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Meanwhile, over on Twitter 👀 . . #worldemojidayTake a look at this beautiful (almost) full moon pic taken on Monday night 😍 . The full moon on Tuesday night will look quite different, if you’re lucky enough to spot it. Clear-skies-permitting, a partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the skies above the UK. This occurs when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon but only part of the moon’s visible surface enters the dark part of the Earth’s shadow, the central region called the umbra. . The best time to spot Tuesday night’s partial eclipse will be between 10 pm and 11 pm and, with clear spells expected for much of the UK, there’s a good chance of spotting this lunar spectacle. . Massive thanks to @emmamcdsmith for sharing this with us 🙌🏻 . . #moon #fullmoon #clearskies #umbra #ukweather #lunar #spectacleA great #loveukweather photo sent to us from @gbc123 earlier today ☀️ Here is your weather outlook: Headline: Largely dry overnight, sunshine and scattered showers Tuesday. This Evening and Tonight: Fine and dry for most this evening and overnight with long clear spells, and some short lived fog patches developing in rural areas around dawn. Cloudier across Northern Ireland and western Scotland, with a few showers likely after midnight. Tuesday: A warm day with sunny spells, but the rising temperatures may trigger scattered/isolated heavy showers, particularly across Northern Ireland, southern and eastern Scotland, perhaps Wales and the Midlands. Outlook for Wednesday to Friday: Cloudy and wet in the northwest on Wednesday, sunny spells with showers elsewhere. Sunny spells and some heavy showers on Thursday. Turning windy on Friday with longer spells of rain in places.This is a beautifully moody photograph taken by @prc_photo on the Northumberland coast today. We could see skies like this again at times during the coming week, after a largely fine and bright day tomorrow. Here are the details ⤵️ . Headline: Dry with warm sunny spells. Today: Mostly dry with variable cloud and warm sunny spells for most. The best of the sunshine in the north and west. Perhaps a few isolated showers in the southwest. Feeling warm in the sunshine. Tonight: Mostly dry with variable cloud and clear spells, these mainly in the west where it will feel chilly with a few fog patches possible. Isolated light showers along eastern coasts. Monday: Fine and dry with early cloud in the east breaking up to give sunny spells for most. Isolated showers possible in the west and feeling warm in the sunshine. Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday: Some heavy showers in the northwest on Tuesday, extending to other areas through midweek. Driest in the southeast. Warm at first, but cooling down on Thursday.It was a beautiful start to the day for many. If you weren’t up and about early enough, thanks to @IrishPixel for capturing this spectacular dawn image 🌄 Will there be more opportunities to capture photos like this in the coming days, or is there a change on the way? Find out below ⬇️ UK 5 DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday 13 Jul - Wednesday 17 Jul Headline: Mostly dry with some clear spells tonight. A little cooler. This Evening and Tonight: Daytime showers fading, albeit quite slowly, with perhaps some showery rain across east and southeastern parts of England overnight. Some clear spells elsewhere, but with some low cloud drifting in off the North Sea into eastern, southern and central parts. Sunday: Mostly dry with variable cloud and warm sunny spells for most. The best of the sunshine in the north and west. Perhaps a few isolated showers in the southwest. Outlook for Monday to Wednesday: Fine, dry and warm across most parts of the UK at first. Turning increasingly unsettled towards midweek, mainly in the north and west with heavy showers. Driest in the southeast.An omega block is back this weekend! But what does that mean for our weather? Here’s the answer. . . #weekend #weather #friday #fridayfeeling #sunny #summer #loveukweather #warm #hot #showers #sunshine #lovewhereyouliveArchives
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Tag Archives: March
One of the mildest March’s for the South East
Provisional full-month statistics show that East Anglia and South East & Central Southern England have had their equal mildest March since records began in 1910, and for the UK as a whole it was provisionally the 5th equal warmest March … Continue reading
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Topsy-turvy spell for the first month of Spring
Provisional figures up until 28 March show that most of England has had a wetter than average March but parts of Scotland have been much drier than average. In this topsy-turvy set up, figures also show that the north of … Continue reading
A chilly and wet start to March for some
The statistics for 1-15 March show that temperatures across England were generally below average, by more than 2 °C for eastern parts. Continue reading
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Tagged blocking high, chilly, cold, March, Met Office, spring, statistics, Storm Jake, sunshine, UK, weather, wet
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March continues sunny theme for UK
Following the sunniest winter in records dating back to 1929, March has continued the trend with above average sunshine hours according to early Met Office statistics. Up to the 29th of the month, there had been 115.0 hours of sunshine … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Average, climate, figures, March, Met Office, numbers, spring, statistics, sunny, weather
Spring has sprung
Warmer, drier weather is on the way for parts of the country. As we move through the week a north–south divide develops across the UK with Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and parts of Wales being changeable and windy. However … Continue reading
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Tagged forecast, high pressure, March, rainfall, record breaking, Scotland, spring, temperature, weather forecast
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March is joint second coldest on record
Provisional full-month Met Office figures for March confirm it has been an exceptionally cold month, with a UK mean temperature of 2.2 °C. This is 3.3 °C below the 1981-2010 long-term average for the month, and ranks this March as … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, coldest, March, Met Office, on record, temperature
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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
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Tagged cold, England and Wales, frost, March, snow, statistics, temperature
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Spring swing brings colder weather and snow
We’ve had some very mild conditions this week with welcome sunshine pushing temperatures into the high teens. However, in a classic spring swing, colder weather is on the way as we head into the weekend. By Saturday, we will see … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, easterly, Eastern Europe, frost, ice, icy, March, Met Office, Scandinavia, snow, spring, Sun, unusual, weather, wind, Winter
The start of the meteorological spring
For statistical and historical reporting purposes, in meteorology, spring begins on the 1 March and ends on the 31 May. For many people though, spring begins on the date of the spring equinox, 20 March. Although spring can be determined … Continue reading
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Tagged Equinox, March, Met Office, seasons, spring, st davids day, weather
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Third warmest March
Despite the current cold and snowy weather, March 2012 was the third warmest in records dating back to 1910 and the warmest since 1957. High pressure was in charge for most of the month giving very settled and often sunny … Continue reading
