Birmingham Times
Birmingham Times
The area of low pressure responsible of the wet and windy conditions spreading across the UK will clear away on Friday, leaving a mixture of sunny spells and blustery scattered showers through Good Friday. In any sunshine it will feel warm, with highs of 14°C expected in the southeast of England. The showers will be […]
Unsettled conditions will continue in the coming days, with potential impacts from wind and rain on Thursday and further rain and wind likely for some through the weekend. Met Office warnings for wind and for rain have been issued, highlighting the potential for travel disruption, power cuts and a chance of some dangerous conditions near […]
Hunada Nouss, the current chair of the Met Office Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) completes her final term in the role in Autumn 2024. In the six years that Hunada has been on the Met Office Board she has brought a wealth of experience and insight across a range of issues. The current Chair […]
The two warnings cover North Wales from 8am until 3pm on Thursday and the South Pennines and Peak District from 12noon until 6pm on Thursday. ⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️ Snow & ice across northern parts of Wales Thursday 0800 – 1500 Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/xnLdl4ZFrk — Met Office (@metoffice) […]
Cold air is beginning to exert its influence in the far north of Scotland today (Monday) and will gradually sink southwards through the early part of this week. This will bring further rain to western Scotland and then much of England and Wales on Tuesday, with totals likely to be highest in western areas. That […]
Rob Woodward reaches the end of his term as Chair in summer 2024 after serving two full terms, having taken up the position in 2018. Rob took on the role of Chair at a crucial time for the Met Office, supporting the organisation through a change of leadership. A significant achievement during his tenure has […]
The annual Met Office CO₂ forecast estimates the annual rise in the atmospheric concentration of carbon-dioxide, measured at Mauna Loa in Hawaii. The ongoing CO₂ rise is mainly driven by fossil fuel burning and land use change. However, there is currently an additional impact as El Niño causes a temporary weakening of tropical land carbon […]
2023 is the tenth year in succession that has equalled or exceeded 1.0 °C above the pre-industrial period (1850-1900). The global average temperature for 2023 was 1.46 °C above the pre-industrial baseline; 0.17 °C warmer than the value for 2016, the previous warmest year on record in the HadCRUT5 global temperature dataset which runs from […]
The UK is under the influence of high pressure, which is bringing colder than average weather for the time of year, and a marked reduction in rainfall amounts following a wet start to January. These cold and largely dry conditions will persist through much of this week, with areas to the south particularly cold […]
A yellow warning for ice and chance of snow has been issued for Monday afternoon into early Tuesday morning. We could see temperatures as low as -9°C in rural Scotland and -6°C in rural Wales overnight tonight as the UK experiences much colder temperatures than recent weeks. Some snow is expected to affect southern areas […]
