The Times - UK (2022-04-13)

58 Wednesday April 13 2022 | the times

We a t h e r

5

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

5

Saturday

15

17

15

17

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 0.1 0.6

12 S 10.0 2.7

9 R 11.2 2.4

13 S 0.0 1.6

15 S 8.2 **

17 PC 0.0 **

10 S 4.8 0.4

12 C 2.4 **

13 S 5.4 5.9

9 S 0.0 **

13 S 4.2 2.7

13 PC 3.2 5.7

14 S 4.8 0.8

9 C 1.8 0.1

7 S 4.4 2.4

9 S 3.6 1.3

12 C 3.0 **

16 S 0.0 2.9

15 PC 0.0 9.5

9 R 5.2 2.7

14 S 1.0 **

12 S 5.0 7.2

12 C 3.8 **

12 S 0.0 0.4

7 C 6.6 **

5 C 0.8 4.4

8 C 1.2 0.2

14 PC 0.0 7.3

10 C 5.0 **

17 S 0.2 6.7

13 C 4.2 2.6

10 S 6.0 3.9

17 PC 0.0 0.0

12 S 10.6 **

9 C 4.8 **

10 C 0.8 1.4

7 S 0.4 1.5

17 PC 0.0 **

11 C 5.2 **

12 S 3.8 **

13 S 9.2 **

16 PC 0.2 4.2

10 DU 4.4 3.3

9 C 6.6 **

15 S 0.0 7.3

11 S 2.4 **

9 S 6.4 4.6

12 S 0.6 0.0

9 S 9.4 2.7

7 S 0.6 **

13 DU 4.8 4.7

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 R

19 S

16 PC

21 C

31 S

33 PC

30 PC

15 PC

18 S

19 B

16 S

15 S

19 SH

16 B

20 S

13 PC

13 S

22 PC

20 S

32 S

17 DU

28 S

14 C

9 S

18 PC

37 S

36 S

8 R

17 PC

18 S

20 S

17 S

17 SH

8 S

28 PC

29 B

11 B

19 PC

20 PC

32 PC

** **

22 PC

23 PC

17 PC

17 PC

18 B

30 S

19 PC

12 B

17 PC

21 PC

17 PC

17 B

26 B

27 B

17 S

** **

8 PC

7 DU

33 S

16 S

** **

18 S

23 T

12 B

15 B

20 PC

8 S

19 S

22 B

13 S

8 S

7 S

28 PC

35 S

16 S

13 B

19 S

24 PC

19 PC

28 PC

31 B

8 PC

8 S

20 B

19 PC

20 DU

23 PC

13 PC

14 S

14 S

10 PC

16 B

17 S

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Five days ahead

Some rain in the west

and a few isolated

showers but much of the

time dry and bright

Today Early fog clearing to leave sunny spells and a few scattered showers, locally heavy. Max 20C (68F), min -1C (30F)

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

12:15 3.6 00:48 3.7

05:35 10.6 18:07 11.0

09:45 3.0 22:29 3.0

05:21 10.0 17:54 10.4

04:06 4.6 16:42 4.6

09:45 5.7 22:06 5.9

10:23 3.5 22:51 3.5

03:43 4.3 16:15 4.3

10:58 2.9 23:56 3.0

10:30 3.4 22:42 3.4

09:08 4.8 21:39 4.9

04:54 6.0 17:05 6.3

01:08 4.5 13:29 4.7

09:50 7.9 22:19 8.1

12:23 6.1 00:52 6.1

08:39 2.2 20:12 2.2

04:51 5.7 17:17 5.8

10:02 7.8 22:31 8.0

09:47 5.5 22:12 5.9

03:46 5.7 16:11 5.8

04:43 3.3 17:14 3.3

03:16 4.6 15:44 4.6

10:17 3.9 22:44 4.3

09:45 5.1 22:15 5.5

09:13 3.8 21:42 4.1

04:50 7.7 17:18 8.0

02:20 4.6 14:27 4.7

04:56 1.5 17:50 1.5

Synoptic situation

A rather slack pressure pattern

dominates across the British

Isles for the rest of the week.

