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#cloudy skies and some #rain in #Stirling courtesy of @frasergj #loveukweather the weather is changing... ℹ️This evening and tonightℹ️ Outbreaks of rain in the north and west will continue overnight, with some heavy rain across parts of Scotland, and with rain spreading across Wales and the West Midlands by morning. Elsewhere, generally dry but rather cloudy. Mild for all. ℹ️Sundayℹ️ A damp, breezy morning with some rain and drizzle at first. Drier, brighter conditions with isolated showers will develop during the afternoon, but the rain will linger across Scotland throughout. ℹ️Outlook for Monday to Wednesdayℹ️ Cool and unsettled on Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday, with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. Fewer showers on Wednesday, but rain spreads in from the west later.It’s now warming up in Spain 🇪🇸 and Portugal 🇵🇹 with plenty of ☀️ expected during the next few days. . Meanwhile, Italy 🇮🇹 and the Balkans are expected to remain cooler and cloudier with some heavy showers ☔️ and thunderstorms 🌩 forecast this weekend and the start of next week. . If you are heading away this weekend and you’d like a forecast, comment below and we’ll try and answer as many as we can. . . . #holiday #weather #bankholidayIf you’re after sunshine ☀️ this #BankHolidayWeekend then Saturday is your best bet with sunny spells forecast for most of the UK. . Sunday sees cloudier skies ☁️ and rain 🌧 in some areas. . As for Monday it’ll be cooler 🥶 and fresher with showers, but some sunshine between the showers. . . . #loveukweather #bankholiday #igdaily #photooftheday #londonIf you are over 29 more than half of all fossil fuel CO₂ emissions (since 1751) have occurred in your lifetime. . Our data visualisation expert Neil Kaye has been analysing the climate research. . . #datavis #climatechange #globalheatingWe are going live from our NEW STUDIO for the first time! . Check it out today at 1pm on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter or see our story for the link. . Send us your questions now and we’ll answer them during the show. . We are discussing tornadoes, the jet stream and the Bank Holiday forecast, but ask us anything about weather. . #Live #Weather #BankHoliday #JetstreamVery dangerous, strong and long lived tornadoes are expected to break out across the US later on Monday ⚠️🌪 . Parts of Texas and Oklahoma and covered by the highest level of warning. . Local meteorologists suggest the atmosphere is primed for the worst case of tornadoes since 2011. . Hot, moist air at ground level from the Gulf of Mexico is heading north over Texas and mixing with cooler air that is higher up that has come over the Rocky mountains to make the atmosphere very unstable and create the storms. . Very large hail, flash floods and very strong winds are also anticipated and will cause disruption to infrastructure and travel. . Massive thanks to @scottblairphoto for sharing this incredible image with us 🙌🏻. . . #tornado #texas #oklahoma #warning #weather #gulfofmexicoArchives
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Category Archives: Met Office Diary
Met Office figures show we are on course for coldest March in over 50 years
This March is set to be the coldest since 1962 in the UK in the national record dating back to 1910, according to provisional Met Office statistics. From 1 to 26 March the UK mean temperature was 2.5 °C, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office Diary
Tagged cold, England and Wales, frost, March, snow, statistics, temperature
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Met Office celebrates 150 years of forecasting for the Nation
Monday 1st of August 2011 is a very special day for the Met Office. We will be celebrating 150 years of forecasting for the nation, marking the anniversary of the first ever public weather forecast appearing in print. Starting with the lines “general … Continue reading
Met Office supporting BBC ‘The Great British Weather’ Show
The Met Office will be behind the scenes of the new BBC magazine show ‘The Great British Weather’ which starts tonight on BBC One at 7.30pm. The Great British Weather is an interactive live series set to tap in to … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office Diary, Met Office News
Bang Goes the Winter Weather
A special hour-long edition of Bang Goes the Theory, exploring winter weather will be broadcast on BBC One at 8pm this evening. The Met Office provided science advice and guidance as well as facts and figures about the weather over … Continue reading
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Tagged Bang Goes the Theory, BBC, Met Office, snow, weather
Climate figures for December 2010 and the year 2010
There is widespread interest in the cold weather through December 2010 and what this means for UK climate statistics. Following early statistics up to the 28th December issued between Chrismas and New Year, the Met Office will issue provisional statistics … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate of the United Kingdom, Met Office, UK, weather
Diary: 18-20 Nov – First Anniversary of Cumbria Floods
Heavy and persistent rain caused widespread flooding in Cumbria, an in particular in the town of Cockermouth where during the night of 19–20 November 2009 over 200 people in Cockermouth were rescued from their homes by the emergency services. One year on, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cockermouth, Cumbria, cumbria floods 2009, Environment Agency, flood, Met Office
Walkers crisps work with Met Office for latest promotion
Walkers crisps are launching a new promotion at the moment highlighting the importance of the British weather for their potatoes. The promotion allows the public, having got a voucher code from a packet of Walkers crisps, to log on to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, Meteorology, rain, Walkers Crisps, weather, weather forecasting
Global land temperature – a new approach
Today sees the start of an international workshop to initiate development of a new suite of global land surface temperature datasets hosted at the Met Office in Exeter. In February 2010, after active discussions over a number of years within the … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Uncertain Climate
In a special Radio 4 series the BBC’s Environmental Analyst Roger Harrabin questions whether his own reporting – and that of others – has adequately told the whole story about global warming. He finds that the public under-estimate the degree of consensus … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, environment
Met Office on Newsnight
On BBC Two tonight, Newsnight Science Editor Susan Watts will be examining claims by senior climate scientists that global warming is a “major contributing factor” (Dr Ghassem Asrar, director of the World Climate Research Program). As part of this Susan will be asking Met Office … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Newsnight, El Nino, extreme weather, flood, monsoon, Pakistan, weather
