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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

⚠️A rare red warning for wind has been issued for the Isles of Scilly and much of Cornwall.⚠️ Storm Goretti will bring a period of exceptionally strong winds this evening (Thursday evening), with peak wind gusts of 80-100 mph or more in exposed areas.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The @metoffice.gov.uk have updated the amber wind warning for the Isles of Scilly and parts of Cornwall. The text in the warning now says that during this evening (Thursday evening) there will be peak wind gusts of 80-100 mph in exposed areas.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Amber snow warning has been issued for parts of Wales, the Midlands & N England. Accumulations of 10-15 cm are likely fairly widely, with the potential for 20-30 cm in some locations, mainly on hills above 200 m elevation, more especially in Wales and/or the Peak District.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

⚠️ Amber wind warning has been issued for the Isles of Scilly and parts of Cornwall. Storm Goretti may bring a short period of exceptionally strong north-westerly winds to the Isles of Scilly and parts of Cornwall on Thursday evening, with peak gusts potentially of 80-90 mph in exposed areas.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 06/01/2026

Multiple warnings have been issued for the coming days, here is a summery of the situation as it currently stands 👇 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware⚠️

Warning graphic showing the current warnings for snow and ice across the country for Tuesday

Warning graphic showing the current warnings for snow and ice across the country for Wednesday

Warning graphic showing the current warnings for snow and ice across the country for Thursday and Friday

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

⚠️Yellow snow warning has been issued for parts of England & Wales through Thursday evening/night and into Friday. Storm Goretti could bring 5-10 cm of snow in some areas with up to 20 cm possible in some locations, especially over higher ground. Strong winds may lead to some drifting snow too.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 06/01/2026

Last night was the coldest night of the winter so far, making it a very cold and frosty start for most of us this morning ❄️ Here are the latest overnight lows 👇

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 02/01/2026

The UK's warmest year (for now) And introducing a ‘causal chain’ for changes in extreme UK heat climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-uks-wa...

Timeseries showing coherent changes in emissions, global temperature, UK temperature, and hottest day of the year for Central England

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The @metoffice.gov.uk has confirmed that 2025 was both the warmest and sunniest year on record for the UK. A rapid attribution study by the Met Office shows that human-induced climate change has made the UK’s record-breaking annual temperature of 2025 approximately 260 times more likely.

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2025 is double-record breaker: UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record

2025 has broken historical climate records, with provisional Met Office figures showing it has been both the warmest and sunniest year on record for the UK.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Here are some good news stories from 2025 🌍 🐢 Green turtles came off the ‘endangered’ list. 🪸 In September the Global Ocean Treaty was ratified. It is a landmark deal to protect the High Seas. The treaty pledges to put 30% of the high seas into Marine Protected Areas.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

⚠️Amber snow warnings have been issued by the @metoffice.gov.uk through Friday & into Saturday for N Scotland. ❄️10-20cm of snow is likely within the amber warning areas, with 30-40cm possible on high ground. Windy conditions will also result in some drifting of snow & temporary blizzard conditions.

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 17/12/2025

What's one thing we can all do in the fight against climate change? Talk about it, as daunting as that may seem! Because people care about climate change (and want to talk about it) more than you probably think. Some tips in this week's Climate Matters: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 14/12/2025

As we move into the final days of the year, 2025 has just overtaken 2022 as warmest year-to-date for Central England. Given the forecast, it looks likely that 2025 will end up being the warmest calendar year for this region since records began in 1659. The top 3 warmest will be 2022, 2023 & 2025.

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 16/12/2025

Looking back at 2025 (through mid-December): a snapshot of the climate fingerprint on the UK’s unusual, at times excessive, heat. The Climate Shift Index signal ramps up in spring, then flickers on and off in waves into early September. Notice how it shows up again throughout November.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/11/2025

Storm Claudia, named by @aemet.es, will affect the UK on Friday Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on the south coast of eastern Cuba, as a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120mph. Life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding, landslides and damaging winds are expected for eastern Cuba.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center on the impacts that Hurricane Melissa is expected to bring.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a category 4 hurricane. Melissa is tracking over sea surface temperatures that are 1.4C above average and according to the @climatecentral.org CSI Ocean tool these have been made up to 500-700 times more likely by human caused climate change.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Storm Amy has just been named by the @metoffice.gov.uk it is the first named storm of the 2025/2026 season. This deep area of low pressure is expected to bring very strong winds & heavy rain to northern & western parts of the UK later Friday & into Saturday. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

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Storm Amy named

A deep area of low-pressure has been named Storm Amy by the Met Office, the first named storm of the 2025/26 season.

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

⚠️Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled the deadly July wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely 🧵 📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/09/2025

Latest storm names announced❗ Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?

Amy, Bram, Chandra (Ch-an-dra), Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala (Fee-new-lah), Gerard (Jer-ard), Hannah, Isla, Janna (Yah-nah), Kasia (Ka-shaa), Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg (Tie-g), Violet, Wubbo (Vuh-boh)
Keeping you safe when it matters the most.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/09/2025

There's a decent chance of seeing the aurora tonight - it may be visible as far south as the Midlands (perhaps even further south) 🌃

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Summer 2025 was officially the warmest summer on record for the UK, according to provisional data from the @metoffice.gov.uk Met Office climate scientists found that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely because of climate change. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

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Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK

Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Summer 2025 will 'almost certainly' be the warmest on record for the UK, according to provisional data from the @metoffice.gov.uk This would mean that the 5 warmest summers for the UK will have all occurred since the year 2000, and the records go back to 1884. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

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This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It is great to see that people like to talk about the weather. According to new research by the @metoffice.gov.uk, in the UK we spend 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours on average talking about the weather over the course of a year. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

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People spend over two days a year talking about the weather amid potential record-breaking summer warmth

New research from the Met Office reveals that we spend on average 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours, talking about the weather over the course of a year.

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 13/08/2025

The UK is in its 4th major heatwave of the summer. 🔴Highs of 25–33°C — up to 12°C above average — are at least 5× more likely due to human-caused climate change (almost impossible without it), impacting tens of millions through the weekend.

Climate Shift Index forecast for the UK and Ireland, August 13–15, 2025. Maps show areas with temperatures at least 5× more likely due to climate change. Wednesday: 51 million people affected; Thursday: 11 million; Friday: 20 million. Darker red indicates higher climate change influence.

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 12/08/2025

We’ve collected the oldest ice core, now it’s time to analyse it! 🔍 💻 The @newscientist.com have a new icy-cool video, speaking to BAS scientists about the Beyond EPICA project, highlighting why this work is so important in the face of climate change. www.newscientist.com/video/249042...

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The @metoffice.gov.uk have issued an amber wind warning for central and northern Scotland for Monday ⚠️ Storm Floris will bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds. Wind gusts of 50-70 mph are expected for many and are likely to reach 80-90 mph on some exposed coasts, hills and bridges.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The temperatures at 1pm today across most of the UK were around 7-11C above average. istheukhotrightnow.com

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Temperatures across the UK today and over the weekend have been made more likely by climate change. The @climatecentral.org Climate Shift Index shows that the temperatures have been made at least 3-5 times more likely. Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Temperatures across most of the UK at the moment are currently 6-10C above average, for some they are 11C above average 🌡️ This website by @roostweather.bsky.social and @edhawkins.org is brilliant and shows how the current temperatures compare to average. istheukhotrightnow.com

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10/07/2025

The tension isn't the only thing rising at Wimbledon today.🎾 🌡️Hot temperatures are leading to multiple breaks in play due to heat-related medical issues for fans. The heat has been made at least 4x more likely due to human-caused climate change. sports.yahoo.com/tennis/break...

Map centered on the UK with yellow to red colors over England. The darkest reds over southern England and London indicate temperatures on July 10 have been made at least 4 times more likely due to human-caused climate change.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/07/2025

After a very hot day for some today, it will be turning fresher for all by Wednesday 📉 Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This new website by @edhawkins.org and @roostweather.bsky.social is brilliant. It shows how the current temperatures compare to average. The latest map shows how widely the temperatures at the moment are above average across the UK. For some they are 10-11C above average.

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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Here come the night sweats...🥵 Night-time temps rising above 20C are expected later this week, meteorologist Gemma Plumb tells Times Radio.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The UK has recorded its sunniest spring on record according to provisional figures from the Met Office. This spring, the UK recorded 630 hours of sunshine from 1st March to 27th May, beating its previous sunniest spring set in 2020. The records go back to 1910. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

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2025 is already the UK's sunniest spring on record

The UK has already recorded its sunniest spring on record, according to provisional Met Office figures.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Provisional figures from the Met Office show that the UK has seen its sunniest spring on record.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 28/05/2025

Latest WMO decadal update is available: - 80% chance that at least one of the next five years will exceed 2024 as the warmest on record - 70% chance that 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will be more than 1.5 °C wmo.int/publication-...

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WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029)

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

There is a 80% chance of a tropical depression forming in the East Pacific in a few days.

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

☀️It’s been an exceptionally sunny & dry spring – what role is climate change playing? Dr Clair Barnes, an Imperial College climate scientist, explains the shifts in spring weather. And Colin Chappell, a farmer, lays out how these changes are impacting UK agriculture.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Word of the day is ‘beek’ (13th century): to bask in the pleasurable warmth of the sun. Also available as a noun, as in ‘I took a wonderful beek today’.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/05/2025

What's the sky looking like where you are? 🛰️ The latest view from space shows low cloud burning back to the coasts in northeast Scotland and shower clouds developing in the south ☁️

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 12/05/2025

Coming soon: a website showing exactly how much warmer or cooler than usual the UK is right now. If you live in the north-west of England it is currently a lot warmer than usual for the time of year and time of day.

Map showing hot much warmer than usual it is right now

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 12/05/2025

The new week begins with a bang courtesy of thundery showers ⛈️ But how many days will they continue for? Find out with our week ahead overview 👇

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

A yellow thunderstorm warning is in place today for Wales and parts of England. Very heavy downpours are possible, and these could give 20-30mm of rain in less than an hour, or potentially 40-50mm in 1-2 hours in a few places. Lightning, gusty winds and hail are also possible.

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

⛈️ Climate change made record-breaking downpours behind deadly Midwest and South US flooding 9% more intense. Co-authors Dr Ben Clarke & @frediotto.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @shelwinkleywx.bsky.social at @climatecentral.org explain the results below 🧵👇

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The Met Office have just confirmed that today is officially the warmest start to May on record for the UK, with 28.0C recorded at Kew Gardens, and temperatures still rising 🌡️📈 The previous record for 1st May was 27.4C recorded at Lossiemouth in Scotland in 1990.

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

According to Met Éireann yesterday a maximum temperature of 25.9C was recorded at the Athenry station in Co. Galway. This is provisionally a new April maximum temperature record for Ireland.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 30/04/2025

The Warming Stripes have now been extended downwards into the ocean and upwards into the stratosphere! Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

Warming stripes for deep ocean to upper stratosphere

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