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Temperatures are expected to climb in the coming days reaching the mid-20s by the middle of the week and then up to 30C in places, the Met Office predicts, as a surge of warm air will envelop the ...
Get the London, England local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps , brought into practice in 1949 after World War II .
The Met Office, until November 2000 officially the Meteorological Office, [2] is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO [3] Penelope Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so. [4]
The Shipping Forecast was established by Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, the first professional weather forecaster, captain of HMS Beagle and founder of the Met Office. [2] In October 1859, the steam clipper Royal Charter was wrecked in a strong storm off Anglesey ; 450 people lost their lives.
Met Office warns flooding is possible as more travel disruption likely
Source 2: Weather Atlas (percent sunshine and UV Index) [6] CEDA Archive [7] TORRO [8] Time and Date [9] See Climate of London for additional climate information. ^ Averages are taken from Heathrow, and extremes are taken from stations across London.
There are 12 UK warnings currently issued: red warning for wind for Northern Ireland from 07:00 until 14:00 on Friday. red warning for wind for Scotland's central belt from 10:00 until 17:00 on Friday