The Times - UK (2022-02-23)

60 Wednesday February 23 2022 | the times

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

17

Saturday

8

6

9

8

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

8 S 0.6 6.6

9 S 0.8 4.0

9 PC 0.6 6.1

5 PC 8.0 2.9

10 S 0.6 **

13 C 0.8 **

8 S 3.4 3.6

12 C 0.2 **

13 S 0.6 5.4

11 S 0.0 **

10 S 0.4 0.1

11 DU 0.4 3.5

11 S 1.5 0.8

8 PC 4.2 3.7

6 S 11.4 4.3

8 R 10.0 8.1

11 PC 0.2 **

11 M 0.6 2.6

12 B 1.6 4.7

9 PC 4.8 6.5

12 S 0.2 **

12 S 0.4 4.2

9 PC 10.4 **

7 S 3.4 0.8

7 C 5.6 **

6 PC 7.6 0.0

8 S 1.0 8.6

10 S 1.2 5.5

9 M 2.8 **

13 S 0.0 1.5

10 C 0.2 1.0

9 S 3.0 0.0

** ** 1.6 0.0

11 S 0.8 **

8 PC 3.4 **

9 C 0.6 3.7

6 S 4.6 5.2

11 DU 0.0 **

11 R 1.2 **

11 S 0.0 **

11 S 0.2 **

12 C 0.2 2.6

10 PC 0.6 2.1

8 C 14.2 **

14 S 0.0 4.0

6 S 8.4 **

5 S 12.0 4.4

7 S 6.8 3.6

6 S 14.2 4.4

6 S 2.0 **

12 D 1.2 4.5

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

17 S

10 B

16 PC

26 S

21 S

27 PC

29 PC

16 S

1 S

18 S

8 PC

7 SH

19 B

14 C

9 B

10 S

9 PC

24 PC

22 PC

26 S

21 DU

24 S

6 B

5 PC

13 B

24 S

22 B

9 PC

21 S

17 S

9 PC

9 PC

16 PC

-4 B

10 R

27 PC

15 B

21 S

25 PC

34 PC

9 S

22 S

21 PC

21 DU

21 S

15 PC

24 S

20 PC

15 S

20 S

16 PC

15 PC

22 PC

25 PC

26 B

17 S

33 B

2 DU

3 B

31 S

6 SH

25 B

15 PC

24 C

7 PC

15 S

18 PC

-3 S

10 B

34 S

5 PC

0 SH

1 SL

31 PC

21 S

15 S

13 PC

24 S

28 PC

-1 PC

29 PC

29 B

2 SN

-5 B

22 T

21 S

20 S

7 PC

7 PC

10 S

9 B

6 B

18 PC

7 B

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Five days ahead

Turning drier over

southern areas with the

risk of frost, otherwise

unsettled further north

Today Best of any dry and sunny weather in the southeast with rain further north. Max 11C (52F), min -6C (21F)

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

05:40 3.7 17:56 3.9

11:25 11.8 23:48 11.3

03:10 3.1 15:42 3.3

11:07 10.9 23:31 10.4

09:56 4.9 22:18 4.7

02:55 6.4 15:17 6.0

02:21 5.0 14:42 5.1

09:06 4.6 21:31 4.4

04:29 3.2 16:44 3.5

03:35 3.8 16:17 3.5

02:23 5.0 14:44 5.1

10:38 6.7 22:52 6.8

06:57 4.9 19:13 5.0

03:07 8.4 15:25 8.5

05:50 6.7 18:18 6.3

01:21 2.5 13:58 2.2

10:28 6.2 22:55 5.8

03:19 8.5 15:37 8.6

03:04 6.2 15:26 5.9

09:23 6.2 21:51 5.9

09:45 3.4 22:15 3.1

08:51 5.0 21:19 4.7

03:40 4.3 15:59 4.2

03:08 5.8 15:28 5.6

02:48 4.3 15:06 4.1

10:30 8.4 22:56 7.9

08:05 4.8 20:17 5.0

10:41 1.7 23:05 1.5

Synoptic situation

A deep area of low pressure

with multiple centres around

Iceland will bring blustery

winds and outbreaks of rain

across Scotland, Ireland and

northwest England as a cold

front spread southeast. High

pressure will dominate most

of central and western Europe

bringing mainly dry and sunny

conditions over the rest of

England and Wales.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Pershore,

Worcestershire, 13.8C

Coldest: Aonach Mor, -3.2C

Wettest: Achnagart,

Inverness-shire, 29.6mm

Sunniest: Leuchars, 8.6hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

New moon: March 2

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

17:56-06:44

18:17-06:54

18:04-06:34

18:11-06:38

18:14-06:38

18:07-06:50

18:07-06:40

17:59-06:26

18:04-06:37

17:59-06:37

17:51-06:22

18:23-06:45

18:01-06:34

General situation: Blustery with rain

in the north and west, heavy in places.

