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Tag Archives: Storm
Ex-Cyclone Debbie continues to bring heavy rain
Cyclone Debbie made landfall over the coast of Queensland Australia on Tuesday producing severe wind damage to properties in areas close to the eye including the towns of Bowen and Proserpine. Debbie gradually moved inland and as winds eased the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane, Cyclone Debbie, flash flooding, flood, flooding, heavy rain, Queensland, rain, rainfall, Storm, storms, strong winds, tropical cyclone
Will ‘Storm Stella’ affect the UK?
There’s been some media speculation that a storm which brought snow and blizzard conditions to the United States, from Virginia to Maine, is now heading towards the UK. Whilst this makes great headlines, it is not quite the case. The … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged cold, England, forecast, gales, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, Scotland, snow, spring, Storm, storms, sunshine, temperature, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind
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Dry start to January
Provisional figures show it has been drier than average in most areas of the UK so far this month (January 1 – 15), with a few places receiving around 20% of the month’s average rainfall, primarily the east of both … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, dry, England, Environment Agency, forecast, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, snow, Storm, temperature, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter
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Met Office helps Save the Children in their fight to save lives
This autumn Save the Children rescued over 2600 refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean as they fled persecution, war and hunger looking for a better life. As with any maritime operation the impact of the weather is a significant component … Continue reading
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Tagged Mediterranean, Met Office, rain, refugee, Save the Children, sea rescue, Storm, weather
Storm Desmond – one year on
Storm Desmond was the fourth named storm of the 2015/16 winter season. It brought severe gales with gusts of wind up to 81 mph together with record-breaking rainfall leading to flooding across parts of northern England. It was associated with … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, England, Environment Agency, flooding, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter
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Autumn and November 2016 statistics
We’ve seen a wide variety of weather this autumn from the warmest day of the year to snow; although early statistics (1 September – 30 November) show overall has been a fairly average season. Despite September proving to be the … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, dry, England, forecast, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rainfall, record, statistics, Storm, UK, weather, weather forecast, wet, wind
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What’s happening to the weather around the globe?
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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Tagged England, Environment Agency, Europe, flood, flooding, forecast, gales, Greece, heavy rain, Hurricane Nicole, Luzon, Manila, National Severe Weather Warning Service, portugal, rain, rainfall, severe weather, Spain, Storm, storms, temperature, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Tropical Storm Sarika, Typhoon, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind
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Thunderstorms bring an end to September heat
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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Tagged England, flood, flooding, forecast, heatwave, heavy rain, Lightning, lightning strikes, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind
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Pre-Monsoon in southern Asia
Southern Asia has seen some extreme weather recently, with heavy rainfall and high temperatures. But how unusual is this? In the last few days temperatures have often been above 50 C in northwest India, and the highest ever temperature record was … Continue reading
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Tagged Drought, flooding, heavy rain, hot, Met Office, rain, rainfall, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, weather, weather forecasting, wet
