The Times - UK (2022-05-23)

the times | Monday May 23 2022 51

We a t h e r

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

Thursday

19

13

16

19

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

15 PC 0.6 9.3

14 PC 0.0 1.3

13 D 0.2 1.8

14 C 1.0 4.4

20 C 0.0 **

19 C 0.0 **

15 PC 1.2 2.0

18 C 0.0 **

18 S 0.0 5.7

17 PC 0.0 **

19 PC 0.0 8.5

17 PC 0.0 6.7

18 PC 0.0 6.1

16 C 0.0 4.3

11 R 3.6 4.3

14 C 0.6 1.7

17 R 0.0 **

18 S 0.0 5.9

19 PC 0.0 7.5

13 DU 0.0 4.2

17 S 0.0 **

16 R 0.0 10.3

13 R 6.4 **

16 C 0.2 7.2

15 C 0.0 **

11 C 2.2 2.6

16 C 0.4 3.1

18 PC 0.0 3.8

17 C 0.0 **

21 S 0.0 6.0

19 PC 0.0 **

18 PC 0.0 2.7

17 S 0.0 **

13 C 0.2 **

15 C 0.0 **

18 PC 0.0 4.6

13 C 1.6 5.2

20 PC 0.0 **

17 PC 0.0 **

14 R 0.0 **

16 PC 0.0 **

22 PC 0.0 8.7

18 C 0.0 **

12 C 11.6 **

18 S 0.0 5.7

12 R 15.0 **

12 R 9.6 1.4

12 D 6.8 0.9

12 M 8.8 3.9

14 R 2.6 **

19 S 0.0 2.5

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

26 S

20 PC

27 S

17 B

32 S

27 PC

31 PC

26 S

33 S

23 S

25 S

17 B

26 PC

29 S

21 S

24 S

22 S

20 S

27 S

30 S

15 DU

19 PC

12 R

15 B

26 S

36 S

40 S

16 B

22 PC

27 S

22 S

24 S

24 B

13 S

27 PC

31 PC

21 S

26 S

12 SH

33 PC

** **

25 PC

24 PC

15 DU

19 B

21 B

31 S

22 PC

23 S

30 S

33 S

24 PC

10 DU

30 PC

31 B

26 S

29 PC

29 B

11 S

32 S

21 PC

25 PC

23 B

30 PC

25 PC

22 B

25 PC

14 SH

21 SH

23 S

18 PC

13 PC

15 S

24 PC

40 S

24 S

19 PC

16 S

17 S

19 PC

25 SH

32 B

11 S

14 S

19 B

26 S

25 PC

23 PC

14 PC

25 S

22 S

15 B

32 B

21 S

The Times weather

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Five days ahead

Unsettled at first with rain

and showers, becoming

drier across southern

areas later in the week

Today Generally unsettled with rain and showers, although drier in central areas at first. Max 20C (68F), min 2C (36F)

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

08:06 3.6 21:16 3.5

01:24 10.7 14:06 10.3

05:39 3.2 18:45 2.9

01:16 10.0 13:52 9.6

12:57 4.4 --:-- --

05:48 5.6 18:11 5.7

--:-- -- --:-- --

12:29 4.0 00:53 4.3

06:29 3.1 19:44 2.8

06:23 3.5 18:44 3.3

04:59 4.9 18:05 4.5

01:00 6.1 13:00 6.2

09:26 4.7 22:18 4.7

05:44 8.1 18:31 7.6

08:25 6.4 20:52 6.0

04:48 2.2 16:04 2.3

13:15 5.4 --:-- --

05:57 8.0 18:45 7.5

05:38 5.5 18:24 5.6

12:13 5.4 00:49 5.7

13:30 2.7 --:-- --

11:48 4.4 00:19 4.7

06:08 4.0 19:06 4.2

05:46 5.1 18:33 5.2

05:02 3.8 07:52 3.7

13:18 7.4 --:-- --

10:24 4.7 23:30 4.6

13:55 1.4 --:-- --

Synoptic situation

An area of low pressure and

associated fronts and a trough

will spread eastwards across

Britain and Ireland leading to an

unsettled day in many places.

An occluded front will push

rain across southeastern areas

during the morning. A trough

in the west will help to develop

scattered showers across

western and eventually central

parts of Britain later.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: St James Park, 23.6C

Coldest: Santon Downham,

Suffolk, 3.9C

Wettest: Achnagart,

Inverness-shire, 28.0mm

Sunniest: Jersey, 10.3hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

New Moon: May 30th

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

22:06-04:02

22:05-04:33

21:38-04:28

21:38-04:38

21:36-04:43

22:06-04:19

21:47-04:28

21:26-04:26

21:44-04:25

21:50-04:14

21:26-04:15

21:42-04:54

21:41-04:22

General situation: An unsettled day

with showers and spells of rain.

London, SE Eng, E Anglia: Bright

spells at fi rst, but mostly cloudy with

showery rain, perhaps heavy at times.

Light and variable winds. Maximum

20C (68F), minimum 7C (45F).

Cen S Eng, Midlands, E Eng: Mostly

dry and bright in the morning, but

scattered showers will spread in from

the west during the afternoon, some

heavy. Light westerly winds. Maximum

19C (66F), minimum 7C (45F).

Cen N Eng, NE Eng, Borders: A few

bright spells, but with scattered

showers, some perhaps heavy. Light

westerly winds. Maximum 17C (63F),

minimum 6C (43F).

SW Eng, Wales, Channel Is: Mostly

dry and bright at fi rst, but turning

cloudy with showers or longer spells

of rain later, heavy in places. Light to

moderate westerly winds. Maximum

17C (63F), minimum 5C (41F).

NW Eng, IoM, Lake District, Glasgow,

SW Scotland, Argyll, Cen Highland,

Moray Firth, NW Scotland, N Isles,

NE Scotland, Edinburgh and Dundee,

Aberdeen: Sunny intervals, but rather

cloudy with scattered showers, some

heavy at times. Light westerly winds,

variable in places. Maximum 16C (61F),

minimum 2C (36F).

Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: Sunny

spells and scattered showers, some

heavy and thundery in central and

eastern areas. Light to moderate

northwesterly winds. Maximum

15C (59F), minimum 4C (39F).

Tomorrow

16

15

15

17

Wednesday

16

14

16

16

Friday

20

15

17

19

Saturday

16

16

16

20

4

NE Eng Borde

14 11

5

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6

7

12

9

2

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8

7

17

15

16

14

14

12

12

11

11 11

18

19

15

13

14

15

14

13

13

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 Sunday 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
LOW
1024
1016
1008
1008
1008
1008
1008
1000
1000
1000 1000
1000
Mainly dry with sunny spells across
southern and central England and
southern Wales. Cloudier elsewhere
with showery outbreaks of rain
spreading eastwards.
Max 21C, min 2C
Sunny intervals and scattered showers
across much of Britain and Ireland.
Showers may be heavy and thundery,
particularly in eastern England. Drier
and brighter in the southwest.
Max 18C, min 3C
Mostly cloudy at fi rst with showery
rain spreading eastwards, perhaps
heavy in a few places. Becoming drier
and brighter from the west later in
the day.
Max 19C, min 2C
Staying dry with sunny spells across
southern England, most of Wales
and southern Ireland. Cloudier with
showery rain in northern England and
across Scotland.
Max 21C, min 3C
Staying mainly dry with sunny spells
across much of Britain and Ireland. A
few showers are possible in northern
and eastern areas with a chilly
northerly breeze along the east coast.
Max 21C, min 2C
04.57
20.56
02.50
12.52
13
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
O
rchids are proving to be
a good indicator of
Britain’s warming
climate, and exotic wild
foreign orchids are
beginning to appear here.
The tongue orchid lives up to its
name with a striking pinky-red
tongue-shaped petal sticking out
from the bloom. It is quite common
in the Mediterranean but has now
established itself in England, with
the attractive Serapias lingua found
in Essex a few years ago. Even more
dramatic was the discovery last June
of the small-flowered tongue orchid,
Serapias parviflora, on the roof
garden of a tower block in London,
as well as on grassland in Suffolk
and at a location in Cornwall.
Orchids from Europe are good at
taking advantage of England’s
changing climate because their tiny
seeds are so light they easily blow
across the Channel.
Another foreign orchid to set up
home here is Himantoglossum
robertianum, which has a
magnificent tall flower spike up to
1m high. It typically grows in central
and southern Europe, but was
recently discovered on a grassy
slope near Didcot in Oxfordshire. It
already has a close cousin in
southern England called the lizard
orchid, named after its spectacular
lizard-shaped petal that flutters in
the breeze with a reptilian wiggle.
The lizard orchid, Himantoglossum
hircinum, is well established on the
Royal St George golf course at
Sandwich in Kent but was so rare
that in the 1970s and early 1980s it
had to be guarded against orchid
collectors. Since then, it has thrived
and spread as far as Somerset.
Perhaps the most spectacular
boom has been the bee orchid,
Ophrys apifera, a glamorous flower
that imitates the shape, yellow
markings and furry texture of a bee.
In the 1960s it was largely confined
to grassland in southern and
southeastern England. In recent
years its numbers have increased,
and they have appeared beside roads
and railways and even on waste
ground. It has also found the climate
warm enough to spread as far north
as Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons