UK weather: Britain is told to brace for floods with 108 warnings and alerts in place

Britain can look forward to sunny days and frosty nights around Christmas – but forecasters have warned the New Year could bring floods. The start of 2021 is likely to be wetter than normal, with conditions similar to the first few months of this year, which brought four named storms, torrential rain and widespread, devastating … Read more

UK weather: 60mph winds are set to thrash UK this week

A Winter’s GALE! 60mph winds are set to thrash UK this week causing chaos on the roads and rail with 56 parts of Britain braced for flooding By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 14:32 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 14:34 GMT, 14 December 2020 Advertisement Strong winds will hit parts of Britain this week … Read more

Is white Christmas on the way? Polar ice bomb looms with temperatures to plummet as low as minus 7C

Is a white Christmas on the way? ‘Polar ice bomb’ looms with temperatures set to plummet as low as minus 7C on the big day Met Office predicts that between December 16 and 25 there will be mixture of showers and bright spells  Blustery showers potentially falling as snow could mean wintery conditions are confined … Read more

Is white Christmas on the way? Polar ice bomb looms with temperatures to plummet as low as minus 7C

Is a white Christmas on the way? ‘Polar ice bomb’ looms with temperatures set to plummet as low as minus 7C on the big day Met Office predicts that between December 16 and 25 there will be mixture of showers and bright spells  Blustery showers potentially falling as snow could mean wintery conditions are confined … Read more

Climate change ‘will end snowy winters’: Whiteouts could become a thing of the past, Met Office says

Climate change ‘will end snowy winters’: Whiteouts could become a thing of the past as planet warms, Met Office says Dr Lizzie Kendon, Met Office scientist, says snow to disappear by end of century  By 2040s South of England will no longer see freezing days, analysis suggests By 2080 only parts of north Scotland could … Read more

Freezing fog shrouds southern England as mercury falls to ZERO in London

Freezing fog shrouds southern England: Commuters face travel chaos due to heavy mist as mercury falls to ZERO in London – while experts predict Britain faces it’s coldest December ever Met Office announces weather warning as fog drops visibility on England’s roads to less than 100m in areas   Yellow weather warning for freezing fog stretches … Read more

Freezing fog shrouds southern England as mercury falls to ZERO in London

Freezing fog shrouds southern England: Commuters face travel chaos due to heavy mist as mercury falls to ZERO in London – while experts predict Britain faces it’s coldest December ever Met Office announces weather warning as fog drops visibility on England’s roads to less than 100m in areas   Yellow weather warning for freezing fog stretches … Read more

Climate change ‘will end snowy winters’: Whiteouts could become a thing of the past, Met Office says

Climate change ‘will end snowy winters’: Whiteouts could become a thing of the past as planet warms, Met Office says Dr Lizzie Kendon, Met Office scientist, says snow to disappear by end of century  By 2040s South of England will no longer see freezing days, analysis suggests By 2080 only parts of north Scotland could … Read more

Brave swimmers take a dip ice cold in water and walkers enjoy stroll in the snow

Cold conditions will continue over the weekend after parts of the country saw dramatic snowfall and the South West of England was hit by heavy rain.  Friday brought dramatic ‘thundersnow’ to some parts of Scotland, and other parts of the UK woke up to wintry scenes.  Areas as far south as Kent and Essex experienced … Read more

Brave swimmers take a dip ice cold in water and walkers enjoy stroll in the snow

Cold conditions will continue over the weekend after parts of the country saw dramatic snowfall and the South West of England was hit by heavy rain.  Friday brought dramatic ‘thundersnow’ to some parts of Scotland, and other parts of the UK woke up to wintry scenes.  Areas as far south as Kent and Essex experienced … Read more