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7 years

Devastating images from #Houston today - the fourth most populated city in the U.S. And still the rain continues... #Harvey

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2 years

View from space one year apart 🛰️

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1 year

Wait patiently all evening for the frontal wave to clear 🌧️, leaving a spectacular display of the aurora here in south Norfolk - arguably the best display I've seen by eye this far south (52.5°N) #AuroraBorealis #northernlights

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1 year

This CCTV video, captured by @CarlStebbings , portrays a likely non-mesocyclonic tornado at Horham Airfield in north Suffolk on Thursday. It happened at 12:31-12:32 BST, as a shower to the north was rapidly intensifying. Lightning occurred around 10 minutes later ⛈️🌪️

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2 years

1976 ranks as the 2nd warmest summer in England on record, however the highest temperature recorded was 35.9°C These maps highlight the difference in extent and intensity of the heat between 1976 and the highest temperature recorded in the past ~60 years with early next week...

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3 years

Couple of shots from east Kent yesterday evening. Some fantastic structure, and then a deluge of rainfall - looks like some areas saw in excess of 50mm. Chased these storms for over 5 hours - not bad for UK standards! ⚡️

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8 years

Stunning image of a 'tornado scar' from last Friday's EF2 tornado in Illinois reveals how lucky this farmhouse was:

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8 years

Here's another fantastic shot by Colin Burch of the #waterspout around 20:30 last night at #Thorpeness , Suffolk:

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2 years

Provisional analysis of #StormEunice 🌬️ suggests many sites in southern Britain recorded their strongest wind gusts for 20-30 years, locally more. A few stations also set new records...

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7 months

Fireworks weren't the only lights in the sky in south Norfolk on Bonfire Night... #aurora 🎇✨

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3 years

Shelf cloud approaching Dungeness in SE Kent on Wednesday evening. Shortly after this photo was taken very gusty outflow winds hit, and a few minutes after that torrential rain began... ⛈️

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30 days

Just an incredible sight — #aurora over south Norfolk (52.5°N) on Friday night 😍

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4 years

Waited all week for Friday night, as it looked like it would be our first chance of some clear sky to view Comet NEOWISE - very cool to see it with the naked eye! A decent display of noctilucent cloud towards the end of the night too (comet still visible top right)... ☄️✨

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9 days

After the best part of 13 years at @weatherquest_uk and 11 years at @BBCLookEast , I'm moving on to pastures new this summer and joining the @metoffice . I've had such a fantastic time working with some brilliant colleagues over the years — but exciting new adventures await...

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5 years

Went for a storm chase in and around Norwich, in what was probably the best storm I've seen in the UK. The frequency of lightning is something more akin to the storms I chase in the U.S. Plains. Rain made it hard to capture lightning - this was at @uniofeastanglia @SportsparkUEA

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2 years

EAST: The pressure wave from the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption, having travelled a distance of ~16,500 km (10,200 miles), has been detected across East Anglia this evening on home weather stations - around 14½ hours after the eruption... 📉

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3 years

Not the most exciting photo you'll ever see, but a brief glimpse of the #NorthernLights from south Norfolk this evening, above North Sea showers feeding inland lit up by light pollution from Norwich...✨ 📷

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1 year

Incredible aurora display visible Sunday evening from south Norfolk, despite the bright moon and usual light pollution from Norwich to the north - this view looking northwest towards the Tacolneston transmitter #NorthernLights

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3 years

#StormBarra is undergoing explosive cyclogenesis tonight and into Tuesday, under the influence of the favourable "left-exit" region of the jet stream. Its central pressure is expected to fall more than 50mb in 24 hours... 🌬️

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1 year

Lots of questions over the past few days about the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) and rumours of the Beast from the East returning(?) 📈🥶 Hopefully this clip from Thursday's @BBCLookEast helps explain what's going on in a rather simplified way...

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2 years

Evidence of two pressure waves from the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano. The first wave travelled a distance of ~16,500 km (10,200 miles) and arrived around 14½ hours after eruption, the second wave (going the other way around Earth) arrived 21 hours afterwards.

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1 year

A truly incredible surge of cold air southwards is underway in the US tonight. Portions of the Plains have recorded temperatures falling nearly 20°C in just 10 minutes. This station in SE Wyoming fell from +6°C to -10°C in 15 mins, and now at -23°C 🥶

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1 year

Brace yourself. One of the most brutal Arctic cold outbreaks on record is gathering momentum and moving through North America right now. Wind chills are hitting extremely dangerous levels of -70°F (-57°C) in Wyoming.

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7 months

A look back at the deterministic runs of the main global models from Wednesday (00z) for the expected track of #StormCiar án. Much of East Anglia and inland SE England narrowly missed the very strong winds as Ciarán tracked further east than forecast.

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10 years

Just to clarify... With an 'e': to make lighter. Without an 'e': electrical discharge produced by a thunderstorm. http://t.co/UNprzFey1P

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7 months

#StormCiar án produced the lowest mean sea level pressure since February 1989 across a large swathe of southern and eastern England, and across the English Channel... 🌀📉

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7 years

5 hour delay, lots of turbulence on flight but at least I got to watch the Aurora dance above NE Canada just before daybreak 😀

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9 months

A glimpse of the #aurora in south Norfolk (52.5°N) on Monday evening — a lot of the green colours lower down were washed out by fairly substantial light pollution/haze, but some occasional magenta beams appeared ✨ Not very visible to the naked eye, this was an 8 sec exposure 📷

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4 years

Several sites in S Britain are now 3 weeks without a single drop of rain. This follows the 8th driest April on record in the UK. So far this month East Anglia has received just 6% of the average May rainfall, making it -currently- the driest May on record in a series back to 1862

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5 years

EAST: Approximately 22,000 lightning strikes were detected across the region last night as two main waves of thunderstorms tracked eastwards...⚡️

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3 years

The damage path from Sunday's strong winds stretches from Dorset across the S & E Midlands to Lincolnshire, and is at least 20km wide - far wider than a tornado. It's likely most areas experienced "straight-line winds", but a couple of isolated tornadoes may have also occurred...

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1 year

View from space on Thursday 🛰️ Extensive snow cover across portions of S'ern Britain, where temperatures haven't risen above -2°C in some areas despite wall-to-wall sunshine Dusting of snow visible in parts of Norfolk courtesy of North Sea showers last night 📷 NASA Worldview

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1 year

EAST: And so it ends, a rise of 22°C at Writtle in the space of 48 hours - impressive given the time of year with little solar input. Taking into account the mean temperature and longevity, this was the most significant cold spell in East Anglia since January 2013 🥶

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3 years

EAST: Outbreaks of rain will turn to snow on Saturday night, persisting in many areas through Sunday and into early Monday. Some places in S + E Norfolk, E Suffolk and E Essex could see as much as 15-20cm of snow by the end of Sunday, with more into Monday. Drifts are likely. ❄️

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2 years

EAST: Here's a rough idea on the timing of the strong winds during #StormEunice - timing/strength will vary depending on your location in the region (earliest in the west) 🌬️ After a mild morning, a subzero windchill will develop through Friday afternoon... 🥶

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5 years

A crisp autumn day on the Jurassic Coast ☀️🍂

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2 months

What an incredible experience viewing the total solar eclipse in Bungay (Illinois, not Suffolk 😉) Four minutes of totality featuring an eerie twilight all around, a 3°C drop in temperature, winds falling light and a glimpse of solar prominence and the Sun's corona... 🌑☀️

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5 years

This was the scene over Leiston, Suffolk earlier this evening. Some incredible structure to this thunderstorm, which has now moved offshore to the North Sea ⚡️⚡️ Credit to Clare Middleditch

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1 year

Lovely example of a sea breeze convergence today, triggering heavy showers and thunderstorms. As the sea breeze moves further inland through the day, so the risk of heavy downpours will crawl inland. Chance of a few funnel clouds, and risk of local flooding due to slow movement🌩️

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3 years

Sunday night provided a classic example of how snow cover affects temperature. It acts like a blanket, preventing heat from escaping the ground, therefore keeping grass & concrete "relatively" warm. It also allows the air temperature to fall a lot lower than if there were no snow

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2 years

21.2°C at Porthmadog (NW Wales) on Sunday 13th November is provisionally the highest temperature recorded this late in the year in the UK, and joins a collection of other new UK maximum temperature date records set so far this year... 🌡️

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3 years

EAST: Outbreaks of rain will turn to snow on Saturday night, persisting in some areas through Sunday and into Monday. Still some uncertainty about the northern/western extent of snow (especially in Norfolk), but E Suffolk remains the focus for the largest accumulations ❄️

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2 years

Chased a pair of supercell thunderstorms for around 200 miles on Saturday, from SE Montana through NE Wyoming and into W South Dakota. 2 inch (5 cm) hail was reported, along with wind gusts over 80mph. This photo was taken near Belle Fourche, SD 🌩

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1 year

EAST: Last night was the coldest January night in East Anglia since 2013 🥶 -9.8°C Santon Downham -9.3°C Marham -8.4°C Cavendish -7.7°C Cambridge Botanic Garden -7.1°C Woburn -7.0°C Writtle -6.9°C Cambridge NIAB -6.5°C Houghton Hall + Rothamsted -6.0°C Tibenham -5.9°C Monks Wood

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5 years

A few days of hot weather, and some our beaches look like this. The mind boggles as to how anyone thinks this is an acceptable thing to do. We should be respecting the environment, not abusing it...

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5 years

Went to snap the beach at Margate and wish I hadn't !. Is it because the Council are not putting bins on the beach or is it the visitors fault , either way it's an utter disgrace 😯

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1 month

Brief burst of aurora in south Norfolk (52.5°N) on Sunday night... ✨

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2 years

A look back at the GEFS modelling in the run-up to the extreme heat that impacted the UK in mid-July 2022. Whilst the GFS Det jumped around with each run, there was a fairly consistent (and growing) signal from the ensembles for potentially record-breaking temperatures... 🌡️

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2 years

Couple of shots from SE Kent last night - not the most electrically active storm, but some nice cloud structure visible at times. It was cool to feel the outflow hit with very gusty winds ⚡️🌬️

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3 months

EAST ANGLIA - FEBRUARY 2024: 🌡️ Warmest on record (+3.4°C) ☔️ Wettest on record (248%) ☁️ Decidedly dull (76%) February 2024 was warmer than 51% of all recorded Aprils (since 1884). This was also THE wettest Oct to Feb period on record and the 2nd warmest winter on record.

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2 years

EAST: A look back at the rainfall accumulations on Thursday. A corridor through west Essex, west Suffolk and west-central Norfolk saw accumulations in excess of 50mm widely. An unofficial gauge at Kentford, just to the east of Newmarket, recorded 110mm ☔️

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8 months

EAST: An extraordinary day, with many areas receiving more than a month's worth of rain in 24 hours. Thetford was the wettest location, with 87mm. Gauges on the River Ore (Framlingham) and Deben recorded their highest levels on record (since 2000/1).

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8 months

EAST: Heavy rain is expected to develop widely across the region overnight, only slowly easing to the north during Friday. Guidance continues to suggest 20-40mm fairly widely, and 50-70mm in some places. There is a small chance of 90+mm very locally 🌧️

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3 years

Map of maximum snow depths measured on Sunday. The band of snow stalled across the north Midlands, with several sites recording over 15cm in a swathe from Staffordshire across S Derbyshire, N + E Leicestershire, Rutland and N Northamptonshire ❄️⛄️ Thanks for all your reports!

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1 year

Incredible structure/shelf cloud with the active thunderstorm moving across portions of Suffolk this evening, this taken from Cockfield (between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury) 🌩️

My report for Cockfield

Cockfield, Suffolk

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1 year

EAST: Woburn (Bedfordshire) recorded a minimum temperature of -12.7°C this morning — once again the coldest night in the region since Jan 2013 and coldest Dec night since 2010 Unofficial stations in parts of the region with snowcover have reported temperatures as low as -16°C 🥶

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3 years

Welcome to meteorological spring 🙂 🌸☀️⛈️

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4 years

Comet NEOWISE above a lone tree near Weston Longville, Norfolk - captured at 23:45 on Sunday 12th July ☄️✨ #cometNEOWISE

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6 months

Nacreous clouds were spotted in a number of locations on Thursday afternoon, in what was probably the most significant display since at least February 2016...

Rainbow clouds spotted in the East for first time since 2016

The clouds, also referred to as "mother-of-pearl", are spotted throughout the East of England.

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4 years

Comet NEOWISE above the @uniofeastanglia Broad at 1am on Monday 13th July ☄️✨ #cometNEOWISE @ueaenv

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1 year

Another shot from south Norfolk, looking due north - you can make out the light pollution (especially in the bottom right)

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2 years

EAST ANGLIA - SUMMER 2022: 🥵 Hottest summer on record (back to 1884) ☀️ 3rd sunniest summer on record (127% of avg) 🏜️ 4th driest summer on record (42% of avg) For combined temperature + rainfall there is only one summer that was more extreme, but falls in the cold+wet category

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6 years

One of the most stunning gusts fronts I've ever seen - this was in South Dakota just east of Faith yesterday evening. The inside of a gust front is often referred to as a 'whales mouth'. The contrast of electric blue (constantly flashing with lightning) against the setting sun 😍

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2 months

Mammatus at sunset, near Trent TX on Tuesday evening 🌩️

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2 years

#StormEunice is expected to rapidly deepen this week, as the low forms in the right entrance of a jet streak and shifts across to the left exit region. The exact track/depth is uncertain, which will affect the location of strongest winds, but potential for disruption on Friday ⚠️

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2 years

With little over 60% of the average rainfall for the year-to-date, and a deficit of ~3½ months' worth of rain, this year is currently on track to be one of the driest on record in East Anglia 🏜️

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2 years

EAST: A complex of thunderstorms will continue to migrate NE'wards at ~40mph across the region through this evening ⛈️ This system has a history of producing 50-60mph wind gusts, frequent lightning, torrential rain and hail.

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4 years

It's been a very wet three days, and continues to rain in some areas. Several locations have exceeded 100mm of rain in the past 72 hours, locally ≥150mm over Exmoor and the South Downs... ☔️

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1 year

EAST ANGLIA - 2022: 🌡️ Warmest year on record (+1.0°C) 🏜️ 8th driest year on record (76%) ☀️ Sunniest year on record (121%) Featuring 4th warmest May 3rd warmest Jul 2nd warmest Aug 4th warmest Oct 4th warmest Nov THE driest Jul THE sunniest Jan THE sunniest Mar 3rd sunniest Aug

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10 months

EAST ANGLIA - JULY 2023: 🌡️ Near-average temperatures (-0.2°C) 🌧️ Wettest July since 2015 (149%) ☁️ Dullest July since 2012 (84%) ☔️ Highest number of July rain days since 2012 This was the first July to not reach or exceed 30°C in this region since 2012.

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5 years

Booking a holiday in the UK? Need several dry days to make hay? This graphic highlights periods of the year where anticyclonic conditions (i.e. high pressure) tends to be more prevalent, on average, based on Lamb Weather Types calculated by the Climatic Research Unit at UEA...

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4 years

We're near the climatological peak for the highest temperature of the year in the UK, but so far this month we've 'only' reached 28.5°C. This currently makes it the first July to not reach 30°C in the UK since 2011... 🌡️

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5 years

Sadly the western side of the @BBCLookEast region had a 'cut' version of the forecast - but in the East we discussed sudden stratospheric warming and the polar vortex, and why it may contribute (along with other factors) towards colder weather from late next week onwards...

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4 years

The UK has only recorded 37+°C on 4 days: 03 Aug '90, 10 Aug '03, 25 Jul '19, 31 Jul '20 Exceeding 33°C occurred 2-3 years per decade in the 1960s to 1980s; however, this happened in 8 of the past 10 years The average ≥30°C days per year has increased from 5 (1990) to 9 (2019)

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11 months

EAST: A very wet night across the region, the Environment Agency gauge at Lowestoft recorded 54mm — a month's worth of rain. Several unofficial gauges around Great Yarmouth/Caister-on-Sea are reporting over 70mm 🌧️

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4 years

Tornado in the Northampton area this evening... 🌪️

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@bbcweather @NNweather @BBCNews @BBCBreakfast From the top of harpole

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1 year

Monday night provided a nice example of how snow cover affects temperature. It acts like a blanket, preventing heat from escaping from the ground and keeping the concrete surface "relatively" warm. It also allows the air temperature to fall a lot lower than if there were no snow

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3 years

EAST: It's the coldest night of the month so far, and the coldest April night in the region since 2013. All stations except Cromer recorded subzero temperatures, with Santon Downham as low as -5.5°C. 7 consecutive nights with an air frost, 11 nights in total so far this month 🥶

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7 months

EAST - #StormCiar án: Winds will increase Wed night and remain strong throughout Thursday in eastern areas, before easing on Thursday night. That said, winds will ease for a time on Thurs morning/early PM in western/northwestern areas. Locally stronger gusts nr heavy downpours.

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6 years

And so it begins - a minority of weather models flag up snowmaggedon in 2 weeks time, whilst most models do not. Don't believe the hype - it is far too early for specifics. In the meantime, it will turn colder into next week with a return to frosts, and rain showers in the east.

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1 year

A slightly different view of last night's aurora — from above! This is a blend of passes from the NOAA-20 and Suomi-NPP polar-orbiting satellites, revealing the auroral arc just to the north of Scotland🛰️ Credit: EUMETSAT (via SMHI/NWC SAF)

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7 years

First round of thunderstorms were a little 'camera shy' by the time they reached Norwich - only managed to capture a few strikes on camera⚡️

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9 months

Wildfire smoke from North America is turning the sky a rather eerie grey/brown colour this morning, having been brought across the Atlantic behind #StormAgnes

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5 years

Ah the joys of thunderstorm forecasting - specifically 'elevated thunderstorms'. Plume events rarely go to plan, and last night was another one to add to the list. Storms did develop over France as expected, but turned to the right too quickly. Kent / East Sussex had a show ⚡️

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5 months

EAST: So, that was 2023 — the 3rd warmest year on record (behind 2014 and 2022), featuring: ☀️ 2nd sunniest Jan ☀️ 7th sunniest Feb 🏜️ 3rd driest Feb ☔️ 5th wettest March 🥵 2nd hottest June ☀️ 7th sunniest June 🥵 THE hottest Sept 🌡️ Joint 8th warmest Oct 🌡️ 4th warmest Dec

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4 years

A simple contour map of the number of years since each observation station last recorded wind gusts of equal strength or stronger than Sunday's. In general, areas with the most significant values were East Midlands into East Anglia, where the squall line gusts were most intense🌬️

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7 months

EAST: Experimental cross section for "most likely" max gust during #StormCiar án. Similar to previous thoughts, 40-55mph inland & 60+mph along E coast. However, any slight change in shape/track of low could give stronger winds (indicated by pale shading)

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7 months

EAST: Understandably a lot of interest in #StormCiar án on Thursday. Naturally, uncertainty about exact track, depth and shape of the low — "most likely" scenario gusts 40-55mph inland, perhaps >60mph along E coast. Rain accums broadly 15-25mm. Refinements likely closer to event.

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5 years

EAST: Averaged across the region, today (so far) is the wettest calendar day of 2019, and the 3rd wettest calendar day in the past 5 years. The wettest locations have been parts of east Norfolk and northeast Suffolk where 60-70mm has been recorded, locally higher... ☔️

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2 years

@charlie_h_mack @ChrisPage90 2,000 people died in the UK due to the August 2003 heatwave - that's why warnings are necessary

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6 years

Have you noticed an increase in getting static shocks when you touch something metal? It's quite likely the weather is at least partly to blame, since static charge build-up is enhanced when the air is very dry. This is likely to be an ongoing theme through much of this week...

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1 year

EAST: Coldest December night in the region since 2012, with several sites down to -7°C — Marham was the coldest at -7.4°C 🥶 Fairly extensive low cloud and freezing fog in many areas this morning, and it could linger all day in some places 🌫️☁️

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1 year

EAST: Another afternoon of funnel clouds across the region 🌪️ Linslade: M. K.: Leighton Buzzard: Mendlesham: Corpusty: Harleston:

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5 years

The weather station at The Needles on the Isle of Wight is at a very exposed location, and opened in 1996. So far today it has recorded a gust of 109mph, which is the joint 4th strongest gust in the station's history, and also the station's strongest November gust on record. 🍃

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Dan Holley

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6 years

EAST: NASA satellite imagery capturing the change of colour across the region during the past 2 months, after such a prolonged dry and warm spell...

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Dan Holley

@danholley_

4 years

From very dry to very wet - back in September, many areas in southern Britain remained completely dry for up to three weeks. Since then, parts of East Anglia in particular haven't had a single completely dry day for over three weeks... ☔️

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Dan Holley

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4 years

This map compares the coldest night this week at each ob station, with the last time they had a colder May night in the past. Many locations have had their coldest May night(s) in 10 years, some in over 30 years. Several places also had their coldest May night on record... 🥶

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Dan Holley

@danholley_

2 years

2021: A year of weather in the East of England, as captured by @BBCLookEast #WeatherWatchers 📸 Highlights include: ❄️ February snow, up to 30cm 🥶 Frostiest April on record ⛈️ Localised flash floods in July ☁️ 3rd dullest August on record 🥵 4th warmest September on record

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Dan Holley

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4 years

Temperatures in the UK exceeded 35°C today for the 5th time this year (31st Jul, 7th Aug, 10th Aug, 11th Aug, 12th Aug). This ties with 1976, which is the only other year on record with this many ≥35°C days 🥵

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Dan Holley

@danholley_

6 years

Convection firing nicely west of Norwich, with tilted updrafts. Good clear air around them - it feels and looks like the U.S. Plains! Not long now until it goes bang - severe thunderstorms likely later this afternoon ⚡️⚡️

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Dan Holley

@danholley_

5 years

This has to be one of the best storms I've ever seen in the UK - more akin to the type we chase in the U.S. Plains ⚡️⚡️

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Dan Holley

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6 years

It’s not every day you get to enjoy a thunderstorm on the way to work 😀⚡️⚡️ couple of close CGs with instant thunder too!

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Dan Holley

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2 years

EAST: Last night marked the 35th anniversary of The Great Storm of 1987. Wind gusts of 100mph were recorded, peaking during the early hours of that Friday morning 🌬️ As a warm front lifted northwards, temperatures jumped >6°C in one hour, up to 17°C during the middle of the night

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Dan Holley

@danholley_

4 years

Quite a cool feature this morning, with last night's elevated convection (showers/thunderstorms) now wrapped around a mid-level circulation. Notice the small low at 700mb (approx 2.3km above ground), vs little evidence of any circulation at the surface (widespread NE'ly winds)

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