The Times - UK (2022-02-16)

the times | Wednesday February 16 2022 53

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

28

Saturday

7

1

5

9

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 S 0.2 1.2

8 S 9.4 0.2

9 PC 2.0 1.8

4 PC 2.8 1.1

10 D 8.4 **

8 R 5.2 **

6 S 1.8 4.6

7 R 6.6 **

10 R 1.6 4.2

8 S 0.4 **

9 S 17.7 0.6

10 R 5.2 2.3

10 R 13.6 2.3

6 R 4.0 2.6

5 S 10.0 0.4

5 S 9.2 5.3

7 R 7.4 **

9 M 6.0 4.8

8 DU 6.6 0.6

8 PC 2.4 2.1

10 R 3.6 **

10 S 2.8 3.5

7 C 6.2 **

7 S 1.2 0.0

6 S 5.8 **

4 PC 3.8 **

4 R 2.0 1.1

7 PC 0.8 0.4

8 M 1.8 **

9 R 5.0 2.1

8 C 9.4 1.3

9 S 1.8 1.0

** R ** 0.0

10 S 9.8 **

8 C 1.8 **

7 R 5.0 0.2

4 S 9.2 0.7

9 DU 6.8 **

9 R 4.0 **

10 S 1.2 **

11 R 2.0 **

10 D 6.6 3.3

8 PC 7.2 0.3

8 C 17.6 **

10 R 4.0 5.2

7 S 6.0 **

4 S 9.8 0.4

7 S 10.4 5.8

6 S 15.2 0.5

4 S 4.0 **

10 DU 1.6 2.2

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

18 S

9 B

15 PC

21 S

22 S

29 B

29 PC

13 S

-5 S

16 PC

16 S

9 B

19 R

11 B

9 PC

7 S

11 PC

29 S

17 PC

24 S

29 S

23 S

-6 DU

7 DU

13 R

24 S

27 S

7 C

15 S

10 B

9 PC

8 B

17 S

1 R

19 PC

25 PC

8 PC

18 PC

23 PC

33 PC

4 S

20 B

21 PC

19 S

15 PC

19 FG

22 S

18 PC

10 S

19 S

14 PC

16 PC

21 B

20 B

20 S

4 M

32 B

-14 PC

-1 S

28 S

6 R

** **

13 B

13 S

-5 PC

12 PC

18 PC

0 B

10 B

34 S

7 PC

0 B

2 S

32 PC

22 S

14 B

13 C

26 S

29 PC

-3 B

29 B

30 B

2 C

5 B

27 PC

18 PC

21 PC

8 B

8 B

7 R

8 S

6 SH

-2 B

5 SH

The Times weather

page is provided

by Weatherquest

Five days ahead

Unsettled with periods

of strong winds and

outbreaks of rain, sleet

or snow

Today Becoming breezy with increasing amounts of cloud and spells of rain or snow. Max 15C (59F), 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

01:22 3.9 13:29 4.1

07:07 12.4 19:32 12.3

11:16 3.4 23:40 3.1

06:58 11.5 19:21 11.5

05:39 5.2 18:05 5.0

11:03 6.2 23:22 6.4

10:21 5.5 22:40 5.3

05:12 4.9 17:33 4.7

00:32 3.1 12:25 3.4

11:54 3.7 --:-- --

10:23 5.4 22:43 5.3

06:15 6.8 18:23 7.1

02:36 5.1 14:51 5.3

11:11 8.9 23:31 8.8

01:46 6.6 14:03 6.7

09:44 2.3 21:37 2.5

06:14 6.5 18:34 6.5

11:21 9.0 23:41 8.9

11:07 6.3 23:32 6.4

05:05 6.6 17:24 6.5

05:47 3.8 18:14 3.8

04:39 5.2 16:56 5.1

11:30 4.4 23:57 4.5

11:08 5.8 23:35 5.9

10:39 4.3 23:01 4.3

06:17 8.9 18:38 8.9

03:42 5.1 15:49 5.2

06:38 2.0 19:18 1.8

Synoptic situation

Multi-centred low pressure

broadly over northern Scotland

and western Scandinavia will

bring blustery winds across the

British Isles as a few sets of

fronts bring rather cloudy skies

and spells of rain in places. The

western low pressure centre,

which is named Storm Dudley,

will bring a period of gale to

storm force winds to southern

Britain and Ireland.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Exeter,

Devon, 11.9C

Coldest: Aboyne, -5.1C

Wettest: Sennybridge,

Powys, 21.8mm

Sunniest: Tiree, 5.8hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

Third quarter: February 23

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

17:40-07:01

18:02-07:10

17:51-06:49

17:59-06:52

18:02-06:52

17:52-07:07

17:54-06:55

17:46-06:40

17:50-06:53

17:44-06:54

17:38-06:37

18:11-06:59

17:48-06:49

General situation: Feeling mild with

some sunshine but turning increasingly

windy and cloudy with outbreaks of

rain or snow.

NW Eng, Cen N Eng, NE Eng, Wales,

Lake District, SW Scotland, Argyll,

Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, IoM,

Borders: Mostly cloudy and blustery

with outbreaks of rain, turning heavy

and more persistent in the afternoon.

Fresh to strong westerly wind, perhaps

gale force in places later. Maximum

13C (55F), minimum 0C (32F).

SE Eng, London, Cen S Eng, SW Eng,

Channel Is: A few bright intervals,

otherwise it will be cloudy with

showery light rain. Moderate to strong

southwesterly wind. Maximum

14C (57F), minimum 6C (43F).

E Anglia, E Eng, Midlands: Mostly dry

and feeling mild with sunny spells

but cloud thickening to showery rain

in the afternoon. Moderate to strong

westerly wind. Maximum 15C (59F),

minimum 4C (39F).

Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: A windy

and mostly cloudy day with outbreaks

of rain spreading east, heavy at times.

Turning brighter in the afternoon

with some sunshine. Fresh to strong

westerly wind, becoming gale force

in places later. Maximum 14C (57F),

minimum 1C (34F).

Cen Highland, Moray Firth, N Isles,

NE Scotland, Aberdeen, NW Scotland:

Mainly cloudy with spells of rain, sleet

and snow, heavy in places. Generally

light and variable winds. Maximum

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

Tomorrow

8

4

7

10

Friday

12

3

10

11

Sunday

10

6

11

11

Monday

9

5

10

11

37

ndon Cen S Eng

36 34

23

oooo

36

27

36

30

14

neyney Sh

5

5

13

13

11

8

9

6

5

4

3 3

14

13

14

10

11

13

14

11

8

11

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3
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L
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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 Tuesday there were
21 fl ood alerts and one warning
in England, 18 fl ood alerts and no
warnings in Wales and fi ve fl ood
alerts and no 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
HIGH
LOW
1032
1032
1024
1024
1016
1016
1016
1008
1008
1000
1000
992
984
976 976
968
968
Dry and perhaps frosty at fi rst in
southern and eastern England but
cloud increasing to bring a cloudy
afternoon with rain. Mostly cloudy
with spells of rain or snow elsewhere.
Max 9C, min -4C
Dry with sunny spells at fi rst over
southern and eastern England before
the risk of showers in the afternoon.
Sunny spells and showers elsewhere,
wintry in the north.
Max 11C, min -6C
Storm Eunice will spread east across
Britain and Ireland, bringing very
strong winds in the south. Cloudy
with spells of rain and heavy snow in
central and northern areas.
Max 12C, min -6C
Rather cloudy with spells of rain
spreading east across England, Wales
and Scotland, turning to snow over
high ground in the north. Sunny spells
and showers in Ireland.
Max 13C, min -3C
Sunny spells and the risk of a few
showers over northern and western
England, Wales, northeast Ireland and
Scotland, turning wintry in the north.
Dry and sunny elsewhere.
Max 11C, min -3C
07.11
17.16
16.52
08.01 Thu
12
I
t was 60 years ago that a
windstorm wrecked much of
Sheffield, turning large parts of
the city into what looked like a
war zone. In the early hours of
February 16, 1962, winds tore down
from the Pennines into the city,
ripping off roofs, sending chimneys
crashing down and demolishing
some buildings. Buses and lorries
were flipped over like toys and roads
were blocked with bricks, slate,
glass and fallen trees.
“Nothing has been known like it
since the German Blitz,” The Times
reported. “One of the 150ft
floodlight pylons at Bramall Lane
[Sheffield United’s] football ground
was reduced to a heap of twisted
metal. A 100ft tower crane on the
site of Sheffield’s new extensions to
the College of Technology twisted
and collapsed.”
Most people were asleep when
their homes started shaking and
blocks of flats swayed. “There was a
terrific gust and the roof just
disappeared,” one man told the
Sheffield Telegraph after his house
was ripped apart. Worst hit were
houses on high ground, and estates
of postwar prefabs, which were
simply flattened or blown away.
More than 150,000 houses — two
thirds of all the city’s houses — were
damaged to some extent, many
beyond repair, leaving hundreds of
people homeless. Three people were
killed and 400 injured. “Sheffield
this morning is a city in chaos,
numbed and paralysed,” the local
newspaper said in the aftermath.
The government declared a state
of emergency in Sheffield. The
damage was estimated to be about
£3 million, equivalent to more than
£57 million in today’s money.
The violence of the storm was
caused by lee waves, with winds
bouncing up and down in waves over
the Pennines, squeezing them tight
as they reached the lee side of the
hills. As the winds rushed down,
they were funnelled through river
valleys into the city in jets of wind
reaching up to 97mph.
The most extraordinary thing was
that neighbouring Rotherham and
most of Barnsley were left
untouched by the winds.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons