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There'll be a lot of fine #weather this weekend ☀️☀️☀️ . Clouds will clear for a beautifully sunny autumn weekend for most. It's time to dig out your 🧤🧣 winter woolies though as #temperatures are set to drop over the next few days. . Are you planning on getting out and about? Let us know in the comments. . . . #weather #autumn #november #sun #frost #fog #weekend #motivation #outandabout #outside #nature #maps #symbols #weathermapAs the wind changes from southerly to easterly over the next few days, temperatures will drop by several degrees. . Why's it getting colder? . The high pressure nearby shifts from central Europe to Scandinavia over the next few days causing wind direction to change. A #mild southerly airflow will be replaced by a #cold easterly airflow. . But will it snow? See link in story for more details. . Do you prefer autumn to be mild or cold? Let us know in the comments 👇 . . . #weather #cold #maps #autumn #winter #november #outside #nature #geographyDid you manage to spot any double rainbows this week? 😍🌈 . When there’s a double rainbow, the colour sequence in the second rainbow is reversed! . The dark band between the two rainbows is known as Alexander’s band. . Check out our story to see Alex Deakin answering some of your questions sent in during our live show yesterday! . Big thanks to @willeadesphotography For sharing this beautiful image with us 🙌🏻 . . #rainbow #rainbows #facts #wednesdaywisdom #colours #weather #photography #picoftheday #beautifulIt's getting colder next week... . There's a change of air mass coming which will bring quite a contrast to the mild weather this week. . At the start of next week temperatures will be close to average initially but it will be generally much colder from Monday onwards, especially in the south. During the rest of next week it will continue cold, especially in the south, often accompanied by stiff easterly winds. Night frost are likely and could become widespread at times. Although many places could stay dry, some showers or even longer spells of rain could affect parts of the south and east, perhaps with snow, mainly on higher ground. It should be brightest and driest in the northwest. Similar conditions will probably continue into the last week of November although it could become more unsettled from the west or south. . Having put your winter woolies away this week, you'll need to dig them out again at the weekend! 🧤🧣 . . . #weather #forecast #november #temperature #cold #frost #maps #nature #science#MondayMotivation 👆. Have you ever seen a double rainbow? 🌈🌈 . Sunshine ☀️ & showers 🌦️ have created lots of rainbows today. Don't forget to add #loveukweather on your photos for a chance to be featured across our social channels. Thanks to @clareelliottk101 for this beautiful photo! . #didyouknow double rainbows are actually relatively common, especially at times when the sun is low in the sky such as in the early morning or late afternoon. The second rainbow is fainter and more 'pastel' in tone than the primary rainbow because more light escapes from two reflections compared to one. . The secondary rainbow is also dispersed over a wider area of the sky. It is nearly twice as wide as the primary bow. . A key feature of double rainbows is that the colour sequence in the second rainbow is reversed, so instead of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (ROYGBIV), the colours appear in VIBGYOR order. . . #weather #rainbow #doublerainbow #sky #cloud #clouds #rain #nature #naturephotography #MondayMotivationThis hand drawn map is part of a special weather report issued on Monday 11 November 1918. . Our forecasting has supported British and allied defence operations worldwide since #Ww1, enabling the protection, security, independence and interests of the UK and its key allies at home and overseas. #Armistice100 . Although the Met Office was not involved in military forecasting from the start of the First World War, weather forecasts became increasingly important as the war went on. . By 1915, the Meteorological Field Service, known as Meteor, was operating from the British Expeditionary Force General Headquarters in Montreuil, France. Major H.G. Lyons, Royal Engineers, ran the service while two Meteorological Office staff; Ernest Gold and AEM Geddes were granted temporary commissions in the General List of Captain and Lieutenant respectively. The service was supported by the Meteorological Office in London which became operational 24/7 for the first time. . By 1918 weather forecasting had become a firmly embedded element of British military strategy. 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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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Cyclone Debbie arrives in Queensland
Cyclone Debbie made landfall over the coast of Queensland, Australia in the early hours of this morning UK time bringing high winds, storm surge and heavy rain. Queensland is no stranger to strong cyclones having been struck by Cyclones Marcia … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane, Cyclone Debbie, flash flooding, heavy rain, Queensland, Storm surge, strong winds
Tropical Weather Updates
Typhoon Haima Typhoon Haima made landfall yesterday over the Cagayan and Isabela provinces of the Philippines. Haima had reached an intensity equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale whilst east of the Philippines, but was … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, china, Haiti, heavy rain, North India Ocean, Philippines, Storm surge, strong winds, Typhoon Haima
Hurricane Nicole Heading for Bermuda
Hurricane Nicole has continued strengthening and is now category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with sustained winds near 130 mph. It is forecast to pass either directly over or very close to Bermuda later today. Whilst Bermuda sits … Continue reading
The latest on Hurricane Matthew and Typhoon Chaba
Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew has strengthened slightly as it has tracked slowly north towards Haiti. It is making landfall over the southwestern tip of Haiti as a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with sustained winds near … Continue reading
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Active tropical storms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans
As we head into the peak of the northern hemisphere tropical storm season, there are tropical storms active in the North Atlantic and across the North Pacific. Here is a roundup of current activity: North Atlantic Gaston recently became the … Continue reading
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Contrasting weather for Europe this weekend
A developing area of low pressure across central Europe will bring a spell of very unsettled weather across the Alps to the Baltic over the next couple of days, but also introduce increasingly hot conditions to southeast Europe. Warm and … Continue reading
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Tagged European weather, flooding, gales, Heat, heavy rain, strong winds, sunshine, temperatures, thunderstorms
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Late-season tropical cyclone Zena in the South Pacific
Over the last few hours Tropical Cyclone Zena has formed across the northern islands of Vanuatu in the south-west Pacific . This is a late-season storm, with the southern hemisphere season typically tailing off in April. As we said in … Continue reading
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Another unusual January hurricane forms
Just two days ago we reported how Pali had become a very unusual out-of-season hurricane in the North Pacific. This afternoon another unusual hurricane has formed – this time in the North Atlantic. The hurricane season for both these regions … Continue reading
Turning colder for this weekend
Cold weather is expected this weekend courtesy of an arctic maritime airmass spreading across the country from the north. Everyone will notice a change in the weather after the second mildest start to November on record. On Friday the cold … Continue reading
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