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Monthly Archives: September 2020
Storm Alex, so why not Storm Aiden?
Many media outlets have been reporting that ‘Storm Aiden’ will batter Britain with strong winds and heavy rain this weekend. Over the last few days, weather forecasting computers – known as Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models – have been predicting … Continue reading
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Tagged European weather, storm names, weather
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Climate Change: The perfect fuel for wildfires?
As wildfires continue to rage in North and South America, Met Office Chief Scientist Professor Stephen Belcher examines what has led to the potentially record-breaking scale of fires and what science is needed to contain the risks. Last year wildfires ravaged Australia. This year has seen reports of extensive fires in the Amazon, in California, and earlier this … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, wildfire, wildfires
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Atlantic tropical storms forming at a record pace
Author: Julian Heming, Met Office Tropical Prediction Scientist. Update 21 Sept 2020 Shortly after publishing the blog below two more storms were named. A low pressure system near Portugal was named Subtropical Storm Alpha, which made landfall later on Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic hurricane season, Atlantic storm season, cyclone season, hurricane, La Niña, Medicane, Met Office, tropical cyclone, tropical storm
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A dull and damp August brings Summer to a close
Despite several notable weather events, neither the month of August nor the summer as a whole for 2020 will be remembered for being particularly prominent from a climatological point of view. Although there was a major summer heatwave in the middle … Continue reading
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