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Several weather warnings have been issued across the UK as fresh ice and 75mph winds are set to hit the country.. The Met Office has put in place two yellow weather alerts in parts of the country ...
The Met Office has issued a series of fresh weather alerts, warning wind gusts of up to 80mph and heavy rain are set to batter the UK in the days ahead (Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
Hove and Brighton were separate subdivisions for the 2001 census but are combined in one Brighton and Hove subdivision for the 2011 census. In the 2011 census the Shoreham subdivision includes Sompting and Lancing. Findon was not included as part of the Brighton and Hove built-up area for the 2011 census.
A wind gust of 194 mph (312 km/h) was recorded at Cairn Gorm on 19 December 2008 but was discovered too late to be verified by the Met Office. [14] The highest wind speed in England was a wind gust of 125.4 mph recorded at The Needles, Isle of Wight, on 18 February 2022 during Storm Eunice. [15]
Brighton (/ ˈ b r aɪ t ən / BRY-tən) is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located 47 miles (76 km) south of London. [1] Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.
The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps, brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. The map filled the ...
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, [2] is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO [3] Penelope Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so. [4]
The Met Office and other weather services have three colour coded warning levels: Yellow: Be aware. Possible travel delays, or the disruption of your day-to-day activities. Amber: Be prepared. Could cause road and rail closures, interruption to power, and the potential risk to life and property. Red: Take action. Widespread damage, travel and ...