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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Storm Henry forecast to bring severe gales in places on Monday
A rapidly deepening area of low pressure pushing quickly across the Atlantic and expected to run close to the north of Scotland through Monday and into Tuesday has been named as Storm Henry. Keep up to date with the latest … Continue reading
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Tagged #StormHenry, gales, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, Scotland, severe gales, severe weather, snow, Storm, Storm Henry, storms, wind
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Snowstorm to affect Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic US states
A potentially record-breaking ‘nor’easter’ snow storm is expected to move towards Washington D.C. and Mid-Atlantic States in the next few days. This is the first big storm of the winter and will be accompanied by very strong and chilling winds, … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged blizzards, Mid-Atlantic, northeast US, severe weather, US National Weather Service, US snow storm, winds
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World weather roundup
In this blog we take a look at what’s happening around the world where the weather is straying away from what’s normal or has the potential to bring disruption. North America A deep area of low pressure will bring the … Continue reading
Another unusual January hurricane forms
Just two days ago we reported how Pali had become a very unusual out-of-season hurricane in the North Pacific. This afternoon another unusual hurricane has formed – this time in the North Atlantic. The hurricane season for both these regions … Continue reading
Pali becomes an unusual January North Pacific Hurricane
The tropical cyclone season in the North Pacific in 2015 was extremely active, primarily due to the ongoing strong El Niño. Numerous records were broken across the region and in the central North Pacific (an area bounded by the 140°W … Continue reading
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Tagged coriolis effect, North Pacific Hurricane, Pali, rain, storms, tropical cyclone, wind
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Reporting the weather across the UK
December 2015 was the wettest calendar month for the UK in a series of monthly weather records stretching back to 1910. But why does the Met Office state 1910 when listing records, especially when some records existed well before that … Continue reading
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Tagged Central England Temperature, climate change, England, England and Wales precipitaion series, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, global warming, heavy rain, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, statistics, UK, wet
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