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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 2015
Warm, sunny and dry October
Early provisional figures (1-28 October) show sunshine and temperatures were above normal in almost all places this month while rainfall has been below average, especially in western areas. Much of October has been relatively settled, with high pressure dominating our … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, dry, England, forecast, Met Office, october, rain, rainfall, statistics, sunshine, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecasting, wet
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Cyclone Chapala approaching the Arabian Peninsula
Cyclone Chapala, currently over the Arabian Sea is expected to strengthen to the strongest category of Super Cyclonic Storm this weekend which means that sustained winds will be in excess of 140 mph, with gusts likely to be in excess … Continue reading
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Tagged @metofficestorms, Arabian Sea, Cyclone Chapala, heavy rain, Indian Meteorological Department, Oman, storms, strong winds, Yemen
What are the prospects for the weather in the coming winter?
Anyone who has read the newspapers lately can’t have failed to notice this winter’s weather is in the headlines. Justification for claims of a ‘big freeze’ has come from sources as diverse as the plucky Bewick Swan settling into the … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, El Nino, frost, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, North Atlantic, rain, rainfall, snow, Storm, storms, sudden stratospheric warming, wind, Winter
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Spooky heat for Halloween weekend?
Last Halloween saw record breaking temperatures across parts of the United Kingdom, with both Kew Garden’s, London and Gravesend, Kent reaching a maximum temperature of 23.6C. What can trick or treaters expect this year on Halloween? The weather’s currently in … Continue reading
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Tagged dry, halloween, Met Office, mild, statistics, temperatures, warm, weather, weather forecast, weekend weather
World weather this week
Southern USA After making landfall on Saturday 23 October as a category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Patricia weakened rapidly as it moved over the mountains of Mexico. Hurricane Patricia became the deepest hurricane on record with minimum central pressure of 879hPa, … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, Europe, flooding, hail, heavy rain, Hurricane Patricia, Mexico, severe weather, strong winds, usa, world weather
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The latest on Hurricane Patricia
Hurricane Patricia made landfall at 6.15pm local time on 23rd October as a category 5 hurricane near Cuixmala, Jalisco, on the pacific coast of Mexico. This is a relatively low populated area, 55 miles from the nearest significant city Manzanillo. … Continue reading
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Tagged flood, flooding, grand prix, heavy rain, hurricane, Met Office, Mexico, rain, rainfall, Storm, Texas, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, wind
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Record breaking Hurricane Patricia expected to make landfall over Mexico
Hurricane Patricia has developed in the eastern Pacific and after a period of rapid intensification has become the most intense hurricane in the eastern Pacific in recorded history. US Air Force aircraft have been flying reconnaissance missions in and around … Continue reading
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Tagged eastern pacific, El Nino, heavy rain, hurricane, National Hurricane Center, pacific, rainfall, record, wind
Name our storms – we were blown away
Now the best of the rest… After receiving thousands of suggestions for names, this week we announced the official list of storm names that will be used for autumn/winter 2015-16. The list ranges from Abigail, through Gertrude and Tegan to … Continue reading
The impacts of Typhoon Koppu
Typhoon Koppu made landfall in the early hours of Sunday (local time) close to Casiguran in northern Philippines as an intense Typhoon. At landfall it was equivalent to a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds averaged over a minute estimated … Continue reading
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Typhoon Koppu heads to the Philippines
The very active tropical cyclone season in the North Pacific Ocean is continuing with the development of typhoons Koppu and Champi in the last few days. Typhoon Champi has just crossed the Mariana Islands, but is not expected to threaten … Continue reading
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Tagged heavy rain, Pacific Typhoons, Philippines, rain, rainfall, Storm, storms, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, wind
