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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 #gulfofmexicoCheck out the pink skies reflecting in the sea at Scarborough this morning! (📸 from @bevsilverman) . . UK forecast: Mostly dry tonight, then sunshine and showers tomorrow. 🌦 This Evening and Tonight: Any showers this evening will tend to die out to leave a largely dry night with some clear spells, especially in the south and west. A cloudy night with mist and foggy for North Sea coasts and the Northern Isles. 🌦 Monday: Sunny spells and scattered showers for many, with showers forming away from windward coasts. Showers may be slow-moving, and heavy with thunder in the afternoon. Generally cloudier in the north. 🌦 Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday: Tuesday and Wednesday, cloudy in the north and east, with scattered showers. Dry and sunny elswhere. Rain and cloud expected in the southwest on Thursday. A drier, brighter day elsewhere. . . #scarborough #yorkshire #loveukweather #sunrise #weather #beach #sea #sunshine #showers #rainArchives
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Tag Archives: Health
The Met Office Pollen Forecast goes live
Different types of pollen, released at varying times throughout the year, cause millions to suffer from hay fever and other allergies and these symptoms can have a serious impact on well-being. The Met Office counts pollen from March to August, however, pollen … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged allergies, hay fever, Health, Met Office, Pollen, pollen diary, pollen forecast, pollen maps
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Air quality issues in the UK – what’s really going on?
There has been some media coverage about air pollution issues in the UK today, so what’s really going on? It is true to say that since Tuesday this week the UK has seen elevated levels of air pollution. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged air quality, continent, England, Fog, Health, Pollution, smog, UK
How weather drives our herd mentality
We all like to think of ourselves as individuals, making up our own minds what to do and when to do it. But in Human Swarm, a new Channel 4 documentary, Jimmy Doherty reveals new evidence that suggests that in many … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media
Tagged channel 4, Energy, Health, human swarm, jimmy doherrty, Met Office, retail, Transport, weather
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Cold Weather Alert Service extended to help support
With cold weather forecast across the UK as we head through the Easter weekend and into the start of April, the Cold Weather Alert Service, which usually finishes at the end of March, has been extended for an additional two weeks. … Continue reading
Cold weather continues across the UK
The drier, colder and frosty weather currently affecting the UK has given some significant relief to those who have been hit by the heavy rain and floods over the last week or so. However, cold weather presents its own problems … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, cold, dry, frost, Health, healthy outlook, ice, Met Office, weather
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World COPD Awareness Day – it’s not too late
Today is “World COPD Awareness Day” and is based around the theme of “It’s Not Too Late”. The day is organised by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, co-operative, COPD, Health, Health forecasting, healthy outlook, Met Office, Patient, weather, Winter
Healthy Outlook® – helping patients with COPD this winter.
Alongside our Cold Weather Alert Service this winter, the Met Office is working with the NHS and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to help keep people well at times of severe cold weather with our specially produced Healthy Outlook® service. The service helps … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, cold weather, COPD, Health, healthy outlook, Met Office, NHS, Patient, Winter
Guest blog: UV index forecast, helping you to keep safe in the sun.
As the sun is set to make a reappearance this weekend, Charlotte Fionda of the Karen Clifford Skin Cancer Charity writes this guest blog: Last week was Sun Awareness Week, even though the sun did not appear to be aware of it in many places. … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Cancer, forecast, Health, Met Office, Skcin, skin cancer, Skin cancer charity, Sun, Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet index, UV
Met Office in the News: 9 July 2010
Many national news papers have run stories on the Met Office issuing a heat-health advisory yesterday. The Guardian leads with Weekend heatwave sparks Met Office health warning, while the Daily Express informs its readers of the 90F heat danger warning. … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media
Tagged Health, heatwave, T in the Park, weather
First ‘Heat-Health’ alert of the summer
East Anglia, London and south east England have been put on Heat-Health alert as hot temperatures are forecast over the next couple of days. Temperatures will peak across East Anglia and south east England during Friday and Saturday, where highs of … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Health, Heat, NHS, weather, Welsh Assembly
