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Tag Archives: warnings
From debate to action: early warnings for protection and resilience in Africa
Gavin Iley, our Head of International Crisis Management and Resilience describes recent developments in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Africa. It is just over a year since Storm Desmond caused severe flooding in parts of the UK, and eight months … Continue reading
Why are we now seeing colder weather across the UK?
Over recent weeks, we have spoken about the very strong jet stream across the Atlantic, driving areas of intense low pressure towards the UK. This has bought spells of very wet, windy but relatively mild conditions to the country. As … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged cold, cold weather, hail, Jet stream, national severe weather warnings, NSWWS, rain, sleet, snow, storms, warnings, wintry showers
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Strong winds and heavy rain affect parts of the UK
After an exceptionally dry September, the UK has seen its first bout of widespread heavy rain and strong winds so far this autumn. An area of low pressure centred close to Iceland has driven a cold front eastwards across Britain, … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged cold front, flooding, low pressure, rainfall, unsettled, warnings, wind, wind gusts
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Severe weather to affect western France
A spell of severe weather is expected to affect parts of France overnight and through Wednesday morning as an area of low pressure makes its way in from the Bay of Biscay. The area of low pressure highlighted in the … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged forecast, Holiday, Meteo France, rain, satellite, severe, Thunderstorm, warnings, weather, wind
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Sunday’s rain and wind data
Heavy rain has continued to move north and east across the UK today. Here is a selection of the highest rainfall totals and strongest wind gusts from Met Office stations around the UK : 6hr UK RAINFALL 10 AUG … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged bertha, ex-hurricane Bertha, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, severe weather, warnings
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Wind and rainfall data 27 December 2013
As forecast, a deep area of low pressure developed over the Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of Friday morning bringing with it a further spell of wet and very windy weather across the UK as it tracked northeastwards, crossing … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Berry Head, Boxing Day, Christmas, Christmas Day, deep low, England, flooding, gales, gales force winds, gusts, heavy rain, London, Met Office, rainfall, South Uist, storms, warnings, what is a white Christmas?, White Christmas, wind
Wind and rainfall data 23 to 24 December 2013 – Updated 1130
As forecast it was a stormy night across the southern half of the UK. Below you can see the highest gusts of wind and rainfal totals recorded at Met Office observing sites from 6pm 23 December and 7am 24 December. … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Berry Head, Boxing Day, Christmas, Christmas Day, England, flooding, London, Met Office, South Uist, storms, warnings, what is a white Christmas?, White Christmas
UPDATED: Wind and rainfall data 4 to 5 December 2013
UPDATED TO INCLUDE LATEST WIND SPEEDS AS AT 3PM, 5 DECEMBER 2013 As forecast, there have been severe gales with widespread gusts of between 60 and 80mph across Scotland and northern parts of England. Some very high level mountain sites … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Aonach Mòr, BLACKFORD HILL, Environment Agency, Fair Isle, flood warnings, Kinbrace, Met Office, Perthshire, Scotland, scotstorm, SEPA, severe gales, severe weather warnings, South Uist, Storm, storms, Transport Scotland, warnings, wind, Winter
Latest UK snow depths Monday 21 January
Following further snow yesterday in the central and eastern areas of the country, snow depths over the UK were as follows at 9 am this morning: Location Area Elevation Snow depth (cm) Albemarle Northumberland 142 19 Lough Fea Londonderry 225 19 Sennybridge … Continue reading
Rainfall totals 24 November 2012
It has been another wet day across much of the southern half of the UK. Here are some rainfall totals between midnight and 9pm from Met Office reporting stations: Station Amount St Mary’s Airport, Isles of Scilly 57 mm Plymouth, Devon 49.2 mm … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged #weatheraware, Environment Agency, flood warnings, flooding, heavy rain, Met Office, severe weather warning, warnings
