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frost in rural areas. Outlook for Sunday Sunday looks more settled overall. Most areas will remain dry with a mix of cloud and sunny intervals. A few light showers may develop in northern and eastern regions, but these will be isolated. Temperatures will be near average in the south and west, while

too. Wednesday is likely to be the finest day of the week, with dry and bright conditions for central and eastern parts. There will be some showers in parts of Northern Ireland, Western Scotland and the Northern Isles for a time and some light rain in the far south. Increasingly unsettled weather

The colder and more unsettled weather continues for much of the country heading into the weekend, with wintry showers bringing light accumulations of snow to some areas, particularly on high ground.

will help new sowings of peas and carrots for example and newly planted lettuces and other plants but should not greatly delay sowing and planting once conditions improve. Tender plants, petunias and tomatoes for example, won’t be put outside for another month at least but lower light affects

England and eastern Scotland, clearing quickly to reveal a dry day for most. Sunny spells will develop widely, though there remains a chance of a few light showers in southern areas. Breezy conditions are expected in the southeast and far northwest, but temperatures will generally be close

likely peaking at 22C in the southeast.   Although still open to some uncertainty, more settled weather is on the cards for most on Saturday and Sunday with patchy cloud and sunny spells, and only the odd spot of light rain, mainly across the far north. However, the far southeast could see some

in the far north but light elsewhere. Temperatures will remain warm or very warm in the south, with highs again potentially reaching 27°C. Further north, temperatures will be closer to average for the time of year, though still pleasant under sunny skies. The warm and sunny conditions this week may

to change this weekend as we see high temperatures, sunshine and light winds return. On Saturday and Sunday there’ll be plenty of sunshine, especially in the east, with temperatures rising into the mid to high 20s Celsius for many - it’ll be warmest in south-eastern parts where 31˚C is most likely

................................12 Climate change We’re causing it, so let’s tackle it...14 00.13 GMT: Just past midnight and local authority duty-officer Karen Johnson is roused from sleep by an important text. It’s the Flood Forecasting Centre in London confirming extreme rainfall in just two hours

on the ground, mounted on an aircraft or satellite-based, and can be used to observe the location and vertical profile of aerosols such as volcanic ash. A lidar measures backscattered light from atmospheric targets e.g. aerosols including volcanic ash and Saharan dust, water droplets and ice crystals, using

extent lower than every year before 2007. Each year, scientific centres around the world submit predictions of September Arctic sea ice extent to the Sea Ice Outlook (SIO), a series of reports published in June, July and August by the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN). The second report of the summer