The Times - UK (2022-04-08)

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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

20

Monday

12

8

10

12

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

6 S 8.0 2.3

8 S 0.2 5.0

9 B 1.2 3.5

5 S 6.8 3.3

11 S 7.2 **

10 PC 1.0 **

7 S 2.2 6.6

** ** 1.8 **

** ** 5.2 1.3

9 S 3.4 **

11 S 1.6 2.2

10 PC 6.2 0.2

10 S 10.0 1.6

6 C 6.8 5.8

5 S 13.0 1.9

5 S 5.2 1.6

10 PC 0.2 **

12 PC 8.2 0.0

9 B 5.6 2.9

7 PC 5.0 5.2

12 S 5.0 **

11 S 3.2 0.6

6 C 14.2 **

6 S 7.2 1.3

6 C 21.4 **

6 PC 0.1 3.0

6 C 5.2 4.7

8 B 2.3 5.5

8 C 2.4 **

11 S 7.0 1.6

10 PC 9.2 1.3

8 S 7.8 2.6

12 C 3.4 0.0

10 S 0.4 **

5 C 8.2 **

9 C 5.4 4.8

6 S 7.2 0.0

11 B 5.0 **

11 C 7.8 **

10 S 7.2 **

11 S 5.6 **

11 C 5.8 0.4

7 SH 4.4 3.0

5 C 19.4 **

11 S 15.6 1.1

6 S 4.0 **

4 S 16.8 0.3

7 S 6.2 4.1

5 S 19.0 3.0

7 S 12.2 **

11 PC 3.8 0.9

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

23 S

12 PC

19 PC

21 S

35 S

32 PC

28 PC

18 S

15 S

20 M

12 B

13 R

22 B

12 R

12 PC

19 S

16 S

25 PC

34 S

32 S

15 SH

19 PC

13 B

7 R

17 B

37 S

38 S

8 B

16 PC

12 B

13 B

10 R

19 PC

1 SN

25 PC

28 PC

17 PC

27 S

20 S

31 PC

** **

21 PC

21 PC

18 M

16 B

23 S

39 S

18 PC

16 S

21 S

19 S

16 B

21 PC

28 B

32 PC

17 S

33 PC

12 PC

2 R

33 S

15 S

26 PC

15 PC

29 B

11 DU

15 S

22 S

3 S

13 B

30 S

14 PC

1 S

9 C

25 C

36 S

16 S

26 S

26 S

24 B

12 S

30 PC

27 B

1 SN

2 SN

19 SH

27 S

20 PC

15 PC

8 C

15 S

18 PC

15 PC

13 C

11 B

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Five days ahead

Often dry with a few

showers over the

weekend, turning more

unsettled next week

Today Sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy and wintry with hail and thunder. Max 12C (54F), 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

06:29 3.4 19:14 3.3

11:50 10.4 00:03 10.2

04:31 3.1 16:59 2.8

11:35 9.6 23:49 9.4

10:31 4.4 22:49 4.5

03:41 5.7 16:09 5.4

04:43 3.3 17:27 3.1

10:09 4.1 22:34 4.1

05:22 3.2 17:58 2.8

04:43 3.5 17:01 3.4

03:11 4.6 15:46 4.3

11:07 6.0 23:43 5.7

07:54 4.4 20:28 4.3

03:54 7.6 16:26 7.3

06:46 6.2 18:55 5.9

02:39 2.1 14:48 2.1

11:12 5.3 23:29 5.2

04:06 7.5 16:38 7.1

03:44 5.5 16:14 5.2

10:07 5.3 22:24 5.2

10:30 2.9 22:44 3.0

09:38 4.3 22:03 4.3

04:24 4.0 16:52 3.9

03:46 5.1 16:19 4.9

03:17 3.8 15:39 3.6

11:13 7.4 23:29 7.2

08:53 4.5 21:29 4.3

11:22 1.4 23:26 1.5

Synoptic situation

A deep area of low pressure

over Scandinavia, in conjunction

with a weak ridge of high

pressure over the Atlantic,

will maintain a cold northerly

fl ow across the British Isles.

Numerous showers will develop

as troughs slide southwards

in the fl ow, combined with

daytime heating. Rain will

develop over the Channel

courtesy of a slider low.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: St James’s Park,

London, 14.1C

Coldest: Cairnwell, -4.0C

Wettest: Kinbrace,

Sutherland, 27.4mm

Sunniest: Sheffi eld, 7.7hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

First quarter: April 9

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

20:32-05:45

20:43-06:05

20:23-05:53

20:27-05:59

20:27-06:02

20:38-05:56

20:29-05:55

20:14-05:47

20:26-05:52

20:26-05:47

20:10-05:40

20:34-06:11

20:23-05:49

General situation: Sunny spells but

scattered showers will develop more

widely, wintry at times.

