The Times - UK (2022-01-03)

the times | Monday January 3 2022 45

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

21

Thursday

5

6

7

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

9 S 0.0 0.0

10 SH 2.8 0.6

9 R 4.2 0.6

7 SH 15.6 0.0

12 SH 5.8 **

11 S 1.0 **

9 S 0.0 0.0

11 PC 6.4 **

12 S 3.8 0.1

11 S 1.8 **

11 S 5.0 0.0

11 R 2.6 0.0

11 S 4.8 0.0

10 S 2.6 0.0

8 SH 5.4 0.0

10 S 4.8 0.0

12 S 15.4 **

12 C 2.6 0.8

11 S 0.4 0.0

11 PC 0.0 0.0

12 S 8.2 **

12 S 3.4 0.0

11 C 1.4 **

9 S 2.2 0.0

8 D 7.8 **

8 SH 0.2 **

10 S 2.8 0.7

11 S 8.2 0.0

11 M 8.2 **

12 S 1.6 0.0

11 C 3.2 0.0

10 S 7.8 0.8

12 S 0.6 0.0

9 S 6.2 **

9 S 0.0 **

10 S 10.6 0.2

8 S 0.2 0.1

12 S 3.8 **

10 C 5.0 **

12 S 5.0 **

12 S 1.0 **

11 S 11.2 0.1

11 S 0.0 0.0

9 R 29.0 **

12 S 1.0 0.2

10 S 9.2 **

9 S 7.6 0.0

8 R 6.8 0.1

9 S 21.8 0.0

8 S 0.0 **

12 R 1.8 0.1

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

16 S

12 B

17 PC

26 S

24 S

28 PC

29 PC

13 B

1 S

19 PC

13 S

10 R

23 B

16 DU

13 PC

10 S

11 S

20 R

16 M

20 S

31 S

23 PC

1 SN

9 FG

17 S

17 S

24 S

10 B

14 B

11 B

7 PC

6 S

14 B

-3 SN

20 PC

21 R

11 B

19 S

27 PC

27 SH

-1 S

22 S

24 S

20 S

13 M

16 PC

17 S

23 S

12 S

12 M

13 DU

18 PC

31 S

22 S

27 B

8 S

32 PC

1 R

-7 SN

31 S

11 S

25 PC

11 M

27 R

11 R

12 DU

19 PC

0 FG

14 B

30 S

9 S

-5 PC

-3 R

29 B

23 B

11 PC

10 PC

26 S

26 SH

1 PC

30 PC

25 R

-8 S

1 FG

27 PC

19 S

25 S

5 PC

-2 B

3 FG

8 S

8 B

15 R

10 S

The Times weather

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by Weatherquest

Five days ahead

Chilly and unsettled with

frosty nights and periods

of heavy rain or showers,

with snow at times

Today Rain spreading south, wintry on some hills. Sunshine and showers elsewhere. Max 12C (54F), min -5C (23F)

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

01:14 4.4 13:29 4.5

07:19 13.4 19:46 13.4

11:13 3.7 23:43 3.6

07:09 12.3 19:36 12.3

05:51 5.6 18:20 5.4

11:08 6.7 23:34 6.7

10:25 5.9 22:54 5.7

05:18 5.2 17:46 5.0

00:11 3.5 12:40 3.7

11:48 4.1 --:-- --

10:24 5.9 22:55 5.7

06:17 7.6 18:32 7.8

02:28 5.8 14:46 5.7

11:13 9.6 23:43 9.4

01:40 6.9 14:03 7.3

09:30 2.6 21:48 2.6

06:18 7.2 18:45 7.1

11:23 9.7 23:53 9.5

11:12 6.8 23:46 6.8

05:09 7.3 17:35 7.2

05:48 4.1 18:09 4.0

04:41 5.7 17:07 5.5

11:22 4.8 23:57 4.8

11:19 6.4 23:53 6.4

00:46 4.5 10:59 4.7

06:26 9.6 18:52 9.5

03:36 5.6 15:54 5.6

06:45 2.2 19:18 2.1

Synoptic situation

Fronts will move southwards

across Scotland, northern

England and parts of Ireland,

bringing showery rain, turning

wintry over some hills. Low

pressure near France may push

some rain just into far southern

England, but any heavy rain

will remain across the Channel.

Fronts will continue to spread

south, clearing through Tuesday

to leave a cold northerly fl ow.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Jersey, 13.5C

Coldest: Cairnwell,

Aberdeenshire, 0.8C

Wettest: Achnagart, 38.0mm

Sunniest: Aberdaron,

Gwynedd, 1.0hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

First quarter: January 9

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

16:09-08:16

16:40-08:15

16:36-07:47

16:46-07:47

16:51-07:45

16:26-08:16

16:35-07:56

16:34-07:35

16:32-07:54

16:21-08:00

16:22-07:35

17:02-07:50

16:29-07:50

General situation: Rain will spread

south across northern areas. Showers

in central parts, rain in the far south.

