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Maik:
--- Quote ---Storm Isha: Most of UK issued with amber weather warning ahead of 80mph winds
The Met Office has extended its amber wind warning to cover most of the UK ahead of Storm Isha.
The weather system is set to batter “everybody” in the UK with wind and rain during a “rare” weather cycle, forecasters say.
Winds of up to 80mph will swoop in later on Sunday, potentially causing power cuts and loss of mobile phone signal, while roads and bridges are likely to be shut and transport services could face delays and cancellations in some areas.
Two 12-hour amber wind warnings will be in place from 6pm on Sunday until Monday morning. One stretches across central, eastern and western England and all of Wales, only missing London and parts of the south-east.
The other covers all of Scotland and northern England and Northern Ireland.
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https://www.itv.com/news/2024-01-21/storm-isha-to-batter-whole-of-uk-with-wind-and-rain-in-rare-weather-cycle
Maik:
--- Quote ---Storm Jocelyn is coming hot on the heels of Storm Isha
Met Eireann has named our second storm in 48 hours: Storm Jocelyn.
This has been the most active start to a storm season since records began and the earliest that we have reached the letter 'I' in the alphabetical storm-naming convention introduced by the Met Office.
Hot on the heels of Storm Isha, which brought winds touching nearly 100mph on Sunday night, Storm Jocelyn will bring windy conditions right across the UK with northern areas likely to be worst affected.
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https://www.itv.com/news/2024-01-22/storm-jocelyn-is-coming-hot-on-the-heels-of-storm-isha
Maik:
--- Quote ---Sahara dust cloud headed to UK as Met Office warns cars could be covered by orange dirt
The Met Office has warned a huge Saharan dust cloud could be heading towards the United Kingdom.
Last year a similar cloud brought spectacular sunsets but motorists saw their vehicles covered in a fine dust that had travelled nearly 5,000km from the Sahara Desert. It is expected the new plume will be washed down from the atmosphere by rain falling as red dirt on Sunday afternoon.
Dust brings spectacular red sunsets because particles in the atmosphere scatter blue light more than red, which is why the sky appears blue during the day.
When the sun is low in the sky, like at dawn and dusk, the light has farther to travel and so the blue light is scattered too much for us to see it, with the Saharan dust exacerbating this effect and turning the skies a deeper red.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-office-weather-sahara-dust-uk-today-b2486132.html
Maik:
--- Quote ---UK records warmest ever January temperature, Met Office reveals
The new maximum temperature could break the previous record by more than a degree celsius
The record for the highest maximum temperature on a January day has just been broken after a provisional record was measured in northern Scotland.
The Met Office said they had recorded a 19.6C temperature on Sunday in Kinlochewe, a village in the northwest Highlands about an hour’s drive from Inverness.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-hottest-temperature-january-b2486265.htm
Maik:
--- Quote ---Amber warnings for snow issued
The two warnings cover North Wales from 8am until 3pm on Thursday and the South Pennines and Peak District from 12noon until 6pm on Thursday.
Outside of these Amber warnings there are Yellow warnings on Thursday for potentially disruptive snow extending from mid-Wales and the Midlands north. A warning for snow has also been issued for Northern Ireland, though disruption here is expected to be more localised.
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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2024/amber-warnings-for-snow-issued
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