StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: MetOffice

Lovely [not] Yellow Warning form the UK's Met Office for Snow & Ice on Saturday 15th February 2025. I don't remember the road outside being gritted ! {Definitely damp & relatively feeling very cold this morning - yesterday, tipped ice from the bird bath onto the grass, this morning it was still there, completely unthawed}. e2a [on the 16th] definitely had the ice yesterday - very slippery & lasted all day, but no snow ... not my image ; fair use & public information

Western Area [ Eire, UKMetOffice & The Netherlands] list of storm names for 2024/24, announced on 28th August 2024 for the windstorm "season" running 01Sept2024 to 31Aug2025. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_European_windstorm_season Eire named Ashley which was active 18 - 21st October 2024. Quite a strong storm - lowest pressure of 947 hPa [27.96 in Hg] and generated a gust of 111mph [179kph] on the Caingorms, Scotland. By this time, Europe as a whole has already had seven other named storms. Not my Image : Fair Use & public information

The second period of extreme heat was forecast over the weekend 17-19th July 2022, it produced the first RED warning for temperature and high alerts for medical and transport facilities. Another heatwave in the first half of August is predicted to last longer than this mid-July period [4 days instead of two] but may not reach 40degrees. A continuing problem is the near drought conditions. There have been a lot of "grass" fires, some of which have been escaped BBQs, others have resulted in the distressing loss of family homes. I hope that the idiots who discard lit cigarettes and abandon BBQs actually have a conscience and stop their anti-social behaviour before lives are lost. . not my image ; fair use & public information

The MetOffice data showing how much the UK's mean temperature has changed in the period 1890 to 2021. There has been significant individual fluctuations from year to year, but a very clear overall, long-term increase, despite the shallow drop between 1950 and 1965. It will be interesting to see how the 2022 summer heatwave affects this ... . . not my image ; fair use & public information

Note that nine of the top ten "hottest UK days" have been post-1990. [the much commented on heatwave in 1976 didn't feature in this official listing] Also, the hottest days have been getting hotter ... . Not my Image ; fair use & public information