The Times - UK (2022-01-26)

the times | Wednesday January 26 2022 55

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

4

Saturday

13

11

11

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

8 S 0.0 0.0

5 S 0.4 **

5 DU 0.0 **

6 S 0.0 0.0

6 S 0.0 **

2 M 0.0 **

6 S 0.0 0.0

2 M 0.0 **

4 M 0.0 **

2 S 0.2 **

2 S 0.0 **

7 DU 0.0 0.0

4 M 0.0 **

6 S 0.0 1.7

3 S 0.0 0.0

6 S 0.0 0.0

3 M 0.0 **

4 M 0.0 **

3 DU 0.0 **

6 DU 0.0 0.0

4 S 0.0 **

3 M 0.2 **

4 C 0.0 **

10 S 0.0 0.0

0 FG 0.0 **

8 DU 4.0 0.0

6 M 0.0 0.9

2 DU 0.0 **

3 M 0.0 **

3 S 0.0 **

1 C 0.0 **

2 M 0.0 0.0

5 S 0.0 **

6 S 0.0 **

4 M 0.2 **

1 M 0.0 **

8 S 0.9 0.0

2 DU 0.0 **

7 M 0.0 **

5 S 0.0 **

9 S 0.0 **

3 S 0.0 **

2 DU 0.0 **

3 M 0.0 **

4 S 0.0 **

** S 2.0 **

8 S 5.2 0.0

8 S 0.2 0.0

2 S 0.0 0.0

8 S 0.4 **

3 DU 0.0 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

14 B

3 DU

3 PC

25 B

19 S

32 PC

29 PC

13 PC

5 S

16 S

-4 S

4 B

20 PC

10 S

2 M

0 S

-1 S

29 B

14 S

24 M

23 S

25 PC

-4 DU

6 PC

8 S

11 M

23 PC

7 B

15 PC

10 S

0 C

1 M

15 B

0 S

19 PC

27 PC

1 PC

15 PC

26 S

31 PC

-9 B

20 PC

19 B

20 S

13 S

20 S

15 S

17 PC

9 B

15 B

14 PC

9 PC

33 S

22 B

14 PC

5 M

32 PC

-16 B

-9 M

25 S

-1 M

26 PC

8 S

12 PC

0 B

13 PC

** **

-5 S

0 FG

27 S

1 C

3 R

2 B

32 PC

20 S

10 S

13 PC

30 S

29 B

5 B

28 PC

31 B

0 C

0 S

24 B

15 PC

20 B

7 PC

3 M

7 S

3 B

2 D

3 B

2 M

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Five days ahead

Gradually turning more

unsettled with blustery

winds and outbreaks of

rain or snow

Today Some sunshine but increasing amounts of cloud will bring rain in the north and west. Max 11C (52F), min 0C (32F)

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

07:17 3.6 19:31 3.8

00:17 11.1 12:45 11.1

04:40 3.0 17:09 3.3

00:04 10.2 12:32 10.2

11:17 4.7 23:56 4.5

04:20 6.0 16:51 5.6

12:04 1.5 --:-- --

10:50 4.4 23:31 4.2

05:50 3.0 18:00 3.3

04:54 3.5 17:49 3.4

03:56 4.7 16:18 4.9

12:07 6.3 --:-- --

08:26 4.7 20:43 4.8

04:33 7.9 16:58 8.1

07:00 6.4 19:42 6.1

02:36 2.4 15:47 2.1

11:57 5.8 --:-- --

04:46 7.8 17:12 8.0

04:30 5.8 16:57 5.5

10:55 5.9 23:35 5.6

11:21 3.3 --:-- --

10:18 4.7 22:58 4.5

05:13 4.2 17:36 4.0

04:31 5.4 16:58 5.2

04:10 4.1 16:30 3.9

12:03 7.9 --:-- --

09:39 4.6 21:52 4.8

12:04 1.5 --:-- --

Synoptic situation

High pressure will extend

across southern Britain from

western Europe, bringing dry

conditions with some sunshine

in places. Low pressure to the

south of Iceland will bring gusty

winds and rather cloudy skies

with some rain over northern

Ireland and Ireland as a set of

fronts spread east. A trough

will bring showery rain across

Britain on Thursday.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Fyvie Castle,

Aberdeenshire, 10.6C

Coldest: Ravensworth, -5.0C

Wettest: Harris Quidinish,

Western Isles, 7.8mm

Sunniest: Edinburgh, 1.7hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

New moon: February 1

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

16:52-07:47

17:19-07:51

17:12-07:26

17:21-07:28

17:25-07:26

17:07-07:50

17:12-07:34

17:08-07:15

17:09-07:31

17:00-07:35

16:58-07:14

17:35-07:32

17:06-07:28

General situation: Mainly dry across

England, Wales and Ireland with some

sunshine but cloudy with increasing

amounts of rain in the north.

