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2024 is expected to be the warmest year on record, now almost certain to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. This follows on from the record-breaking 1.45°C in 2023, the previous warmest year on record. The major contribution to the warming is the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases. However, global temperatures for […]
Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Steve Ramsdale, said: “Northerly winds are bringing chillier weather across the UK over Monday and Tuesday. This brings the likelihood of some snow over higher ground in Scotland and northern England at times on Monday and Tuesday as well as a widespread frost here, particularly on Monday night.” During midweek the […]
Friday morning saw the arrival of milder conditions in the west, and these will extend east across the rest of the country by Saturday morning. Further rain across the north and west will move gradually east but hazy sunshine will hold in the east where temperatures remain nearer average in the afternoon. Do you have […]
The weather system has already brought strong winds, heavy rain and snow, to large swathes of the country. There have been large rainfall accumulations with some places having seen in excess 130 mm in the last 24 hours and wind gust of over 75 miles per hour in some exposed areas. Andy Page is a […]
Ahead of Storm Bert, wintry showers will continue to impact parts of the UK on Friday, particularly exposed areas in the north. As a brief ridge of high pressure moves in though, Friday will bring a drier and brighter end to the week. It will still feel very chilly, with maximum temperatures of just 7 […]
A northerly airflow is continuing to subdue temperatures for the UK, with sub-zero figures likely for many over the next few nights and low single figures in the day for many. A number of Met Office National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued for snow and ice, with the highest accumulations of snow likely over […]
Monday night saw sub-zero temperatures for much of the UK, reaching as low as -11.2°C at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. Snowfall has also begun, with 12cm of lying snow reported at Watnall, Nottinghamshire on Tuesday morning as an Arctic airmass continues to influence the UK’s weather. Warnings issued Met Office National Severe Weather Warnings for snow […]
An Arctic maritime airmass already over northern Britain spreads southwards into the rest of the UK on Tuesday, in wake of an Atlantic low clearing into northwestern Europe. Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings for snow and ice are currently in place from Monday to Wednesday, affecting parts of Scotland, the whole of Northern Ireland, and parts of […]
By Sunday, colder air from the Arctic arrives across northern Scotland, and we’ll see the start of some unsettled weather for all parts as an area of low pressure arrives from the Atlantic. A Yellow National Severe Weather Warning for snow and ice has been issued for the north of Scotland and the Northern Isles from […]
Through Friday, southern parts of the UK remain dry with some sunshine, though some frost and fog are possible again overnight. Further north, conditions will turn windier, with gales in the far north, ahead of a band of rain arriving from the northwest. This will usher in colder air and wintry showers across northern mainland […]