This will bring morning fog

patches and areas of low

cloud, breaking to leave sunny

spells and a few afternoon

showers. Rain over Scotland on

Wednesday morning, associated

with an area of low pressure

over the North Sea, will soon

clear to the east.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Holbeach,

Lincolnshire, 19.8C

Coldest: Cairnwell, -0.3C

Wettest: Porthmadog,

Gwynedd, 12.4mm

Sunniest: Wattisham, 9.5hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

Full moon: April 16

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

20:43-05:32

20:52-05:53

20:32-05:41

20:35-05:48

20:35-05:51

20:48-05:43

20:38-05:44

20:23-05:36

20:35-05:41

20:36-05:35

20:19-05:28

20:42-06:00

20:32-05:38

General situation: A mixture of sunny

spells and a few scattered showers.

SE Eng, Cen S Eng, London: Many areas

dry initially with fog dispersing, leaving

sunny spells but also a few scattered

afternoon showers. Probably staying

dry along the south coast, but some

fog patches. Light to moderate west or

southwesterly winds. Maximum 19C

(66F), minimum 4C (39F).

SW Eng, Midlands, Wales, E Anglia,

E Eng, Channel Is, IoM: Early fog

patches clearing, although perhaps

lingering on some southern and

western coasts, to leave a mixture

of sunny spells and a few scattered

showers. Winds light to moderate west

or southwesterly. Maximum 20C (68F),

minimum 3C (37F).

NW Eng, Lake District, Cen N Eng,

NE Eng: Mainly dry with sunny spells,

but areas of cloud may produce

a few isolated showers. Light to

moderate westerly winds, but with

onshore breezes. Maximum 16C (61F),

minimum 2C (36F).

Scotland: Rather cloudy at fi rst with

rain in places, but becoming drier

with sunny spells and a few showers

by the afternoon. Light and variable

winds, but moderate northeasterly

in NE Scotland. Maximum 15C (59F),

minimum -1C (30F).

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Fog

patches and low cloud breaking,

leaving sunny spells and a few isolated

showers. Light to moderate southerly

winds. Maximum 17C (63F),

minimum 5C (41F).

Tomorrow

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Good Friday

18

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Easter Sunday

19

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16

Easter Monday

14

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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 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
LOW
LOW
1024
1016
1016
1016
1016
1008
1008
1000
992
984
Cloud and outbreaks of rain spreading
eastwards across Ireland, with a few
showers in northern and western
Britain. Best of the sunshine in the
south and east.
Max 20C, min 4C
Dry in many areas with sunny spells,
variable cloud and a few isolated
showers. Thicker cloud in western
Ireland and western Scotland with
some rain in places.
Max 21C, min 5C
Cloudy in parts of Scotland with
patchy light rain, elsewhere bright
or sunny spells and a few isolated
showers.
Max 21C, min 4C
Cloud and outbreaks of rain spreading
across Ireland into western Britain,
heavy in places. Largely dry with sunny
spells in the south and east.
Max 20C, min 2C
Sunny spells and a scattering of
showers, heaviest in the northwest.
Max 17C, min 0C
06.08
19.52
15.42
05.43 Thu
15
T
he government’s new
energy security strategy
aims to increase the UK’s
energy independence
and cut carbon emissions.
But one glaring omission from the
proposals is geothermal energy.
Geothermal technology extracts
heat from underground. In some
parts of the world power plants use
geothermal steam to run turbines
that generate electricity, making it a
useful source of reliable renewable
energy. In the UK much of the
accessible geothermal water
supplies are not hot enough to
generate power but instead can be
used as a constant supply of hot
water for buildings.
Most of the accessible geothermal
hot water in the UK could be
pumped into central heating systems
or neighbourhood heat networks.
For instance, in Southampton a
geothermal heating plant has
supplied heat to homes and
businesses for 30 years. It is
estimated that geothermal water
could satisfy the heating demands of
all buildings in the UK, which would
save about a third of all our carbon
dioxide emissions.
Interestingly, lithium can be
derived from the hot water in certain
geothermal bores in Cornwall. A
company called Cornish Lithium
aims to extract the metal from
geothermal water beneath Redruth,
as well as digging it out of the
ground at a conventional mine near
St Austell.
Geothermal plants bring up
underground saline solutions
that can be rich in lithium as
well as manganese, zinc, potassium
and boron. Cornish Lithium hopes
to produce 10,000 tonnes of lithium
a year in Cornwall, more than 10 per
cent of global consumption last year.
Demand for lithium is soaring: it is
an essential ingredient in the
batteries that power electric
vehicles.
In southern California geothermal
plants at Salton Sea — a landlocked
salt lake — generate about 434
megawatts of electricity. Estimates
suggest it could also provide enough
lithium to support America’s electric
vehicle industry for years.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons