Overnight lows and the latest snow depths

As forecast temperatures fell well below zero across the UK last night and the heaviest of the snow started to ease in most areas.

The lowest temperature recorded at a Met Office observing station was Edinburgh, Gorgarbank, at -4.3 C and at 9am this morning the deepest snow cover was 27 cm at Lough Fea, Londonderry.

Lowest temperatures overnight 18 to 19 January 2013:

Location	Area	Temperature (Celsius)
Edinburgh Gogarbank	Midlothian	-4.3
Lake Vyrnwy	Powys	-4.3
Pennerley	Shropshire	-4.0
Tredegar Bryn Bach Park	Gwent	-3.5
Crosby	Merseyside	-3.4
Libanus	Powys	-3.4
Leek, Thorncliffe	Staffordshire	-3.3
Little Rissington	Gloucestershire	-3.3
Sennybridge	Powys	-3.2
Carterhouse	Roxburghshire	-3.1
Salsburgh	Lanarkshire	-3.1
Keele	Staffordshire	-3
Emley Moor	West Yorkshire	-2.9
Astwood Bank	Hereford & Worcester	-2.8
Winterbourne	West midlands	-2.8
Aviemore	Inverness-shire	-2.7
Bingley	West Yorkshire	-2.7
Liscombe	Somerset	-2.7
Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest	North Yorkshire	-2.7
Spadeadam	Cumbria	-2.7

Snow depths at 9am Saturday 19 January 2012:

Location	Area	Elevation	Snow depth (cm)
Lough Fea	Londonderry	225	27
Sennybridge	Powys	307	22
Little Rissington	Gloucestershire	210	20
Loftus	Cleveland	158	16
Liscombe	Somerset	348	16
Filton	Avon	59	16
Brize Norton	Oxfordshire	82	12
Hereford, Credenhill	Hereford & Worcester	76	11
Nottingham, Watnall	Nottinghamshire	117	11
Larkhill	Wiltshire	132	11
Albemarle	Northumberland	142	10
Cranwell	Lincolnshire	63	10
Benson	Oxfordshire	57	10
Leconfield	Humberside	7	10
Redesdale Camp	Northumberland	211	9
Middle Wallop	Hampshire	90	9
Boscombe Down	Wiltshire	126	8
Aboyne	Aberdeenshire	140	8
Wittering	Cambridgeshire	73	8
Coningsby	Lincolnshire	6	7
Leek, Thorncliffe	Staffordshire	298	7
Northolt	Greater London	33	7
Leeming	North Yorkshire	33	6
Marham	Norfolk	21	6
Shawbury	Shropshire	72	6
Bingley	West Yorkshire	262	6
Waddington	Lincolnshire	68	6
Odiham	Hampshire	118	6
Eskdalemuir	Dumfriesshire	236	5
Hurn	Dorset	10	5
Scampton	Lincolnshire	57	5
Charlwood	Surrey	67	5
Coleshill	Warwickshire	96	5
Wattisham	Suffolk	89	4
Boulmer	Northumberland	23	4
Dyce	Aberdeenshire	65	4
Bedford	Bedfordshire	85	3
Trawsgoed	Dyfed	63	3
Church Fenton	North Yorkshire	8	3
Linton on Ouse	North Yorkshire	14	3
Heathrow	Greater London	25	3
Edinburgh, Gogarbank	Midlothian	57	3
St Athan	South Glamorgan	49	3
Herstmonceux, West End	East Sussex	52	2

The cold weather is set to continue for the remainder of the weekend and ice is expected to be a major hazard, keep up to date with your local forecast for the latest update.

Be weather aware with our Windows Phone 8 app

The Met Office has launched its latest addition to mobile forecasts with a specially designed app for Windows Phone 8.

Since it’s launch in the last two weeks it has garnered some very positive reviews with Windows Phone Central saying:

“We’re always pleased to see official apps hit the platform but even more so when those apps are truly useful. … this [app] stands out for a few reasons. The Met Office is the UK’s National Weather Service and is therefore the trusted supplier of weather information to everyone from the military or the man on the street”.

In addition All About Windows Phone said:

“The standout feature of the Met Office app is the quality of the data on offer…. it’s hard to think of another weather app, for Windows Phone, that provides this amount of detail for those in the UK. …Given that the Met Office app is a free download, we would strongly recommend that anyone living in the UK download it… There’s a good chance that you’ll make your friends living outside the UK rather jealous!”

The new Met Office Windows Phone 8 weather app is the latest addition to our range of products for smart phone users and provides easy access to the latest weather forecasts and warnings wherever you are, 24 hours a day.

The App gives you three hourly forecasts and five day weather predictions. In addition to the likelihood of rain or snow, sunshine, cloud coverage and temperature, it gives the “feels-like” temperature – ideal if it’s 10 °C but will actually feel like 3 °C accounting for the wind chill factor.

As well as users having access to local, up to date forecasts from the Met Office, the new weather app includes a number of features unique to Windows Phone 8. These include ‘live tiles’ reflecting the current weather at your saved location and the use of ‘augmented reality’ to overlay forecast data on the camera image of where you are facing.

The Windows 8 Toast (notification) feature also means that you will never miss a weather warning for your area, helping you to stay weather aware so that you can prepare, plan and protect yourself from the impacts of severe weather.

The Met Office Windows Phone 8 weather app is available free of charge from the Windows Phone 8 app store. We also provides Apps for Android and iPhone, available from the Apple app store and the Android Market.

Related articles

• Review: Met Office (UK weather) (allaboutwindowsphone.com)
• Official Met Office App released for Windows Phone 8 (wpcentral.com)

24 – 25 November rainfall update

Overnight rainfall recorded at Met Office observing stations from 6pm Saturday 24 November to 8am Sunday 25 November:

Station	Amount
Fylingdales, North Yorkshire	36.6 mm
Pershore, Hereford & Worcester	32.6 mm
Sheffield, South Yorkshire	32.6 mm
Gingley-on-the-Hill	31.8 mm
Leek, Staffordshire	31.6 mm
High Mowthorpe, North Yorkshire	31.4 mm
Exeter Airport, Devon	31.2 mm
Dunkeswell, Devon	30.8 mm
Scarborough, North Yorkshire	30.6 mm
Normanby Hall, Humberside	30 mm

Below are the highest rainfall totals recorded at Met Office observing stations between midnight on Saturday and 8am this morning:

Station	Amount
St Mary’s Airport, Isles of Scilly	58.2 mm
Plymouth, Devon	56.8 mm
Cardinham, Cornwall	49.2 mm
Exeter Airport, Devon	48 mm
Dunkeswell, Devon	47.8 mm
Camborne, Cornwall	44.6 mm
Culdrose, Cornwall	41 mm
Pershore, Hereford & Worcester	40.6 mm
Astwood Bank, Hereford & Worcester	39.6 mm
Liscombe, Somerset	38.4 mm

 

Stormy November weekend

As forecast, unsettled weather continues across the UK, with more heavy rain and strong winds expected to affect many areas at times through the weekend and into next week.

The Met Office and the Environment Agency are warning the public to be prepared for possible travel disruption and flooding as some areas see up to 60 mm on top of the rain that has already fallen over this week.

Eddy Carroll, Met Office Chief Forecaster, said: “The current very unsettled run of weather is set to continue with further spells of wet and windy weather expected across the country over the next few days.

“The southwest of England and parts of southeast Wales are expected to see the heaviest rain on Saturday with between 30 to 40 mm of rain in many parts and up to 60 mm of rain in some areas. Further rain moving in from the west on Sunday continues the risk for further flooding and travel disruption. We urge everyone to keep up to date with forecasts and warnings and be prepared for what the weather will bring.”

Along with the heavy rain strong winds may add to the potential for travel disruption, especially across southern Britain overnight Saturday into Sunday. Winds gusting to 50 or 60 mph are expected across southern counties of England overnight Saturday and into Sunday with severe gale or possibly storm force winds over the English Channel.

Rain spreading north across the UK Saturday 24 November 2012

John Curtin, Head of Incident Management at the Environment Agency, said: “We would urge people to continue to be prepared for flooding, sign up for Environment Agency flood warnings, keep up to date with the latest situation, and stay away from dangerous flood water.

“Our teams have been out around the clock over the last few days to minimise the risks and prepare for flooding and we are continuing to deploy teams across the country to keep communities safe.”

Looking a little further ahead the weather is expected to become drier and colder in most areas by the middle of next week, however overnight frost may then bring the risk of some icy roads after the recent rain.

The public can keep up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings for their area on our website and with forecasts on TV and radio during this unsettled spell. You can also be #weatheraware by following us on Twitter @metoffice

Heavy rainfall across the UK

As forecast heavy rain has fallen across large parts of the UK causing flooding and disruption to travel and outdoor events.

Here is a selection of rainfall totals recorded at Met Office observation sites on Friday 6 July 2012:

UK RAINFALL 6 JULY 2012 1am – 7 JULY 1am
Location	Area	Rainfall        (mm)
EMLEY MOOR	WEST YORKSHIRE	56.6
RYHILL	WEST YORKSHIRE	52.6
HOLBEACH	LINCOLNSHIRE	44.8
NORMANBY HALL	HUMBERSIDE	43.6
MARKET BOSWORTH, BOSWORTHPARK	LEICESTERSHIRE	41.6
BINGLEY	WEST YORKSHIRE	40.2
LOFTUS	CLEVELAND	39.4
BOSCOMBE DOWN	WILTSHIRE	38.6
SHAWBURY	SHROPSHIRE	36.6
SHEFFIELD	SOUTH YORKSHIRE	36.2
COTON-IN-THE-ELMS	DERBYSHIRE	36
NEWPORT(SALOP)	SHROPSHIRE	36
BRADFORD	WEST YORKSHIRE	36
PORTHMADOG	GWYNEDD	35.2
SCARBOROUGH	NORTH YORKSHIRE	34.6
ABERDARON	GWYNEDD	33.6
NANTWICH, REASEHEATH HALL	CHESHIRE	32.6
NOTTINGHAM, WATNALL	NOTTINGHAMSHIRE	32.4
KEELE	STAFFORDSHIRE	32
FYLINGDALES	NORTH YORKSHIRE	31.8
LLYSDINAM	POWYS	31.2
ISLE OF PORTLAND	DORSET	30.4
SHOBDON AIRFIELD	HEREFORD&WORCESTER	30.2

Overnight into Saturday the heaviest rain fell across the southwest of England and parts of southern Scotland:

UK RAINFALL 6 July 7pm – 7 July 10am
Location	Area	Rainfall (mm)
DUNKESWELL AERODROME	DEVON	45
ISLE OF PORTLAND	DORSET	42.4
EXETER AIRPORT	DEVON	41.8
NETTLECOMBE, BIRDS HILL	SOMERSET	38
CAMBORNE	CORNWALL	37.8
CHARTERHALL	BERWICKSHIRE	37.6
PLYMOUTH, MOUNTBATTEN	DEVON	35.2
LISCOMBE	SOMERSET	34.6
EDINBURGH,ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN	MIDLOTHIAN	33.4
CULDROSE	CORNWALL	31.8
CARDINHAM, BODMIN	CORNWALL	28.6
ST ATHAN	SOUTH GLAMORGAN	26
STORMONT CASTLE	DOWN	25.4