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland, NW Eng,

Lake District, Cen N Eng, E Eng, IoM,

NE Eng: Fog patches clearing to

leave sunny spells in many areas

at fi rst, but showers will develop

more widely through the day, some

heavy and wintry with local hail and

thunder. Moderate to fresh north or

northwesterly winds. Maximum

10C (50F), minimum -5C (23F).

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

Perhaps cloudy at fi rst with the chance

of some rain, especially near the south

coast, but becoming brighter into

the afternoon with a few scattered

showers. Light to moderate north or

northeasterly winds. Maximum

12C (54F), minimum -2C (28F).

Wales, Midlands, E Anglia: Hazy

sunshine during the morning, cloud

building to bring scattered showers for

the afternoon, some heavy with hail,

sleet and thunder. Light to moderate

north or northwesterly winds, fresh

near some coasts. Maximum 12C (54F),

minimum -2C (28F).

Scotland: A mixture of sunny spells

and scattered showers, some heavy

with hail and thunder, and wintry at

times. Moderate to strong north or

northwesterly winds. Maximum

10C (50F), minimum -6C (21F).

Channel Is: Cloudy and chilly with

persistent rain, easing later. Moderate

to fresh north or northeasterly winds.

Maximum 8C (46F), minimum 5C (41F).

Tomorrow

9

8

10

11

Sunday

12

9

10

11

Tuesday

15

10

12

13

Wednesday

14

11

12

11

21

en S Eng SE En

18 4

14

oooo

18

24

23

21

24

neyney Sh

23

18

10

9

9

8

7

6

4

5

5 6

10

12

11

9

8

9

9

7

6

8

r

2

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 Thursday 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

LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

1024

1016

1016

1008

1008

(^10081008)
1000
1000
992
992
984
Mainly dry in many areas but rather
cloudy with a few bright or sunny
spells. Showery rain will affect the
southwest and southern Ireland.
Max 14C, min 0C
A frosty start, otherwise a mixture of
sunny spells and scattered showers,
these mostly in the north and east and
wintry on hills.
Max 12C, min -5C
Another frosty start, but many areas
will have a dry day with some hazy
sunshine. Small chance of a shower in
the northeast, with rain in southwest
Ireland at times.
Max 13C, min -3C
Rather cloudy with the risk of heavy,
showery rain spreading erratically
northeastwards, possibly staying dry
in the far east.
Max 18C, min -1C
Rather cloudy with the risk of some
rain or showers in places.
Max 17C, min 2C
06.19
19.44
09.55
03.42 Sat
8
H
ouseholds can claim
£5,000 grants towards
installing heat pumps,
which are also now free
of VAT (News, March
31). With home heating responsible
for about 14 per cent of the UK’s
carbon dioxide emissions, the new
grants are designed to help to wean
households off gas and oil boilers.
But heat pumps alone are not the
entire solution.
Heat pumps make hot water, but
not as hot as a gas boiler and not as
rapidly. To work efficiently, the
pumps need to heat well-insulated
buildings, quite possibly with a
ventilation system to refresh indoor
air to stop it going stale but without
losing heat. Space is needed for an
extra-large hot-water tank, and
larger radiators or underfloor
heating to make rooms adequately
warm. Simply turning up a
thermostat to get quick heat doesn’t
work because it takes time for the
system to respond to a change in
heating demands.
The government proposes to ban
gas boilers from new-build homes by
2025, making heat pumps and their
additional equipment an attractive
alternative, but for existing homes
the target year is from 2035.
The priority is good insulation,
and even draughty old houses can be
refurbished to high standards. The
Dutch Energiesprong (meaning
“energy leap”) is a concept that
installs exceptionally high-grade
insulation on existing buildings or
new-builds using prefabricated
panels, as well as using heat pumps
together with solar panels on roofs.
This whole-house approach makes
the energy needed for home
heating, hot water and even
electrical appliances — what is
called net-zero energy. Each house
refurbishment can take less than ten
days to complete. The results are
clear: in Utrecht, homes that were
retrofitted in 2019 have seen their
energy use drop by 78 per cent, with
their remaining energy needs
generated by solar panels. If this
sounds too good to be true for the
UK, Energiesprong began here in
2019 with 150 social-housing homes
in Nottingham.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons