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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Sep 4

⚠️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 · Sep 1

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 · Sep 1

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 · Sep 1

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...

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.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · Aug 28

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...

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.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · Aug 19

We definitely spend more time than this talking about the weather on our @theloveofweather.bsky.social podcast 😊

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · Aug 19

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...

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.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · Aug 13

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 · Aug 12

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 · Aug 3

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 · Jul 11

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 · Jul 11

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 · Jul 11

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 · Jul 10

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 · Jul 1

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 · Jun 30

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 · Jun 17

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 · May 28

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...

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.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · May 28

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

Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · May 28

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

Read all the details here 👇

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.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · May 28

The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update published today by Met Office and the WMO shows that global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average last year for the first time

bit.ly/43CHLGJ

Global climate predictions show temperatures expected to remain at or near record levels in coming five years

The latest prediction of global climate [issued today, Wednesday 28 May 2025] suggests the average global temperature is likely to continue to reach record or near-record levels in the coming five yea...

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · May 28

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-...

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

wmo.int

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Gemma Plumb @gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social · May 25

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 · May 21

☀️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 @susiedent.com · May 11

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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