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restrictions in coastal waters; such as in the Moray Firth and Firth of Forth during prevailing westerly wind conditions. The Pentland Firth is also resolved by multiple cells in the model, although the addition of current information would be needed in order to properly represent wave growth and dissipation

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

The intensive testbed with its main hub in Zambia and centres in Mozambique and South Africa, hit the ground running on 30 January 2025.

and nowcasts – sent every two hours. The morning’s forecasts predicted some heavy rainfall for Kanyama. While the team at ZMD experienced two brief but heavy showers during the morning, the Kanyama community observers reported that they experienced only light rain. This led to a discussion about how

in the first two weeks roughly 2°C below average. The cool start to the month was due to northerly and northwesterly winds bringing cold Arctic air across the UK. A low pressure centre developed over Scandinavia in the second week of June, pushing further cold air from the north across the UK. Frontal

PWSCG (36) Meeting 10:30 – 16:00 Wednesday 27 th April 2016 BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street Minutes Wyn Williams (WW) Denise Harker (DH) Mike Gray (MG) Paul Riches (PR) Sarah Jackson (SJ) Alessia Morris (AM) John Irvine (JI) Colin Hord (CH) Nathan Travis (NT) Ben Fletcher (BF) Andy

parts of the north-east and the south-east were rather drier. The overall figure for England was 81% of average. Sunshine was slightly above average in many central and eastern areas, with an overall figure of 103%. 1st to 8th It was generally cloudy on the 1st, with patchy light rain for eastern

be compromised by future environmental conditions. This ranged from the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier all the way to individual small arms and light weapons. The environmental operating limits of these capabilities were obtained from their design documents and compared to the climate

, with the odd isolated shower elsewhere. Later in the day, cloud and some patchy rain will spread into the far northwest, where it will also become windy. Elsewhere, winds will be mainly light to moderate, and temperatures will be around average for the time of year. Met Office presenter

mid-morning, spreading northeast through the day. Winds will be light at first but will widely become strong from the southwest, with gales, possibly severe, developing in many western coastal areas. After a cold start, with a widespread grass frost and local air frost, daytime temperatures

, many parts will enjoy some  sunny spells, with light winds and temperatures around average. “Easter Sunday looks to be the widely drier day of the weekend. Cloud amounts will vary, but most places should see some bright or sunny spells at times. Parts of the far south and west may remain cloudier