Tag Archives: Environment Agency

Did climate change have an impact on Storm Desmond?

Posted on 7 December, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

The exceptional rainfall in Cumbria over the past few days saw the fall of numerous records and has led many to ask whether it is linked to climate change. The records are based on digitised data going back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, Cumbria, England, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, gales, global warming, heavy rain, Honister, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, severe weather, statistics, storms, temperature, Thirlmere, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter | 28 Comments

Wind and rain records for Storm Desmond

Posted on 6 December, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Storm Desmond, the fourth named storm of the season, bought widespread heavy rain and storm force winds to areas of northern England and Scotland. The rainfall experienced in many parts of the north west of the UK is thought to … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged England, Environment Agency, flooding, forecast, heavy rain, Met Office, name our storm, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, severe weather, statistics, Storm Desmond, storms, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter | 2 Comments

This weekend’s UK rainfall

Posted on 15 November, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Following the heavy rainfall over the weekend, here are the latest rainfall totals: Site Name Area 48hr Rainfall total 9am Sat to 9am Mon (mm) Capel Curig Gwynedd 106.0 Lake Vyrnwy Powys 82.0 Keswick Cumbria 81.6 Blencathra Cumbria 72.6 Tyndrum … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Environment Agency, flood, flooding, heavy rain, Met Office, NRW, rain, rainfall, SEPA, Storm, storms, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind | 3 Comments

Wet weekend for parts of the UK

Posted on 12 November, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Heavy rain is expected across parts of north Wales, northwest England and southwest Scotland on Saturday into Sunday, clearing to the southeast on Monday. We have issued a yellow weather warning for rain for these areas, while the Environment Agency, … Continue reading →

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Highest temperatures and rainfall over the weekend

Posted on 23 August, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Over the past 24 hours the weather has delivered a mixture of hot sunshine, thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain as we highlighted earlier in the week. As expected, sunny skies and warm air being pushed northwards from the continent allowed … Continue reading →

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Rain or shine this weekend?

Posted on 20 August, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

You may have heard that this weekend could be cloudy and wet…or sunny and dry, that’s because as with other weekends this summer there has been some uncertainty in the forecast. After a mixed week of some sunshine, rain and … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Environment Agency, flooding, forecast, heavy rain, hot, humid, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, NRW, rain, SEPA, summer, temperature, thunderstorms, UK, weather | Comments Off

‘Super tides’, the weather and coastal flood risk

Posted on 20 February, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

UPDATED 27/02/2015 – this blog has been updated under the section ‘So what are ‘super tides” with the help of the National Oceanography Centre. In this joint blog from the Environment Agency and the Met Office, we look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Environment Agency, gravity, Met Office, moon, Sun, super, super tide, supertide, tide, tides, UK, waves, weather | 5 Comments

One year on – A look back to last winter

Posted on 17 February, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

This weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Valentine’s Day storm, which also marked the end of a particularly stormy three-month period. A new review article – ‘From months to minutes – exploring the value of high-resolution rainfall observation and … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, gales, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, statistics, Storm, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter | 6 Comments

Guest blog: ‘Risk of summer drought at normal levels’

Posted on 17 June, 2014 by Met Office Press Office

There have been some reports in the press that the Met Office has warned dry weather this June could bring a return of drought conditions to the UK – this is not the case. Here Victoria Williams, Water Resources Advisor … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Drought, dry, ea, Environment Agency, hot, june, Met Office, summer, sunny, UK | 1 Comment

UPDATED: Wind and rainfall data 4 to 5 December 2013

Posted on 5 December, 2013 by Met Office Press Office

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 →

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