The Times - UK (2021-11-25)

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Weather

Channel Islands

NORTH

SEA

CHANNEL

IRISH

SEA

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Aberdeen

Glasgow Edinburgh

Carlisle

Newcastle

York

Manchester

Liverpool

Hull

Llandudno

Shrewsbury Nottingham

Sheffield

Norwich

Cambridge

Oxford

Bristol

Swansea

Cardiff

Plymouth

Exeter

Southampton

Brighton

London

Londonderry

Belfast

Galway

Dublin

Cork

Birmingham

CELTIC

SEA

Orkney Shetland

23

Sunday

5

2

3

4

Aberdeen

Aberporth

Anglesey

Aviemore

Barnstaple

Bedford

Belfast

Birmingham

Bournemouth

Bridlington

Bristol

Camborne

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Eskdalemuir

Glasgow

Hereford

Herstmonceux

Ipswich

Isle of Man

Isle of Wight

Jersey

Keswick

Kinloss

Leeds

Lerwick

Leuchars

Lincoln

Liverpool

London

Lyneham

Manchester

Margate

Milford Haven

Newcastle

Nottingham

Orkney

Oxford

Plymouth

Portland

Scilly, St Mary’s

Shoreham

Shrewsbury

Snowdonia

Southend

South Uist

Stornoway

Tiree

Whitehaven

Wick

Yeovilton

Around Britain

Key: b=bright, c=cloud, d=drizzle, pc=partly cloudy

du=dull, f=fair, fg=fog, h=hail, m=mist, r=rain,

sh=showers, sl=sleet, sn=snow, s=sun, t=thunder

*=previous day **=data not available

Temp C Rain mm Sun hr*

midday yesterday 24 hrs to 5pm yesterday

Noon today

7 PC 0.2 6.2

9 PC 3.2 0.0

10 DU 1.0 0.0

5 PC 2.4 0.0

8 DU 0.0 **

6 D 0.0 **

8 PC 0.4 1.6

6 C 0.0 **

7 M 0.0 6.3

8 C 0.0 **

8 DU 0.0 0.0

9 B 0.0 6.7

8 B 0.0 4.4

8 C 0.2 3.3

6 SH 0.6 0.4

6 R 2.8 2.5

8 DU 0.0 **

8 C 0.0 0.0

6 M 0.2 6.5

9 PC 0.8 0.0

8 C 0.2 **

9 C 0.4 6.4

8 R 2.0 **

6 SH 4.2 1.8

7 C 0.0 **

6 SH 5.6 0.7

9 C 0.0 6.3

8 B 0.0 5.9

9 C 1.8 **

7 DU 0.0 4.8

6 C 0.0 0.0

8 C 0.0 0.0

7 M 0.0 0.9

10 PC 1.2 **

9 PC 0.0 **

7 DU 0.0 2.2

5 PC 5.2 0.8

6 R 0.0 **

9 C 0.0 **

8 DU 0.0 **

10 PC 0.0 **

6 M 0.0 4.1

8 PC 0.0 0.0

7 C 1.8 **

7 C 0.0 6.2

8 PC 3.4 **

4 SH 6.8 0.2

8 PC 3.6 0.7

8 B 0.2 4.1

6 PC 3.0 **

7 DU 0.0 0.0

The world

All readings local midday yesterday

Alicante

Amsterdam

Athens

Auckland

Bahrain

Bangkok

Barbados

Barcelona

Beijing

Beirut

Belgrade

Berlin

Bermuda

Bordeaux

Brussels

Bucharest

Budapest

Buenos Aires

Cairo

Calcutta

Canberra

Cape Town

Chicago

Copenhagen

Corfu

Delhi

Dubai

Dublin

Faro

Florence

Frankfurt

Geneva

Gibraltar

Helsinki

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Istanbul

Jerusalem

Johannesburg

Kuala Lumpur

Kyiv

Lanzarote

Las Palmas

Lima

Lisbon

Los Angeles

Luxor

Madeira

Madrid

Malaga

Mallorca

Malta

Melbourne

Mexico City

Miami

Milan

Mombasa

Montreal

Moscow

Mumbai

Munich

Nairobi

Naples

New Orleans

New York

Nice

Nicosia

Oslo

Paris

Perth

Prague

Reykjavik

Riga

Rio de Janeiro

Riyadh

Rome

San Francisco

Santiago

São Paulo

Seoul

Seychelles

Singapore

St Petersburg

Stockholm

Sydney

Tel Aviv

Tenerife

Tokyo

Vancouver

Venice

Vienna

Warsaw

Washington

Zurich

14 PC

8 B

14 B

18 R

26 PC

28 B

28 SH

14 B

9 S

23 S

8 PC

7 B

21 R

9 B

7 B

6 PC

6 S

24 S

22 PC

29 S

17 R

23 PC

6 PC

8 DU

18 PC

25 S

31 S

7 B

16 PC

15 S

6 B

6 DU

16 PC

4 PC

20 PC

30 PC

11 B

23 S

22 S

29 PC

2 B

21 PC

23 PC

17 DU

14 B

20 PC

25 S

19 SH

7 PC

16 PC

16 PC

19 PC

25 B

20 C

21 S

9 PC

33 PC

-2 PC

-4 SN

34 S

1 B

28 PC

17 PC

15 S

6 PC

16 B

24 PC

6 S

6 B

28 S

5 B

0 B

6 DU

30 S

22 S

17 S

16 PC

26 S

30 S

9 R

31 PC

25 R

3 C

3 S

24 B

23 S

23 PC

16 PC

8 PC

11 S

6 PC

6 R

6 PC

4 DU

The Times weather

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Five days ahead

Very windy the next few

days with rain, sleet or

snow at times. Staying

unsettled into next week

Today Largely sunny but with a few coastal showers. Rain or snow in northern Scotland. Max 9C (48F), min -4C (25F)

Tides

Tidal predictions.

Heights in metres

Today Ht Ht

Aberdeen

Avonmouth

Belfast

Cardiff

Devonport

Dover

Dublin

Falmouth

Greenock

Harwich

Holyhead

Hull

Leith

Liverpool

London Bridge

Lowestoft

Milford Haven

Morecambe

Newhaven

Newquay

Oban

Penzance

Portsmouth

Shoreham

Southampton

Swansea

Tees

Weymouth

04:40 3.6 16:42 3.7

10:01 11.2 22:27 10.7

02:16 3.1 14:39 3.4

09:46 10.5 22:15 9.9

08:39 4.9 21:03 4.6

01:39 6.0 13:55 5.8

02:51 3.5 15:09 3.6

08:18 4.6 20:44 4.2

03:39 3.2 15:39 3.5

02:31 3.7 15:02 3.6

01:21 4.8 13:36 5.0

09:30 6.3 21:27 6.4

05:57 4.8 18:06 4.7

02:02 8.0 14:14 8.0

04:38 6.3 17:07 6.4

00:22 2.4 13:01 2.2

09:12 6.0 21:39 5.6

02:13 7.9 14:25 8.0

01:58 5.8 14:07 5.7

08:05 6.0 20:33 5.7

08:38 3.5 21:07 3.1

07:41 4.8 20:03 4.5

02:33 4.3 14:41 4.2

01:58 5.5 14:09 5.3

03:49 4.1 13:46 4.0

09:18 8.0 21:44 7.5

07:02 4.7 19:14 4.8

09:13 1.7 21:53 1.5

Synoptic situation

A broad area of high pressure

situated in the North Atlantic

will drive a northerly fl ow, with

a cold air mass moving across

the British Isles behind a cold

front. Many inland areas will be

dry with sunny spells, although

scattered wintry showers

will affect some coastlines. A

frontal system will push cloud

and rain in from the north later

and overnight into tomorrow.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Mumbles Head, 10.9C

Coldest: Writtle,

Essex, -2.4C

Wettest: Achnagart, 18.8mm

Sunniest: Tibenham,

Norfolk, 7.4hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

Third quarter: November 27

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

16:09-07:43

16:38-07:44

16:32-07:18

16:41-07:19

16:46-07:17

16:25-07:44

16:32-07:27

16:29-07:07

16:29-07:24

16:19-07:29

16:18-07:06

16:56-07:22

16:26-07:20

General situation: Sunny spells and

a few showers near the coasts. Rain,

sleet or snow in the north later.

Wales, SW Eng, E Anglia, Channel Is,

SE Eng, E Eng, NE Eng: A few blustery

and locally heavy showers near the

coasts, but dry and largely sunny

further inland. Quite chilly in a

moderate northerly breeze, fresh to

strong along exposed coasts. Maximum

9C (48F), minimum -3C (27F).

Republic of Ireland, N Ireland, IoM:

Chilly with sunshine and isolated

showers after a frosty start. Cloudier

in the north later with some patchy

drizzle. Light to moderate northerly

winds, fresh on the coast. Maximum

7C (45F), minimum 0C (32F).

Argyll, Cen Highland, NW Scotland,

Moray Firth, NE Scotland, Aberdeen,

NE Scotland, N Isles: Mainly cloudy

with spells of rain, sleet or snow, but

with some early sunshine in southern

parts. Moderate northwesterly winds,

strong on the coast. Maximum

7C (45F), minimum -4C (25F).

Cen S Eng, London, Midlands, NW Eng,

Lake District, Cen N Eng: Dry with

largely unbroken sunshine after a cold

and frosty start. Light to moderate

northerly winds. Maximum 6C (43F),

minimum -2C (28F).

SW Scotland, Edinburgh and Dundee,

Borders, Glasgow: A dry and sunny

start before thickening cloud

brings one or two wintry showers

later. Moderate to fresh north to

northwesterly winds. Maximum

5C (41F), minimum -2C (28F).

Tomorrow

8

6

8

9

Saturday

4

1

3

3

Monday

5

2

8

5

Tuesday

8

10

12

10

30

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25 24

27

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23

31

22

21

20

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21

14

5

5

4

4

2

4

1

4

4 3

5

5

7

7

4

6

5

6

3

8

r

ih

L

k

F

95

86

77

68

59

50

41

32

23

14

5

C

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

-5

-10

-15

Wind speed

(mph)

Temperature

28 (degrees C)

34

Sea state

Calm

Slight

Moderate

Rough

Flood alerts and warnings

At 17:00 on Wednesday there were no

fl ood alerts or warnings in England,

Wales or Scotland.

For further information and updates

in England visit fl ood-warning-

information.service.gov.uk, for Wales

naturalresources.wales/fl ooding and

for Scotland SEPA.org.uk

Cold front

Warm front

Occluded front

Trough

LOW

HIGH

LOW

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

LOW

LOW

LOW

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1008
1008
1008
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Windy in eastern England with spells
of showery rain. A band of rain will
push into Ireland and western Britain,
initially falling as snow on the hills.
Drier and brighter in central parts.
Max 12C, min -7C
Heavy rain will spread southwards,
wintry on some hills. Sunshine and
wintry showers later, with a longer
spell of snow in Scotland. Very windy
with gales around some coastlines.
Max 10C, min -6C
An unsettled day with widespread
strong winds and scattered rain, sleet
or snow showers, frequent in northern
Scotland. An area of rain, sleet or
snow will spread across the south.
Max 6C, min -8C
A cold, bright and frosty start across
England and Wales. Rain in the north
and west, falling as snow in parts of
Scotland. Rain perhaps spreading into
southern parts later.
Max 12C, min 1C
Becoming rather breezy with spells of
heavy rain spreading southeastwards,
perhaps falling as snow in northeast
Scotland. Drier in southeast England
with the best of the brightness.
Max 13C, min 1C
07.34
15.59
20.59
13.06 Fri
6
W
inter seems to have
arrived early, and
this weekend will
feel bitterly cold in
raw Arctic winds,
with snow showers in many eastern
and northern areas. It is a big shock
after a largely mild autumn, and the
roots of this dramatic change in the
weather may lie thousands of miles
away in the Pacific Ocean.
The unmistakable signs of La
Niña have emerged in the Pacific, as
tropical seas have turned cooler
towards South America. This La
Niña is expected to grow over the
next three months to reach
moderate strength, setting off
drenching rains in southeast Asia
and eastern Australia, while South
America will turn drier in the west.
The effects will also be felt in the
UK. The sudden arrival of our
present cold spell may be the work
of La Niña, although by late winter
it could turn mild, wet and stormy.
“In late autumn and early winter
La Niña tends to lead to high
pressure developing in the mid-
Atlantic, which stops Atlantic
weather systems from delivering
mild air to the UK, allowing cold
conditions to intensify,” said Adam
Scaife, head of long-range
forecasting at the Met Office. “In
late winter La Niña tends to drive a
strengthening of the jet stream
towards the Arctic, increasing
storminess and heavy rainfall, while
bringing milder conditions.”
It is reminiscent of the infamous
early winter of 2010-11 when Britain
was plunged into a Siberian freeze
from late November into December
during a very powerful bout of
La Niña.
It is not the only thing that drives
our winter weather. Last winter
there was an episode of La Niña, but
it had little impact because other
factors came into play, such as winds
in the stratosphere blowing east or
west around the Equator. This
winter the stratospheric winds are
sweeping eastwards, weakening the
jet stream across the Atlantic, and
that raises the chances of cold
weather in Britain. Balanced against
that, the rise in global temperatures
will moderate any freeze in the UK.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons