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Category: Weather
Laundry and outfit planning among the leading motivations behind checking the forecast, research reveals
Almost half (41.4%) cited laundry as their main motivation, ahead of general curiosity in what the weather is doing for the day (40.6%), and planning […]
Severe heatwaves and droughts are making extreme wildfires more frequent and intense worldwide
Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by […]
Wet September to start meteorological autumn
After the hottest summer on record with below-average rainfall and areas reaching drought status, meteorological autumn has started with a wet month and temperatures around […]
Research reveals changing hail risks in a warming Europe
Climate experts from the Met Office, Newcastle University and the University of Bristol used European-wide km-scale simulations to model future changes to hail with global warming. […]
Unsettled weather persists with heavy showers and thunderstorms into the weekend
Today (Wednesday, 10 September), bands of rain and showers will move northeast across much of the country, becoming increasingly heavy and locally thundery. While there […]
Yellow Warning for rain issued for unsettled midweek ahead
Today (Tuesday), rain will move eastwards across southern counties of England and Wales, bringing blustery conditions and heavy downpours in places. Elsewhere, a mix of […]
Winds and rain in the forecast as unsettled weather takes charge
Recent settled and warm weather, which has helped put the UK on track to having its warmest summer on record, has now subsided and has […]
What’s next for the UK weather as Storm Floris moves on?
Storm Floris is continuing to move northeast early on Tuesday, with diminishing impacts in the UK once the Yellow warning for the Northern Isles expires […]
A changeable week of weather ahead
Tonight (Wednesday evening), most places will be cloudy, with outbreaks of rain across the north and west pushing eastwards overnight. Tomorrow (Thursday) brings further unsettled […]