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................................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

following a cloudy start, then light rain on the 11th moved slowly southwards, with brighter weather following into the north. The 12th was generally cloudy with some rain at times. 13th to 20th High pressure dominated, giving mostly dry sunny weather. The 13th and 14th were dry and mostly sunny

to generate the clutter map 10 ZDR/PhiDP offset correction Using the birdbath method introduced by Gorgucci et al. (1999): Thresholds related to light rain are set: • VPs containing 2 or more consecutive bins of Z DR in the rain region, With corresponding values of: • 5 dBZ < Z � < 30 dBZ ρ �V > 0.98

Cold air either from Northern Europe, as at present, or from Canada later on, will cover the UK this week, bringing low temperatures. With the low temperatures, further snow is likely in places, the next batch as a front moves eastwards, bumping into the cold air and leading to some mostly light

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

and sunny, with light to moderate easterly winds and high UV levels. Maximum temperatures will reach 17°C and 18°C respectively, but clear skies overnight will cause temperatures to plummet, potentially as low as -1°C, raising the risk of frost. Participants camping out will need to be well-prepared

The forecast for Sunday indicates that the southeast will experience a largely settled day with bright intervals, which are expected to be prolonged in the far south and southeast. Any fog or low cloud in these areas is expected to clear quickly, resulting in a fine day with light to moderate winds

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 greenhouses and will slow

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

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