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☀️ What a beautiful day, it’s also the warmest day of the year so far 🌡 . . . #loveukweather #wintersun #satelliteIt was a 🌫 foggy 🌫 start for some of us this morning – especially in the south of England. . The fog is now clearing and the rest of Friday is expected to be sunny for the vast majority! . Out of the wind and in the sunshine, it will feel spring-like as temperatures climb widely into the teens by the afternoon. Today’s hotspots will be Northern parts of Cornwall, Devon and Wales with highs of 16 Celsius in places. It will be windier, cloudier and cooler in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. . Saturday will be dry again for most of us but there’ll be more cloud – especially in the south of England and Wales. Sunny spells will continue further north. . On Sunday, it will be windy in the west with some rain. In the east, after a sunny start, it will turn cloudier through the day but stay dry. It won’t be as mild as today but temperatures will remain above average for mid-February. . 🙏🏻 to @simplytomrice for letting us share his foggy photo of Exeter canal. . . . #fog #mist #foggy #loveukweather #photography #igdaily #photooftheday❤️ L O V E I S I N T H E A I R ❤️ . Or is it fog 🧐 . ⬇️ T O D A Y ⬇️ A sunny day in England and Wales after any early mist and fog clears. Cloudier skies at first in northern areas with patchy rain and drizzle over the hills, although gradually turning brighter through the day. Mild for most.❤️ It’s going to be a warm Valentine’s Day for much of the UK tomorrow ❤️. . We could reach 16C in northern Scotland and many places will get to 12 or 13C – which is well above the average for mid February. . But the warmest Valentine’s day on record is 19.1C recorded 21 years ago in Somerset! . . #WednesdayWisdomAn early hint of #spring? 🌸 . This week is going to be mild as temperatures reach the mid-teens in some places.Did you catch a rainbow this weekend?! 🙌🏻😍. . Here’s a UK forecast for the next 5️⃣ days.. . ⬇️ T O D A Y ⬇️ Largely dry with sunny periods. However a band of cloud and showers, initially across northern England, clearing south with any rain easing. Showers across north Scotland also fading. Cloud then thickening across northwestern parts later, with a little rain possible. . ⬇️ T O N I G H T ⬇️ Clear spells for England and Wales, with frost and fog patches possible, especially southeast. Cloudier across Scotland and Northern Ireland, with some rain, mainly northwest. Early frost possible eastern Scotland. . ⬇️ T U E S D A Y ⬇️ Mild, with sunny periods for much of Wales, and southern England. Northern parts cloudier, with outbreaks of rain spreading south and easing. Sunshine and showers follow. Windy in far north. . ⬇️ W E D N E S D A Y - F R I D A Y ⬇️ Mild, especially across some northern parts. Cloudy and windy, with some rain in the north and west, before clearing Friday. Sunny periods likely elsewhere, but also overnight fog and frost.Archives
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Warm and wet, but October is no thriller
Early Met Office figures up to the 28th of October show it has been a warm and rather wet month compared to average, but it’s not going to break any records. The UK mean temperature for the month so far … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Met Office, october, statistics, warm, weather, wet
Met Office monitors giant sun spot
The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre is currently monitoring the biggest sun spot in this 11-year solar cycle, so big that it’s about the size of Jupiter or 11 times bigger than the Earth. It is thought it might … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
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Top UK wind speeds as Gonzalo’s remnants felt
TABLE UPDATED AT 11:50AM Many parts of the UK are seeing strong winds today as the remnants of ex-tropical storm Gonzalo pass over the north of the country. Below are the top ten strongest gusts of wind we have recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged gale, gonzalo, gust, Met Office, Storm, UK, warning, weather, wind
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What is the wettest city in the UK?
We often get asked the question about where is the wettest town or city in the UK – and there are some news stories on this subject circulating in the media at the moment. While the current stories use some … Continue reading
Windy weather on the way
As forecast, Hurricane Gonzalo made landfall over Bermuda on Friday with rain and winds of up to 110 mph causing power cuts, flooding, felled trees and damaged buildings. The storm has continued in its journey since then, and passed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bermuda, gonzalo, hurricane, Met Office, Storm, tropical, UK, weather, windy
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Gonzalo set to batter Bermuda
The Atlantic hurricane season as a whole in 2014 has been fairly quiet, but the last week has seen two hurricanes develop. Fay briefly reached hurricane status and brushed passed Bermuda. However, this was just a foretaste of what is … Continue reading
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How will activity in the Atlantic affect UK weather?
There’s lots of activity going on in the Atlantic at the moment – but how will it affect the UK? Currently there is a big area of low pressure covering a large part of the Atlantic between North America and … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, fay, gonzalo, hurricane, Met Office, rain, Storm, tropical storm, UK, weather, wind
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Japan and India Braced for Tropical Cyclones
Last weekend Typhoon Phanfone brought strong winds and heavy rain to many parts of Japan causing damage and disruption to travel. Japan is now preparing for another typhoon which could be just as disruptive, if not more so. Typhoon Vongfong … Continue reading
Strong winds and heavy rain affect parts of the UK
After an exceptionally dry September, the UK has seen its first bout of widespread heavy rain and strong winds so far this autumn. An area of low pressure centred close to Iceland has driven a cold front eastwards across Britain, … Continue reading
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Tagged cold front, flooding, low pressure, rainfall, unsettled, warnings, wind, wind gusts
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The Met Office’s outlook to the end of 2014
There are some headlines in the media today which suggest the UK faces another mild, wet and stormy winter this year based on the latest Met Office three month outlook for contingency planners. Every month the Met Office updates its … Continue reading
