The Times - UK (2022-02-03)

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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

16

Sunday

11

9

11

11

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

9 S 0.0 3.4

9 S 0.0 3.8

11 PC 0.2 4.2

7 S 0.8 3.0

11 S 0.0 **

11 C 0.0 **

9 S 0.6 0.6

10 PC 0.8 **

12 S 0.0 0.2

13 S 0.0 **

10 S 0.0 4.5

11 PC 0.4 0.0

10 S 0.0 1.1

10 C 0.0 2.0

9 S 4.6 2.2

10 S 1.2 1.9

10 S 0.0 **

12 C 0.0 2.9

10 B 0.2 5.6

10 PC 0.6 6.6

11 S 0.0 **

10 S 1.0 0.0

10 C 7.8 **

9 S 0.4 1.0

8 M 0.2 **

5 PC 5.6 **

9 S 0.0 5.4

11 B 0.0 5.5

9 C 1.2 **

11 S 0.0 5.5

10 S 0.2 1.0

10 FG 1.8 3.9

11 S 0.0 0.0

11 S 0.0 **

10 C 0.2 **

10 C 0.0 4.0

8 S 1.6 0.6

11 PC 0.0 **

11 C 0.2 **

10 S 0.0 **

10 S 0.0 **

11 C 0.0 2.7

11 PC 0.0 5.4

9 C 5.0 **

12 S 0.0 7.5

9 S 1.6 **

9 S 3.2 1.4

10 S 7.8 0.0

11 S 0.2 4.7

7 S 2.2 **

11 PC 0.2 0.5

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

19 S

9 PC

13 PC

26 PC

19 PC

32 PC

29 PC

18 S

2 S

18 S

3 B

6 B

18 PC

10 C

9 B

4 PC

7 B

27 S

19 S

25 M

22 C

22 C

8 R

2 B

12 PC

17 M

24 PC

10 B

17 S

10 S

9 B

7 B

16 PC

-9 SN

14 PC

28 PC

8 R

21 S

25 PC

33 PC

0 B

22 S

27 S

20 PC

14 S

17 B

20 S

19 B

15 S

19 S

18 S

14 PC

17 B

23 S

23 B

17 S

30 B

-10 B

-4 B

27 S

5 B

27 B

13 S

19 B

2 PC

15 S

18 PC

-8 S

10 B

30 S

4 SH

** S

-3 FG

32 B

16 S

14 S

14 S

27 S

25 B

-3 S

29 PC

30 B

-5 SN

-6 PC

21 SH

21 S

23 B

10 PC

5 PC

10 S

8 B

2 B

5 PC

7 D

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Five days ahead

Chilly tomorrow but

often mild and breezy

with spells of heavy rain

at times

Today Heavy rain in northwestern areas, with snow in the Highlands. Drier elsewhere. Max 13C (55F), min -5C (23F)

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

02:47 4.4 14:47 4.5

08:44 13.9 21:09 13.5

00:22 3.4 12:38 3.7

08:37 12.7 20:58 12.4

07:18 5.7 19:47 5.4

00:14 6.8 12:40 6.7

11:45 6.0 --:-- --

06:40 5.4 19:06 5.0

01:51 3.4 14:00 3.7

00:51 4.0 13:17 4.2

11:45 6.0 --:-- --

07:51 7.5 19:50 8.0

03:57 5.7 16:08 5.8

00:23 9.4 12:37 9.8

03:10 7.0 15:34 7.3

11:06 2.5 23:02 2.7

07:43 7.4 20:06 7.0

00:33 9.5 12:47 9.9

00:27 6.9 12:42 6.8

06:34 7.4 18:57 7.0

07:09 4.2 19:23 3.8

06:06 5.8 18:27 5.4

00:40 4.7 12:43 4.7

00:35 6.5 12:49 6.4

00:05 4.5 12:15 4.6

07:51 9.8 20:14 9.5

05:11 5.5 17:15 5.7

08:22 2.3 20:55 2.1

Synoptic situation

Much of the British Isles will

start out mild, cloudy and

breezy in the warm sector of

an area of low pressure centred

between Iceland and Norway.

A cold front will spread a band

of heavy rain southeastwards

through the afternoon and

overnight, introducing a colder

northwesterly fl ow with clear

spells and scattered showers,

wintry in the north and west.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Southampton, 14.5C

Coldest: Aonach Mor, -1.1C

Wettest: Blencathra,

Cumbria, 11.0mm

Sunniest: Shoeburyness,

Essex, 7.5hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

First quarter: February 8

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

17:10-07:31

17:35-07:37

17:27-07:13

17:35-07:16

17:39-07:15

17:24-07:35

17:28-07:21

17:23-07:03

17:25-07:18

17:17-07:21

17:13-07:01

17:49-07:21

17:22-07:15

General situation: Heavy rain or snow

in the northwest. Variable cloud, sunny

spells and a few showers elsewhere.

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Rather

windy with bright spells and a few

showers, followed by heavy rain

spreading from the northwest. Fresh to

strong southwesterly winds. Maximum

13C (55F), minimum -1C (30F).

NW Scotland, NE Scotland,

Cen Highland, SW Scotland: Cloudy

with spells of rain, heavy in places

later with snow in the northwest.

Strong southwesterly winds, with

gales in northwestern parts. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum -3C (27F).

Cen S Eng, Midlands, SE Eng, E Anglia,

London, Channel Is, Cen N Eng, NE Eng,

E Eng, Borders: Mainly dry with bright

spells, cloud and a few showers. Light

to moderate southwesterly winds,

strong in the north. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum -1C (30F).

SW Eng, Wales, NW Eng, Lake District,

IoM: Mainly cloudy with a few showers

or spells of rain over the hills. Drier

at lower levels with some brightness.

Moderate to fresh southwesterly

winds, strong over the hills. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum -2C (28F).

Edinburgh and Dundee, Aberdeen,

Glasgow, Moray Firth, Argyll: Largely

dry at fi rst with some sunshine,

before a band of rain spreads from

the northwest, reaching southern

parts into the evening. Moderate

southwesterly winds, becoming fresh

to strong later. Maximum 11C (52F),

minimum -5C (23).

Tomorrow

7

5

7

8

Saturday

8

7

9

9

Monday

11

10

11

10

Tuesday

9

6

8

10

27

thwesterly win

19 17

19

oooo

26

23

40

39

42

neyney Sh

21

26

10

10

9

7

7

9

6

8

8 7

10

9

10

9

8

10

9

9

7

9

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

seven fl ood alerts and no warnings

in England, one fl ood alert and no

warnings in Wales, and six fl ood alerts

and three warnings in 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

LOW

HIGH

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992
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Cloudy across the southern half of
the British Isles with outbreaks of
rain, heavy in Wales and northwest
England. Wintry showers in Scotland.
Drier along the south coast.
Max 12C, min 0C
Rain clearing England and Wales
during the morning to leave a bright
and breezy day with scattered
showers, frequent and wintry in the
north and west.
Max 9C, min -4C
A blustery day across the British Isles
with outbreaks of rain in northern
areas, falling as snow over the
Highlands. Drier further south with
some sunshine.
Max 10C, min -3C
Cloudy with the chance of rain or
showers in the north and west. Drier
elsewhere, but still on the cloudy side.
Breezy, with gales in northwestern
Scotland.
Max 14C, min -1C
Rain across Ireland and parts of
northern England. Sunshine and wintry
showers in Scotland. Largely dry in
the south.
Max 13C, min -2C
07.34
16.52
09.09
19.47
9
T
he northeast of England is
not always noted for a
pleasant climate in the
depths of winter, but last
month Boulmer on the
Northumberland coast was
exceptionally mild, sunny and dry.
In fact, the sun shone so brightly
across Britain it set a new record for
the sunniest January in England,
and the third sunniest January for
the UK. All of which helped to
banish the gloom of last December,
the dullest December since 1956.
Last month was also remarkably
mild and set a new record for the
warmest New Year’s Day in the UK,
16.3C at St James’s Park in central
London. In a curious reversal of the
usual weather pattern, the north of
Britain enjoyed the mildest weather
over the month while the south
suffered some bitter cold, especially
at night, when there were frequent
hard and widespread frosts.
January was also extraordinarily
dry. Even though the month ended
wet in the north, the UK had less
than half its usual rainfall over the
whole month, and England had its
ninth driest January in rainfall
records going back 160 years. Across
England and Wales it was largely
calm, but there was a nasty sting in
the tail at the end of the month
when the violent storms Malik and
Corrie battered much of the north.
Those storms ushered in a more
turbulent weather pattern this
month, especially across northern
Britain, raising the chances of more
heavy rainfalls and strong winds. A
north-south split could carry on,
with depressions sweeping the north
but high pressure and calmer
conditions towards the south.
La Niña in the Pacific, where the
tropical seas towards South America
have turned cooler, often helps drive
mild but strong, wet westerly winds
across the UK in late winter, and
may also raise the chances of a mild
early half to spring. Those westerlies
are being boosted by thunderstorms
sweeping around the tropics, as well
as a strong polar vortex in the
stratosphere over the Arctic —
which means there is little sign of
the freezing cold Beast from the
East this winter.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons