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• 10-day trend: Hot spell peaks before a return to more changeable conditions

  at times. At the same time, there may be some attempts for higher pressure to build from the southwest, bringing occasional drier and brighter spells, especially in the south. However, this is unlikely to fully dominate, and a north-south contrast is expected, with wetter and windier conditions more

• Weekend weather: heat shifts west as eastern coasts cool

  recently seen wetter conditions. Many areas will start the day cloudy, especially across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland. However, the cloud should gradually lift and break, leading to widespread sunny spells during the afternoon. Most places will remain dry

• The Met Office and the rail sector: Keeping the UK on track

  and flooding to autumn leaf-fall and extreme heat, adverse conditions can disrupt services, damage infrastructure, and pose safety risks. Poor adhesion, caused by wet or leaf-covered tracks, is a significant issue, costing the rail industry and wider society an estimated £355 million every year

• An unsettled and chilly week for the UK

  Storm Ewan was named by Met Éireann, the Irish Met service, as the fifth named storm of the season on Saturday night. Storm Ewan brought strong winds to southern areas of Ireland on Sunday 26 February

  and hill snow in some areas. Chief Meteorologist Andy Page said: “Polar Maritime air is becoming established across the UK with colder conditions expected for the next few days, but nothing unusual for late winter. The week will be characterised by wet and windy spells across the southern half of the UK

• Microsoft Word - PWSCG_Apr_Minutes_Final_without_In camera_v2.0

  the minutes from the previous meeting and if members were content with that record. No participants raised any point so the minutes were cleared. Item 4: Review of Weather and Warnings WL provided a summary update of the main weather events from the winter season which had been generally mild overall but wet

• PWSCG Minutes 24-01-18 Draft 1.0.docx

  update later under the MARG item. 4 FY17/18 Deliverables and Performance 4.1 Met Office Annual Report DR provided the group with a run through of the main challenges and achievements from the last financial year. A summary of the weather experienced during the seasons noted that the summer was relatively

• NCIC Monthly Summary

  during the last week of the month was the weather truly unsettled, a period which included the first named storm of the season. The mean temperature was provisionally 0.5 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, with the north being rather milder but the south-east being near or just below average

• east-africa-climate-risk-report-final.pdf

  hot, dry desert regions, to cooler, wetter highland regions, and large variability in seasonal rainfall. The current climate is around 1-1.5˚C warmer than pre-industrial times, and there is high confidence of further warming in the future. There is less confidence about how rainfall has changed

• east-africa-climate-risk-report-finalpdf

  hot, dry desert regions, to cooler, wetter highland regions, and large variability in seasonal rainfall. The current climate is around 1-1.5˚C warmer than pre-industrial times, and there is high confidence of further warming in the future. There is less confidence about how rainfall has changed

• April extremes: a closer look at April’s current weather records

  interactive graph below. Rainfall extremes: intense downpours and very wet days April can be a showery month, but it can also produce prolonged or intense rainfall events. The UK’s highest April daily rainfall total is 181.6mm at Seathwaite (Cumbria) on 22 April 1970. Scotland’s highest April daily rainfall