Why is it tricky to forecast cloud trapped under high pressure?
Over the past few days, it’s been a bit of a headache for us weather folk to try and predict where and when it will and won’t be cloudy.
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Over the past few days, it’s been a bit of a headache for us weather folk to try and predict where and when it will and won’t be cloudy.
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close on Saturday 30 November, in what has been a memorable year, but for the opposite reason to recent years.
Next month’s dementia summit is being described as a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise awareness of a condition which will affect one million people in the UK by 2020.
Sure enough, we’re midway through the week and despite numerous headlines in some tabloid newspapers, there’s been no chaos, temperatures haven’t fallen to -15C and most of us haven’t seen any snow.
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Considering that it’s mid-November, we’ve seen relatively few frosts so far, although that is likely to change into next week, as cold Arctic air spreads down from the north.
After a brief respite following Monday’s storm that caused damage and disruption across southern and eastern parts of England, the weather is likely to turn more unsettled in the next few days.
David Cameron says that fuel poverty only went up under Labour, but having looked at the figures, FactCheck isn’t as convinced. Same goes for his claims on winter fuel payments.
In Britain we are fascinated by the weather in the way that eunuchs are enthralled by tales of sex. We get so little of it.
Four people are dead after high winds caused chaos in southern England and Wales. Elsewhere 200,000 homes are without power and travel is in chaos as the St Jude storm sweeps across to the continent.
Police have warned people to stay away from the shore as Storm St Jude arrives in the UK, after a 14-year-old boy was swept away by the sea.
Hurricane force winds and 1.6 inches of rain will hit England and Wales tonight warns the Met, which has told people in affected areas to be prepared. We asked C4News readers how they plan to prepare.
We’ve all heard of Hurricane Mitch or Katrina, but why the blustery weather due to strike the UK on Monday has been named after a saint is unknown to Britain’s official storm watchers, the Met Office.