SE Eng, Cen S Eng, E Anglia, Midlands,

E Eng, Cen N Eng: Dry at fi rst with

any frost or fog lifting to bring mainly

cloudy skies, but the chance of a

few sunny spells in places. Light to

moderate westerly wind. Maximum

8C (46F), minimum 2C (36F).

Republic of Ireland, SW Scotland,

N Ireland: Mainly dry with a few

fog patches and sunny spells in the

morning but cloud will tend to increase

from the west bringing rain later.

Light increasing to moderate or fresh

southwesterly wind. Maximum

11C (52F), minimum 5C (41F).

SW Eng, Channel Is, NW Eng, Wales,

Lake District, IoM, NE Eng: Mostly dry

with rather cloudy skies but the chance

of some light rain or drizzle at times.

Light increasing to moderate or fresh

southwesterly wind. Maximum

10C (50F), minimum 3C (37F).

Edinburgh and Dundee, Moray Firth,

Borders, Aberdeen: Dry with sunny

spells in the morning, turning

cloudier with the risk of rain during

the afternoon. Moderate to strong

westerly wind. Maximum 9C (48F),

minimum 1C (34F).

Cen Highland, NW Scotland, N Isles,

Glasgow, NE Scotland, Argyll: Cloudy

with rain, turning heavy at times.

Moderate increasing to fresh or strong

southwesterly wind. Maximum

9C (48F), minimum 0C (32F).

Tomorrow

10

7

9

11

Friday

7

8

10

8

Sunday

9

6

8

12

Monday

7

5

8

8

18

s and sunny spe

4 12

19

oooo

21

22

39

38

41

neyney Sh

18

19

6

8

7

6

5

8

7

9

8 8

6

6

7

7

5

8

7

10

7

5

r

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 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

HIGH

LOW

LOW

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

1032 1032

1032

1024

1024

1024

1024

1016

1016

1008 1008 1016

1000

992

992

Mild and blustery with rather cloudy

skies and rain over western England,

Wales and Ireland, but dry in eastern

England. Rain clearing Scotland to

bring showers in the afternoon.

Max 13C, min -2C

Cloud and rain will clear England,

Wales and southern Ireland to bring

a dry and sunny spells. Blustery with

sunny spells and wintry showers over

Scotland and the north of Ireland.

Max 11C, min 0C

Dry with some sunshine although

most of the day it will be cloudy

across England, Wales and eastern

Ireland. Breezy with cloudy skies and

outbreaks of rain elsewhere.

Max 11C, min 3C

Wintry showers across Scotland.

Dry at fi rst over England, Wales and

Ireland with some sunshine before

cloud thickens to bring rain from the

west, heavy in places.

Max 12C, min -2C

Dry with sunny spells over eastern

and southern England and the south

of Ireland. Sunny spells and the risk of

wintry showers elsewhere, especially

over Scotland.

Max 8C, min -3C

07.46

16.38

01.35

11.14

9

LOW

LOW

B

ritain seems to have been

turned upside down.

Winters in the north tend

to be colder and the south

somewhat milder but this

month that pattern has flipped the

other way. Scotland has seen some

surprisingly mild days with England

left in the cold, especially at night.

On Friday Benson in Oxfordshire

sank to a low of minus 7.9C while

Aboyne in Aberdeenshire reached

a high of 11.9C. Average

temperatures for Scotland reflect a

similar pattern, 2.6C above normal at

Strathallan in Perth and Kinross and

Tiree in the Inner Hebrides, while

Benson has been 0.2C below average.

Another curious thing is how little

rain has fallen across most of the

country. So far there has only been

about half the expected rainfall for

the UK and some places have been

exceptionally dry — Boulmer in

Northumberland has had just 19 per

cent of its usual January rainfall.

Many rivers are running below their

normal levels for the time of year,

although most reservoirs are well

stocked and groundwater levels are

where they should be in mid-winter.

Even though wet winter weather

can make life dreary, these rains are

crucial for restocking water supplies

for the next several months. Despite

Britain’s reputation for wet weather,

rainfall and water supplies can be

precarious, especially in southern

England and East Anglia. A case in

point is London, which gets less

rainfall each year than Rome,

Istanbul or Sydney. The capital

relies on good supplies of water

stored naturally in chalk rocks deep

underground that need recharging

with winter rainfall.

For much of this January, dry and

calm conditions have dominated the

UK from persistent high pressure.

But today low pressure and rains

start to encroach into Scotland,

ushering in windier, wetter

conditions. High pressure will try to

return but will face a battle with

low-pressure systems, and that will

tend to bring wetter, windy and

colder weather towards the north

and drier and calmer weather

towards the south — a familiar

winter picture.

Weather Eye

Paul Simons