Drier and brighter further southeast.

Lake District, Borders, Aberdeen, IoM:

Sunny spells and showers during the

morning, turning cloudy with a longer

period of rain in the afternoon. Fresh to

strong southwesterly wind. Maximum

9C (48F), minimum -2C (28F).

Cen S Eng, W Mids, Cen N Eng, NE Eng,

Wales, SW Eng, Channel Is, NW Eng:

Any fog patches around at fi rst will

soon clear to bring a mainly dry day

with sunny spells but increasing

cloud will bring the risk of a shower.

Moderate to fresh southwesterly wind,

perhaps strong in places. Maximum

10C (50F), minimum 0C (32F).

SE Eng, E Anglia, E Mids, London,

E Eng: A dry day with sunny spells,

although cloud tending to increase

from the west. Light to moderate

southwesterly wind. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum 4C (39F).

Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: Blustery

with sunny spells and scattered

showers, turning to longer periods

of rain and heavy in places during

the afternoon. Fresh to strong

southwesterly wind. Maximum

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

SW Scotland, Cen Highland, Glasgow,

Edinburgh and Dundee, NE Scotland,

Moray Firth, N Isles, NW Scotland,

Argyll: Cloudy with outbreaks of rain,

turning heavy at times and to snow

over high ground. Strong to gale force

southwesterly wind. Maximum

8C (46F), minimum -6C (21F).

Tomorrow

6

3

4

7

Friday

8

5

9

9

Sunday

9

7

9

9

Monday

9

6

9

9

35

y spells but incr

22 20

33

oooo

39

30

36

37

42

neyney Sh

29

33

9

9

9

7

5

6

5

5

5 5

10

11

10

9

7

10

9

8

6

9

r

1

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 Tuesday there were 73

fl ood alerts, 91 warnings and two

severe fl ood warnings in England, ten

fl ood alerts and one warning in Wales

and no fl ood alerts but fi ve 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

LOW Trough

HIGH

LOW

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

LOW

LOW

HIGH

1040

1032

1024

1024

1016

1016

1016

1016

1008

1008

1000

992

984

968976

968

A frosty morning over England and

Wales, leading to a dry day with sunny

spells. Some dry spells in Ireland and

Scotland but cloud thickening to bring

showery rain at times.

Max 10C, min -1C

Cloud and rain clearing southern and

eastern England at fi rst to bring a day

of sunny spells and isolated showers.

Sunshine and showers elsewhere,

turning wintry in the north.

Max 7C, min -5C

The risk of a few wintry showers in

Scotland, Wales and northern England

in the morning, otherwise it will be a

dry day with sunny spells.

Max 10C, min -5C

Rather cloudy with showery rain

and snow across Scotland, northern

England and Wales. Dry elsewhere in

England. Sunny spells and the risk of

showers over Ireland.

Max 10C, min -2C

A band of cloud and rain will spread

east across Scotland and Ireland,

turning heavy at times before moving

into Wales and western England later.

Dry with sunny spells elsewhere.

Max 11C, min -2C

06.57

17.29

00.48

09.40

10

T

he storms this month may

seem unusual, but violent

storms have struck before

in February. “The streets,

which were everywhere

full of brickbats and tiles flung down

by the extraordinary wind the last

night... It was dangerous to go out

of doors; and hearing how several

persons have been killed today by

the fall of things in the streets,”

wrote Samuel Pepys in London

nearly 360 years ago.

It was one of the worst storms on

record to hit southern England, on

February 28, 1662, in the modern

Gregorian calendar. Daniel Defoe

investigated the storm years later

and described how the winds came

with a barrage of rain, hail and

thunder. He listed damage such as

4,000 trees uprooted in the New

Forest, thousands felled elsewhere,

and buildings severely damaged. He

said there were 123 deaths on land,

although the exact number remains

uncertain, and even less was known

about those killed on wrecked ships.

A tract entitled Mirabilis Annus

published later in 1662 gave details

of the damage to churches.

“Windows were blown in at

Tewkesbury, and the cathedrals at

Worcester and Hereford were

damaged. Finchingfield church,

Essex, suffered the loss of its spire

which fell into the nave. The spire of

the Tower church at Ipswich was

similarly blown off and fell, upper

end foremost, into the church.”

Windmills were often wrecked in

high winds in those days. Ralph

Josselin, vicar of Earls Colne in

Essex, recorded in his diary: “The

wind rose and was violent beyond

measure, overturning a windmill at

Colchester wherein a youth killed.”

He went on: “Divers barns, stables,

outhouses, trees, rending divers

dwellings few escaped ... throwing

down stacks of chimneys, chimneys,

part of houses. Whitehall twice on

fire that day. The wind was general

in England and Holland sea coast,

but not in Scotland.”

Strangest of all, several people in

Hereford were said to have been

hurled up in the air, one of them to a

height of six yards, possibly lifted up

by a powerful tornado.

Weather Eye

Paul Simons