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Winter Outlook for December 2016 to February 2017

Posted on 28 November, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Today the Met Office has released its long-range outlook for December 2016 to February 2017, highlighting the risk of a cold start to the winter for the UK. Latest observations from around the globe and long-range weather prediction systems suggest … Continue reading →

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Angus the first named storm of autumn 2016

Posted on 19 November, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

The Met Office has announced the first named storm of autumn 2016: Storm Angus. Storm Angus is expected to sweep through south-eastern England bringing some very strong south-westerly winds and heavy rain to affected parts through Sunday morning. Looking at … Continue reading →

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What’s happening to the weather around the globe?

Posted on 14 October, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Europe (not including the UK) Heavy rain and thunderstorms continue to affect parts of the northern Mediterranean today. Southern France and northwest Italy could see another 50-150mm of rain, following on from similar amounts yesterday (Thursday). “Red” warnings for heavy … Continue reading →

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Thunderstorms bring an end to September heat

Posted on 15 September, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

If temperatures reach 30 ºC in the south east of England today (15 Sept 2016) it will be the first consecutive 3-day September period where temperatures reached over 30 ºC since 1929.   However this is the last of the hot … Continue reading →

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Met Office in the news – BBC weather contract

Posted on 17 August, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

We’ve known for a year that our long-standing relationship with the BBC is going to change and we have been working hard to make sure everyone can access our forecast and warnings on a range of channels – via our … Continue reading →

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More thundery downpours for some

Posted on 23 June, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Last night torrential, thundery downpours affected parts of southern and southeast England causing localised flooding and disruption to transport. The table below shows the rainfall totals recorded: UK rainfall totals 22 June 7pm – 23 June 9am Site Area Rainfall … Continue reading →

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Despite the cold weather April has been an average month

Posted on 28 April, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Provisional early figures for April 2016 (1st – 27th) show that so far, despite the chilly temperatures and snow seen by many, the month has been around normal with rainfall at 96% of average, sunshine 94% of average and the … Continue reading →

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Topsy-turvy spell for the first month of Spring

Posted on 31 March, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

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 →

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What Katie did – a review of Easter Monday’s storm Katie

Posted on 28 March, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Storm Katie may never have been destined to be a record-breaker, but nonetheless she certainly swept dramatically over southern Britain during the night of Easter Sunday and into the morning on Easter Monday. With her track across southern Britain, storm … Continue reading →

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Severe gales, but why was it #stormwithnoname?

Posted on 9 March, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Last night, a deep area of low pressure moved across southern England and is now weakening as it continues eastwards. As expected, the system brought heavy rain and widespread northwesterly gales across south Wales and southwest England. Severe gales were … Continue reading →

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