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Record breaking rainfall and cold weather grips South Africa.
There has been snowfall, heavy rain, and flooding across parts of South Africa as a low pressure system moves slowly along the southern coast. Flooding and mudslides have been reported in and around Durban with the city recording 150mm of … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged cold, flood, flooding, forecast, frost, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, snow, South Africa, wet, wind
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New Weather Observations Website
The ‘Weather Observations Website‘ (WOW) is a platform that enables anyone to get involved and submit, share and visualise their weather observations. WOW was launched in 2011 and since then we’ve received over 850 million observations from 200 countries around … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, observations, rain, snow, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecasting, weather stations, wind, WOW
Despite the cold weather April has been an average month
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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Tagged dry, England, forecast, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, Scotland, snow, statistics, sunshine, temperature, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind
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Snow in late April, more common than you may think
This week many places have seen the type of weather you may usually associate with winter than late April, with wintry showers observed as far south as southern counties of England. However, snow at this time of year is not … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, hail, Met Office, sleet, snow, spring, weather, Winter, wintry showers, yellow warning
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Could sudden stratospheric warming bring a cold start to spring?
Our atmospheric scientists are predicting a dramatic change in high altitude winds 50km above the ground and the imminent occurrence of an event known as a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) in early March. Professor Adam Scaife, Head of Monthly to … Continue reading
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Tagged 30-day forecast, cold weather, sleet, snow, spring, sudden stratospheric warming, weather forecast
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Snow for parts of the UK
UPDATED 17/02/2016 A frontal system interacting with cold air across the UK will bring a risk of wintry weather further south over the next 24 hours or so, with rain, sleet and snow in the forecast for some parts and … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, England, forecast, frost, heavy rain, ice, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, severe weather, sleet, snow, temperature, weather forecast, wind, Winter
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Storm Henry forecast to bring severe gales in places on Monday
A rapidly deepening area of low pressure pushing quickly across the Atlantic and expected to run close to the north of Scotland through Monday and into Tuesday has been named as Storm Henry. Keep up to date with the latest … Continue reading
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Tagged #StormHenry, gales, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, Scotland, severe gales, severe weather, snow, Storm, Storm Henry, storms, wind
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World weather roundup
In this blog we take a look at what’s happening around the world where the weather is straying away from what’s normal or has the potential to bring disruption. North America A deep area of low pressure will bring the … Continue reading
December on track to be the mildest on record
Mowing the lawn has been the reality for some so far this December, with unseasonably high temperatures. It looks as though the UK is on track to break the record for the warmest December since records began in 1910 and … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, cold, dry, England, Environment Agency, flood, forecast, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, severe weather, snow, statistics, Storm, Storm Desmond, Storm Eva, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter
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Windy this weekend, but Storm Clodagh looks unlikely
UPDATE : Saturday 28 November 2015 – Met Eireann names Storm Clodagh Original post: Thursday 26 November 2015 – This weekend the UK will see some unsettled, windy weather and the Met Office have issued a yellow be aware National … Continue reading
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Tagged gales, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, snow, Storm Clodagh, wind, wintry showers
