In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017. Weather Ophelia and the red sky 20 October 2017 Dust and smoke turn skies red after ex-hurricane's stormy passage across the British Isles. Weather Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brings stormy conditions to the British Isles 17 October 2017 Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought wet weather and gusts exceeding 96 mph to the UK and Ireland on 16th October, the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987. Weather Devastating Monsoon in South Asia 31 August 2017 More than a third of Bangladesh and Nepal, and large areas of India have been hit with the worst flooding in years In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops. In the Spotlight World records for extreme weather-related mortality 26 June 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recently announced the world record for the highest reported historical death tolls from tropical cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms. In the Spotlight Why does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air? 20 June 2017 There are two questions here. The first is does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air? Climate 2016 Hottest Year on Record 18 January 2017 WO and Met Office analyses shows 2016 was the hottest on record 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 WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017.
Weather Ophelia and the red sky 20 October 2017 Dust and smoke turn skies red after ex-hurricane's stormy passage across the British Isles.
Weather Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brings stormy conditions to the British Isles 17 October 2017 Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought wet weather and gusts exceeding 96 mph to the UK and Ireland on 16th October, the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987.
Weather Devastating Monsoon in South Asia 31 August 2017 More than a third of Bangladesh and Nepal, and large areas of India have been hit with the worst flooding in years
In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops.
In the Spotlight World records for extreme weather-related mortality 26 June 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recently announced the world record for the highest reported historical death tolls from tropical cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms.
In the Spotlight Why does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air? 20 June 2017 There are two questions here. The first is does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air?
Climate 2016 Hottest Year on Record 18 January 2017 WO and Met Office analyses shows 2016 was the hottest on record
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