Channel Is, SW Eng, Cen S Eng, SE Eng:

Heavy rain in Jersey and Guernsey.

Bright spells and showers elsewhere,

with rain possibly nudging into the

south later. Moderate southwesterly

winds, easing later. Maximum

12C (54F), minimum 5C (41F).

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Rain

spreading southwards, locally heavy.

Sunshine and showers in the south.

Moderate to strong southwesterly

wind, northerly later. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum -1C (30F).

Wales, Midlands, E Anglia, Cen N Eng,

E Eng, NW Eng, London: A few sharp

showers, locally thundery. Rain in the

far north later. Fresh westerly winds,

strong in places, mainly over the hills.

Winds easing later. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum -1C (30F).

SW Scotland, Borders, Lake District,

NE Eng, IoM: Some bright periods at

times, but mainly cloudy with rain

spreading southwards, turning wintry

over the hills. Strong southwesterly

winds, easing later. Maximum

7C (45F), minimum -4C (25F).

Argyll, Glasgow, Cen Highland, N Isles,

Aberdeen, Moray Firth, NW Scotland,

NE Scotland, Edinburgh and Dundee,

Moray Firth: Rain and snow clearing to

leave a dry, sunny but cold afternoon.

Showers persisting across the

Northern Isles. Moderate northerly

winds, stronger offshore. Maximum

7C (45F), minimum -5C (23F).

Tomorrow

5

2

4

6

Wednesday

3

2

4

5

Friday

5

2

3

5

Saturday

8

7

9

9

28

to strong south

19 29

31

oooo

30

17

23

21

27

neyney Sh

27

26

9

10

8

7

6

3

2

3

4 3

10

9

10

10

7

9

8

8

6

11

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15
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-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 Sunday there were
28 fl ood alerts and no warnings
in England, six fl ood alerts and no
warnings in Wales, and six fl ood alerts
and four 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
Trough
LOW
HIGH
LOW
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
LOW^1024
1024
1024
(^10161016)
1008 1008
1000
1000
992
992
984
976
A frosty start in the east before rain
and strong winds spread from the
west, falling as snow in places, mainly
over the hills. Wintry and thundery
showers in the west behind the rain.
Max 9C, min -6C
Rain clearing southern areas at fi rst
to leave a windy and chilly day with
sunshine and showers, mostly in
Scotland and near Irish Sea coasts.
Showers falling as snow in Scotland.
Max 7C, min -4C
Feeling chilly but staying largely dry in
the west with sunny spells after any
early showers clear. Blustery in the
north and east with wintry showers
more likely.
Max 6C, min -8C
A cold and blustery day with sunny
spells and wintry showers or
thunderstorms, frequent near western
hills and coasts.
Max 5C, min -6C
Very windy with heavy rain spreading
eastwards, followed by sunny spells
and scattered heavy, blustery and
locally thundery showers.
Max 10C, min -4C
08.05
16.03
09.14
16.38
9
T
he weather has been so
mild it feels like spring has
arrived early. A rich plume
of sub-tropical air drawn
up from the Canary Islands
and beyond sent New Year’s Eve
temperatures to a record high of
16.5C at Bala in north Wales,
breaking the previous record of
14.8C at Colwyn Bay in 2011. New
Year’s Day also set a provisional new
record high of 16.3C in St James’s
Park, London, beating the old
record of 15.6C at Bude in Cornwall
in 1916. And this could be a sign of
more mild weather to come this
winter, as folklore predicts: “If New
Year’s Eve night wind blows South /
it betokeneth warmth and growth.”
However, we are facing a
rollercoaster of temperatures. This
week is turning colder as
temperatures drop to near normal
for January and frosty nights return
before temperatures bounce back
for a further spell of mild weather.
The outlook looks like carrying on
blowing hot and cold for the rest of
the month.
December was also a mixed bag of
weather, although on average it was
mild. However, much of the UK sat
under a depressing blanket of thick
clouds, so gloomy that there was no
recorded sunshine for two weeks in
Lincoln, and much of eastern
England had less than half its average
hours of sunshine for the month.
Overcast skies also look like
spoiling a spectacular display of the
Quadrantid meteor shower tonight.
Hopefully a few places in the UK
will have skies clear enough to see
the meteors, forecast to peak around
8.40pm, when there could be about
60 meteors an hour.
The Quadrantids come from a
stream of debris left in the wake of a
comet. As the tiny specks of debris
shoot through the Earth’s upper
atmosphere at about 90,000mph the
friction superheats the air and
makes the meteors glow briefly as
streaks of light: shooting stars. An
added bonus is that tonight there
will be very little moonlight after the
new moon last night, so the skies
will be dark away from the lights of
towns and cities, enabling good
views of the meteors.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons