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2 years

Ever wondered the best time to air your laundry outdoors? Introducing our brand new Laundry Drying Index map. Here's the forecast for tomorrow...👚🧦🥻👖

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2 years

#StormEunice looks absolutely brutal on Friday, a very dangerous, damaging storm. These type of wind gusts across S Britain are very rare. Flying debris and falling trees will be a huge problem. Here are the peak gusts on the latest ECMWF model.

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3 years

Amazing scenes at 250m altitude in the Chilterns just now, as freezing #fog has covered trees in rime ice, which is subsequently crashing down out of the trees as the sun breaks through the fog. Two of MetDesk's forecasters have braved the ice-falls today!

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2 years

There are some frightening model projections for next weekend, with suggestions of not only beating the UK high temperature record of 38.7C, but smashing it. It's all down to the track of a "superplume" of hot air moving north towards the UK, but it's far from certain just now

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2 years

This graph may look primitive but it's showing something extraordinary! This is a pressure trace at MetDesk HQ in Buckinghamshire, and that sudden rise and fall is the passage of the shockwave from the #Tongaeruption . Check your weather stations - you'll see something similar!

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2 years

#StormEunice already ominous and foreboding, explosively developing to the west of us right now. Let's keep the inevitable bad news to a minimum tomorrow - stay at home! Thousands of trees will come down across England & Wales and flying debris will be thoroughly dangerous.

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2 years

The wows keep on coming ... take a look at this 1pm temperature map covering most of Europe ... hottest place anywhere was Heathrow Airport #heatwave

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1 year

Wow! EC's Extreme Forecast Index suggests the cold spell over the next 10 days is pretty unusual and noteworthy (at least these days!). Thermals to the ready.

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6 months

Rubbish cup of tea? If your tea wasn't up to scratch this morning, blame #StormCiaran . Air pressure was so exceptionally low the boiling point of water was nearly 2C below the normal 100C in S Britain!

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1 year

Winter is well and truly coming. By the weekend the east wind will really start to bite. We've dusted down the old wind-chill charts, take a look at how it'll feel even at midday on Sunday!

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7 years

Aircraft distrails over Bucks this morning as Heathrow-bound planes flew through stratocumulus cloud and caused it to evaporate

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6 years

#hottestdayoftheyear with over 33C in Suffolk ... here are the 3pm temperatures across the country (sorry if you're on the beach under cloud in the west)

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6 years

All eyes on the track of #HurricaneFlorence in the States but the path of #HurricaneHelene could be v important for this side of the Atlantic ... here's the latest ECMWF Tropical Cyclone Tracker

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2 years

Record has gone again ... an insane 40.3C at Waddington in Lincolnshire #heatwave #hottestdayonrecord

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4 years

Astonishing rainfall figures for February ... not only the wettest on record for the UK but also the wettest in the very long England and Wales rainfall series that extends back to 1766. Here's how the February 2020 rainfall anomalies looked across Europe. #Floods

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4 years

Wow, the centre of #StormDennis is predicted to drop below 920hPa by Saturday - the all time deepest North Atlantic depression occurred on 10 January 1993 with central pressure approx. 912hPa. so we're really not far away ... incredible stuff.

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2 years

Heathrow Airport hit 39.7C just after noon! Wow Wow

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5 years

What a difference a year makes! ❄️➡️☀️

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4 months

⛄️Snow in the way!⛄️ Some wintry showers pushing into southern England tomorrow morning, these likely falling as snow ❄️ Some settling snow can be expected, especially in the in the South-East! #ukweather #snow #cold

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2 years

Laundry Drying Index for Friday 22nd April 👚🧦🥻👖

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7 years

Hurricane #Ophelia is fast becoming an ex-hurricane but is just as quickly barreling her way in the direction of Ireland!

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1 year

Wow its been dry!!! Would you believe some parts of the south have been drier in the last 30days then they were at any point in last summer's drought. Here's February's precip anomaly so far.

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3 years

Absolutely exceptional temperatures across Scotland this morning. Braemar in Aberdeenshire plunged to -21.9C beneath around 70cm of lying snow, making it the coldest February morning in over 30 years!🥶

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4 years

Noticed a bit of a orange glow this morning? There is some evidence on trajectory models from NOAA for traces of smoke originating from the U.S #wildfires causing more of an orange tint to the cirrus clouds here in the UK this morning. #OrangeSky

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11 months

Hints of some proper heat developing over the UK later next week! 🌡️📈

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1 year

A spectacular display of mammatus clouds on the back edge of a squall line currently racing through Buckinghamshire, captured by our meteorologist, Matt Hills. Amazing!

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2 years

Historic! 1pm obs, over 40C. Hottest Day in History. #heatwave

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2 years

Good news if you're holding off using the heating in anger ... another very mild week coming up with temperatures miles above normal.

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6 years

Here's a snapshot of the potential max temps from Sunday to Wednesday, which are expected to continue rising through next week... #ukheatwave

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2 years

As Summer 2022 draws to a close, how does it rank against some of the other notable hot summers in the UK? In terms of days in which somewhere in the UK has recorded 30°C or more, the results might surprise you... #summer #30degrees

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3 years

April showers bring May flowers, unless they freeze in the northerly breeze...💐❄️

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7 years

A true British bake-off! We're likely to see the hottest ever summer solstice tomorrow with parts of the south-east reaching 33-34C

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7 years

It's heating up next week as high pressure takes control. Here's a sneaky peek at Thursday's max temps as #Summer2017 approaches

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2 years

Hottest temperature on record in Scotland: 32.9˚C Hottest temperature on record in Wales: 35.2˚C Hottest temperature on record in England: 38.7˚C Latest modelled temperatures for the next 3 days... #Heatwave2022 #heatwaveuk

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2 years

Astounding, worrying heat on Monday and Tuesday with all-time records likely to be smashed - not just daytime, the chart below shows current predictions for 1am on Tuesday! #heatwave #GlobalWarming

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2 years

#stormeunice Staggering, take a look at the top wind gusts so far today across England and Wales. Over 80mph from Yorkshire to the south coast and the rather terrifying 122mph at Needles Lighthouse. A day for the history books.

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11 months

Thunderstorm Alert! 🌩️ After weeks of very settled and dry conditions, this weekend is looking to have some more interesting weather in store! Here is the latest lightning risk map for this Sunday ⚡️

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5 years

Stunning heat map from 1pm across the UK ... parts of East Anglia and the London area now around 36C #heatwaveuk #hottestdayonrecord

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2 years

Completely surreal skies this evening! As this #heatwave begins to break down, our meteorologists have been capturing some stunning mammatus clouds across Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire at sunset. What an incredible end to a historic day of UK weather!

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2 years

An unsettled week to come, with all eyes on Friday in particular. Latest weather models are indicating the potential for a very nasty storm...

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7 years

Boom! Intense thunderstorms that bubbled up over eastern Spain yesterday brought torrential downpours, huge hail and frequent lightning!⚡️

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6 years

Models continue to show an astonishing level of cold for next week. Here's the wind chill equivalent temperatures for Tuesday night. A growing risk of disruptive snow in places from Monday night onward - the risk highest in the east.

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2 years

What a day! Here are the final max temps across the UK on its #hottestdayonrecord . Provisionally, at least 34 different stations have beaten the old record of 38.7°C and 7 stations have reached 40.0°C or over! Waddington & Coningsby in Lincolnshire coming out on top with 40.3°C!

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3 years

Bella looking like an absolute beast on the analysed pressure chart below!🌀⬇️ Secure those outdoor Christmas decorations, the storm will be pushing southwards across the UK this evening and tonight, with winds strengthening... #StormBella #BoxingDay

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6 months

🥶 Winter is coming 🥶 Turning very cold across the UK this weekend under a northerly flow, with sub-zero temperatures expected widely on Saturday night! Scotland may also see some snow in places❄️ Gif: Minimum air temperatures on Saturday and Sunday. #ukweather #winter

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3 years

Welcome to the start of meteorological autumn across the Northern Hemisphere. You'd think summer would have come first though..!

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2 years

The shockwave is still ongoing across the UK at 10pm. If you ignore the small-scale spikes, it's obvious that pressure waves are still rolling past, much like an atmospheric tsunami.

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2 years

Spectacular views of the fog forming across London from the Shard overnight! 🤩 This was when the fog was thin and just beginning to thicken with the street lights below still shining through. #ShardView @shardview #londonfog

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4 years

Fair play to the forecast models, they've been remarkably consistent with #StormCiara for the last 4 days ... all we need now is for people to heed the warnings and be ultra careful if they have to travel. Here are tomorrow's peak gusts.

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6 years

Some truly extraordinary cold heading into Europe next week as super frigid air pushes south-westwards out of NW Russia. This chart from the EC model shows how cold it is at roughly 5000 feet (850mb) - not a weather chart you see very often in our part of the world!

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4 years

Today was a great day. Day 1 working from our shiny new offices!

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2 years

Just scary temperatures in France ...

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4 years

#Thunderstorms are likely next week from Monday until at least Friday. Very frequent lightning and localised flooding is possible. By the end of the week you'll be very lucky/unlucky not to have had at least one! Potentially the biggest UK thunderstorm outbreak in years! ⛈️

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5 years

Winter record smashed again ... 21.2C (70.2F) at Kew Gardens. To breach 70F in a winter month is extraordinary ... the previous earliest date for that mark was 10th March in 1929.

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5 years

It's not only #Santa that is coming down from the North Pole this #Christmas ... The #PolarVortex is heading our way and will get mighty close to the northern half of the British Isles.

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7 years

Reports of a #tornado through Mid Wales and into Shropshire earlier today with structural damage. Notice the hook echo on the radar image.

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5 years

Still a lot of uncertainty surrounding the extent of this #cold spell and the threat of any associated #snow , but what is looking likely is that temperatures will be dropping from mid-week... time to finally dig out those winter woollies!❄️

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8 years

A long way off and subject to change, but models going for searing heat next week. This from the GFS Tues & Wed...

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3 years

With colder weather on the way it's time to bring back our ❄️FROSTY CAR INDEX❄️ Be sure to check the chances of you needing to scrape your cars over the next few days..!🚘⬇️

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3 years

Wow, parts of the south hit minus 7C last night with some places colder in the first few hours of 2021 than at any time in 2020. Here are last night's lows. Happy New Year from MetDesk.

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3 years

It's been an extremely cold night across northern parts of the UK! Sco, N Irel and N Eng all saw temperatures reach minus double digits! Katesbridge, County Down fell to -10.2C, Redesdale Camp, Northumberland reached -11.1C but Tulloch Bridge, Lochaber was coldest at -11.6C! 🥶

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2 years

When the north wind doth blow ... look away if you don't like the cold! A big change next week with Arctic winds, plummeting temperatures and snow for some. The detail will certainly change but here's ECMWF's current take for next Thursday morning.

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2 years

Are you planning to wash your laundry today? Be careful when you peg it out - it's raining in places for the first time in weeks! If you need an excuse to avoid washing the clothes, and enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend instead, our Laundry Drying Index may help!

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5 years

There is hope! Summer looks set to return for many of us next week. Here are the possible highs for a week today ... much more like it.

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6 years

Today marks the start of meteorological #autumn but the weather is in no mood to finish with summer. High pressure is set to be the main influence in our weather through the next week or two. Expect a lot of dry and fine weather.

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11 months

Thunderstorms have exploded into life across N England, the Mids and S England over the past few hours. This satellite loop shows the spectacular eruption of storm clouds containing torrential rain and huge amounts of lightning 🌩️⛈️

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2 years

Here's the 11am heatwave situation. Just look at these temperatures, and then consider it's still the morning!

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7 years

When it is winter and ''Tropical'' #Greece is 15C colder than #Iceland and 25C colder than UK. Where would you like to be now?

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5 years

Smashed the record ... warmest ever February day in the UK. First time ever over 20 degrees ...

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2 years

Worrying! Latest ECMWF seasonal model forecast favours below normal rainfall in Southern Britain right through the Autumn - here are the probabilities (%) of below normal precip for the next 4 months #drought

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3 years

Latest model guidance on forecast snow amounts overnight Saturday and through Sunday. Forecast 12 hourly accumulations to 06:00 and 18:00 on Sunday

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4 years

Impressive temperature distribution today across Europe and western parts of Russia! Very cool conditions for mid summer across Central and Northern Europe affected by a Polar maritime air mass, while temp is around 40C at Volgograd, in SW Russia, and Moscow has just reached 30C!

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1 year

Quite extraordinary temperature contrasts across the UK right now ... a tropical 16 degrees in Aberdeen but sub zero in parts of the south.

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2 years

Two temperature records just obliterated! 37.1C at Hawarden has thrashed the previous Welsh record of 35.2C. 37.5C recorded in Jersey, a new island record! Bude in Cornwall also recorded 35.7C, completely astounding for a Cornish town! #heatwaveuk #Heatwave2022

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5 years

The astonishing European #heatwave will bring us one really sizzling day ... Saturday should hit the low 30s and may locally threaten mid-30s if everything comes together. If you hate the heat, fresher air arrives for Sunday.

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4 years

You asked, and we listened! Whilst risk maps are characterised by traffic light colour schemes, we appreciate that Frosty looks best blue. Here's the new Frosty Car Index for tomorrow morning.

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5 years

Looking out the window of MetDesk towers this morning, these impressive #KelvinHelmholtz clouds had formed along the front draped across the southern half of the UK☁️🌊

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3 years

Brocken Spectre time! Stunning weather across the Chilterns today with fog in the valleys and bright sunshine over the tops. Perfect for capturing the illusive Brocken Spectre as beautifully demonstated by MetDesk's Forecast Manager Brendan Jones on a frosty walk.

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4 years

Looks like a map of daytime maxima doesn't it? But amazingly this is the forecast of the temperature at midnight tonight. An uncomfortable night to come for many. #heatwave #heatwaveuk

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6 years

Change is coming ... the long, hot dry spell looks like collapsing by early next week as Atlantic weather systems head our way ... here's the EC chart for next Monday with low pressure in control ....

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2 years

Doing the laundry this weekend? Here’s your forecast..

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6 years

Provisionally, England and Wales have had the warmest May-July ever recorded, overtaking 2006 and 1976. (This is using the Central England Temperature Series which is an excellent proxy for England and Wales and extends back to the 17th century.)

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5 years

A beautiful looking low pressure system sitting off the southwest corner of England at the moment! This will move across the country over the next few days bringing unusually strong winds in the south and plenty of rain elsewhere. Quite a change from last week! ☀️➡️💨🌧️

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5 years

It's set to turn #colder next week as winds become more easterly orientated. Take a look at the 850hPa temp charts for today in comparison to next week...

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2 years

A cold Christmas anyone? EC model pushing for a wintry festive period. May be dreams will come true...

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3 years

Dreaming of a #WhiteChristmas ? Models hinting at a bit of a Christmas cold spell for the UK! Here's the dominant cluster for Christmas Day using the ECMWF ensembles - showing a chilly N to NW flow and below average temperatures. Could it?

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3 years

Deep snow, clear skies and light winds are a perfect combination for exceptional low temperatures overnight. Some of us will have just that tonight with some Highland glens trying hard to dip to minus 20C. Even without a decent snow cover, a hard frost for nearly all of us.

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2 years

There are still some extraordinary temperatures being modelled for early next week! Here are the maximum temperatures on Monday from a selection of weather models this evening with a good chance of Tuesday being even hotter! The UK record of 38.7⁰C is very much under threat! 🔥

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4 years

#StormBrendan is now a fully matured system west of Ireland with estimated wind gusts over open water of around 100mph. The storm is set to track north-eastwards in the next 24hrs.

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3 years

Here come the 30s...👀🌡️

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4 years

Whilst this output is considered at the top end of what can be expected, the wind gusts associated with #StormCiara on Sunday look damaging. Two comparable storms to this would be Storm Doris in January 2017 and the severe gales of January 2007.

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2 years

A final look at the temperatures expected over Mon & Tue in this #heatwaveuk . This heatwave is no joke & is unprecedented. 2 extremely hot days & an exceptionally warm night in between with no chance for homes to properly cool down. Look after yourselves and elderly neighbours.

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2 years

Writtle leading the way with 35.2C at 1pm - UK all time record still very much on later this afternoon before it goes again tomorrow! #heatwave

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3 years

Wow! Dramatic precip totals and lots of flooding from #StormCristoph , here's the cumulative radar totals for yesterday, over 100mm showing in the S Pennines and Welsh hills, all falling on saturated soils.

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9 months

Just annoying now! A Jet Stream position that spoils holiday plans.

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3 years

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1 year

Look what has made a return.. it's the #LaundryIndex ! Glorious spells of sunshine for most this Easter weekend, great for hanging the washing on the line! 🧦☀️

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4 years

Finally a bit of winter heading our way. Here's the risk of needing to scrape ice off the car over the next few mornings with our new Frosty Car Index.

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5 years

As the rain continues to pour down, we've totaled up amounts over the past 5 days based on radar estimates. The wettest areas have been south of London, due to thunderstorms, and across Lincs, the north Mids and North Wales where >100mm has fallen leading to #flooding

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5 years

Dangerous, record breaking heat will probably peak on Thursday across Western Europe ... #heatwave #heatwaveuk

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