The Times - UK (2022-05-25)

56 Wednesday May 25 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

21

Saturday

16

16

18

18

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

12 C 3.6 2.4

12 PC 0.4 0.0

13 PC 0.0 2.0

12 R 1.4 0.9

15 PC 0.0 **

12 C 0.6 **

13 R 0.6 4.5

14 C 4.4 **

16 PC 5.0 1.7

15 B 8.4 **

15 PC 9.8 1.1

14 PC 4.4 1.6

14 PC 0.2 0.0

14 R 3.4 5.7

13 C 0.2 2.5

15 PC 0.2 5.2

14 FG 1.4 **

15 C 8.2 0.4

15 PC 7.8 0.4

13 PC 0.4 2.3

16 R 0.2 **

15 PC 0.2 2.2

13 D 0.0 **

13 S 2.2 0.3

13 R 0.0 **

10 C 1.0 3.1

15 PC 3.2 1.9

14 PC 5.6 0.4

14 C 0.0 **

16 R 4.6 1.3

15 PC 11.0 **

13 PC 3.6 1.9

** ** 8.2 **

13 B 1.4 **

10 R 3.0 **

13 D 2.8 0.9

11 C 0.0 0.3

15 PC 3.6 **

15 R 9.2 **

15 S 0.6 **

14 PC 0.2 **

12 C 3.0 0.2

12 R 2.4 0.0

11 R 1.6 **

13 R 3.6 0.0

13 PC 0.8 **

13 C 6.4 0.2

13 PC 0.0 6.3

13 C 0.0 0.5

12 PC 1.2 **

12 SH 13.2 0.0

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

24 PC

15 PC

29 S

16 B

31 S

31 PC

31 PC

20 B

32 S

24 PC

28 S

23 PC

26 B

19 B

15 SH

22 S

19 B

20 S

30 S

34 S

16 S

16 D

16 PC

15 DU

26 S

28 M

38 S

13 B

25 S

26 PC

18 PC

17 B

23 PC

20 S

28 PC

29 B

24 S

27 S

19 S

34 PC

** **

24 B

24 B

15 M

19 PC

19 B

34 S

20 B

21 PC

28 PC

29 PC

30 S

18 PC

27 PC

30 B

24 B

31 PC

14 B

9 S

32 S

15 SH

26 PC

28 S

28 PC

23 B

23 B

27 PC

16 S

17 B

21 B

19 PC

9 R

20 S

25 S

33 S

26 S

20 PC

18 B

20 S

24 S

30 PC

32 B

15 S

17 S

15 SH

27 S

24 PC

24 PC

16 B

25 PC

22 PC

20 S

22 B

15 B

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Five days ahead

Showers or spells of

patchy rain at times but

plenty of dry and sunny

weather too

Today A breezy day with variable cloud, sunny periods and showers or longer spells of rain. Max 18C (64F), min 1C (34F)

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

10:32 3.6 23:30 3.6

03:57 10.8 16:28 10.8

08:09 3.2 20:54 3.0

03:45 10.1 16:17 10.0

02:30 4.7 15:12 4.6

08:35 5.6 20:45 5.8

08:41 3.7 21:33 3.6

02:05 4.3 14:49 4.2

09:24 3.0 22:13 2.9

08:41 3.6 20:57 3.4

07:26 4.9 20:19 4.7

03:30 6.2 15:23 6.4

11:45 4.8 00:31 4.8

08:06 8.1 20:53 7.9

10:43 6.4 23:12 6.2

07:07 2.3 18:24 2.3

03:03 5.9 15:41 5.7

08:20 8.1 21:06 7.8

08:11 5.5 20:42 5.9

02:01 5.8 14:38 5.6

03:10 3.2 15:56 2.9

01:31 4.7 14:14 4.6

08:33 4.0 21:25 4.3

08:21 5.1 20:56 5.4

10:21 3.7 22:48 4.1

03:09 7.8 15:45 7.7

12:50 4.8 --:-- --

03:27 1.6 16:09 1.5

Synoptic situation

A pair of occluded fronts and

associated cloud and patchy rain

will spread eastwards across

the British Isles. Brighter skies

will follow from the west later,

with sunny spells and scattered

showers, although showers will

gradually fade away during the

evening as a slight ridge of high

pressure builds from the west.

Overnight, a waving front will

push further rain into Ireland.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Heathrow, 19.2C

Coldest: Cairnwell, 2.6C

Wettest: Pershore,

Worcestershire, 19.0mm

Sunniest: Prestwick,

Ayrshire, 7.0hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

New moon: May 30

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffield

22:09-03:59

22:08-04:31

21:41-04:26

21:41-04:36

21:39-04:41

22:09-04:16

21:50-04:26

21:29-04:24

21:47-04:22

21:53-04:11

21:29-04:13

21:44-04:52

21:44-04:20

General situation: Cloud and spells of

showery rain spreading eastwards,

followed by sunshine and showers.

SE Eng, London, E Anglia, E Mids:

A largely dry and bright start

with some sunny spells, but cloud

thickening ahead of showers arriving

from the west in the afternoon.

Rather breezy with moderate to fresh

southwesterly winds. Maximum

18C (64F), minimum 7C (45F).

Channel Is, SW Eng, Cen S Eng,

Wales, W Mids, E Eng, Cen N Eng,

NW Eng, IoM, Lake District, NE Eng:

Areas of cloud and spells of showery

rain will spread eastwards through

the morning before turning brighter

into the afternoon with sunny

spells and scattered showers, these

becoming more isolated into the

evening. Moderate to fresh west to

southwesterly winds. Maximum

18C (64F), minimum 5C (41F).

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Rather

cloudy with showery rain spreading

eastwards at first. Some sunny

intervals developing later, as well as

further showers. Moderate to fresh

westerly winds. Maximum 17C (63F),

minimum 6C (43F).

Scotland: A cloudy start for most

places with spells of rain spreading

eastwards. Scattered showers

will develop into the afternoon,

interspersed with sunny periods. Light

to fresh south to southwesterly winds,

turning westerly later and strong in

places. Maximum 16C (61F), minimum

1C (34F).

Tomorrow

18

14

16

20

Friday

17

14

15

18

Sunday

14

16

18

18

Monday

14

16

17

18

20

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16

17

15

16

12

12

13

9

10

10 10

16

14

15

13

12

15

14

12

10

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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
flood alerts or warnings in England,
Wales or Scotland.
For further information and updates
in England visit flood-warning-
information.service.gov.uk, for Wales
naturalresources.wales/flooding and
for Scotland SEPA.org.uk
Cold front
Warm front
Occluded front
Trough
LOW
LOW
HIGH
LOW
LOW
LOW HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
1024
1024
1016
1016
1016
1008
1008
1008
1000
1000
1000
992
992
Mostly dry with occasional cloud and
sunny intervals, although the odd
shower is possible in the north and
along the east coast, while spells of
rain may arrive in the northwest later.
Max 20C, min 2C
Cloud and patchy rain will spread
across Ireland into Wales and northern
England. Cloud thickening in southern
England after a bright start. Sunshine
and showers in the northwest.
Max 21C, min 3C
Showers possible in the northeast but
otherwise largely dry with variable
amounts of cloud and plenty of bright
or sunny spells.
Max 19C, min 3C
A bright day with variable cloud, sunny
spells and a chance of showers, most
likely across southern and eastern
areas during the afternoon.
Max 20C, min 3C
Afternoon showers will develop across
northern and eastern areas while
southwestern parts stay drier and
brighter.
Max 20C, min 3C
04.55
20.58
03.19
15.26
14
A
ir pollution is not a new
problem. As far back as
1272, King Edward I
ordered coal burning to
be banned in London to
get rid of the foul smog choking the
capital, but his ban was widely
ignored. And further attempts at
smoke control by Richard III, Henry
V and Elizabeth I also failed utterly.
It wasn’t until the 17th century
that a pioneering environmental
campaigner stepped forward to fight
for clean air. John Evelyn is best
known these days as a diarist, but he
was also a gardener and forester,
and passionately concerned with the
air pollution in London. In 1661 he
wrote Fumifugium, an appeal to
Charles II to clean up the capital’s
air, which he described as “a hellish
and dismall cloud of sea-coal... The
city of London resembles more the
face of Mount Etna.” He described
how Londoners were suffering from
the stench of the smog, a threat not
widely appreciated, as he wrote,
“Inhabitants breathe nothing but an
impure and thick Mist accompanied
with a fuliginous and filthy vapour.”
The pollution was particularly bad
because the cheap sea coal that was
used produced clouds of smoke. In
far-sighted proposals, Evelyn
suggested using alternative fuels
such as wood instead of coal, and
although wood was expensive he
suggested planting new forests in
southern England to bring down the
cost of wood for fuel. He proposed
relocating polluting industries
outside London away from the
people whose health it affected and
even envisaged a green belt around
the city, planting gardens and
woodlands in new parks.
But Evelyn’s warnings fell on deaf
ears and Charles II ignored his
proposals. Fumifugium was so far
ahead of its time that it wasn’t until
the 1950s that the UK introduced
effective smoke-control laws. But
Evelyn’s writings have been an
inspiration for today’s air pollution
campaigners fighting to curb the
menace of modern pollution from
traffic and industry. You can find out
more at the “In the Air” exhibition
at The Wellcome Collection in
London (until October 16).
Weather Eye
Paul Simons