in light of restrictions on international travel, the Met Office’s WeatherReady initiative aims to help people make the most of the summer weather, while also taking small

for an environmental consultancy as a GIS and Business Developer Consultant, delivering a variety of projects for national government, regulatory and corporate clients. Victoria has held several postdoctoral research positions at Birmingham and Oxford University. Projects worked on include assessing snow and light