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Climate Ben Nevis snow free for first time in 11 years 21 August 2017 Snow expert, Iain Cameron, confirms that for the first time in 11 years there is no snow on Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis.
In the Spotlight The jet stream: chicken or egg? 19 June 2017 Does the position of the warm and cold upper air masses determine the route of the jet stream, or does the jet stream determine the position of the cold and warm upper air masses? Which is the chicken and which the egg?
In the Spotlight Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph 11 November 2016 New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system
In the Spotlight First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 03 May 2015 NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall.
Weather Precipitation Production Pathways 19 February 2015 Although not always a ‘welcome friend,’ precipitation is essential to the life on Earth and the latent heat released from its formation provides much of the energy that drives atmospheric circulation.
Climate El Niño 20 July 2014 The name El Niño, Spanish for ‘child’ or ‘the Christ child’, was first used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months
Weather The Big Freeze of 1963: One of the coldest winters on record 25 January 2013 One of the coldest winters on record
Weather Winter Hazards 18 January 2012 The shortest day may have passed, but although summer is on the way, the coldest months on average are still to come