What is the jet stream and how does it have such an impact on our weather? After an exceptional few days of warm weather last week, we are going to re-visit an article explaining the jet stream by Weather co-editor Simon Lee...
The Armagh Observatory has reported that August 2020 was the wettest August in Armagh for 12 years. This summer has also been reported as the dullest for 33 years at the Observatory as well as the wettest for 8 years and the coolest for 5.
August 2020
In many areas of the world, regional conditions give rise to winds that have been identified by the locals as having a special effect or occurring during a particular season. Quite often these winds are given a name by local inhabitants.
Met Office and Met Éireann, along with partner KNMI, have revealed the list of storm names for 2020-21.
First introduced by the Met Office and Met Éireann (the meteorological service in the Republic of Ireland) in 2015, the Name our Storms campaign has helped raise awareness of the potential impacts of severe weather in Britain and Ireland before it hits. In 2019, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the Dutch national weather forecasting service, joined the collaboration.
The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), in association with AccuWeather, has announced the 26 finalists for this year’s ‘Weather Photographer of the Year 2020’, which will now be put to a public vote. To see the shortlisted images and vote for your favourite, visit photocrowd.com/wpotyvote. The vote is open from 21 August and closes 25 September at midnight (BST).
Routing apps such as Google Maps or Nokia’s Here platform could offer a cost-effective way of calculating emission hotspots in real time, say researchers at the University of Birmingham.
After a lovely few weeks of sunshine and warm weather, the summer holidays are coming to an end. Now is a great time to get your children motivated for the year ahead with some fun science experiments!
Celebrating 170 years of the Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society’s annual event for weather and climate enthusiasts returns as an online virtual event on Saturday 17 October - WeatherLive: Past, Present and Future.
