Met Office reveals at the moment was the most well liked January day EVER
Today was hottest January day on report, the Met Office has revealed, with temperatures reaching 19.6C within the Scottish Highlands.
The mercury hit a report excessive in Kinlochewe village, Wester Ross, the company mentioned. It beats previous data set in 2003, 1971, and 1958.
In a publish on X, the Met Office mentioned: ‘There has provisionally been a brand new UK January day by day max temperature report set at the moment at Kinlochewe the place the temperature reached 19.6C.
‘This beats the earlier January UK report of 18.3C set at Inchmarlo and Aboyne in 2003 and Aber in 1958 and 1971.’
The hotter climate is being brought on by southern winds bringing gentle air from Africa, Sky News reported.
Sunrise over the River Thames and Tower Bridge in London at the moment. The Met Office has revealed at the moment is the most well liked January day on report with temperatures reaching 19.6C within the Scottish Highlands
The Met Office wrote on X the studying beats previous data set in 2003, 1971, and 1958
As effectively as probably setting the report, Kinlochewe was additionally coated by a yellow climate warning for wind.
The warning is in place for locations in Northern Ireland and Scotland with highly effective gusts of 60mph to 70mph anticipated in some areas.
It is in place till 8pm in southwest Scotland with individuals warned journey instances for bus and prepare providers might be longer.
It comes as Britain remains to be feeling the consequences of Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn, which battered the nation with 80mph winds, inflicting main rail chaos, energy blackouts, college closures, flight cancellations and flooding.
The 70mph winds are more likely to have an effect on bus and prepare providers at the moment, with journeys taking longer, in addition to delays to street, rail and ferry transport.
Coastal communities will see crushing waves on the UK’s shores, whereas momentary lack of energy and different providers are to be anticipated.
A Met Office spokesperson mentioned: ‘We are going to see wind gusts of 60 maybe in a number of the most uncovered spots of the north west coast, 70mph wind gusts.
‘That mixed with outbreaks of rain, more and more persistent rain within the far north and north west.’
The Met Office has issued three separate yellow climate warnings for wind in Northern Ireland and central and southern Scotland
A fallen tree following the bursting of the banks of the River Ouse after Storm Jocelyn
A yellow 4×4 pick-up was washed downstream at Bishopdale Beck, close to Thoralby
Waves crashing at New Brighton seashore, Wirral, amid Storm Jocelyn. Strong winds are anticipated in Northern Ireland and Scotland at the moment, with coastal communities seeing gusts of 70mph
Temperatures will stay gentle throughout many of the UK at the moment, remaining in double figures, with many experiencing sunny spells with intermittent cloud this afternoon.
The UK has skilled three storms already this 12 months already — Henk, Isha and Jocelyn.
The Met Office mentioned the first explanation for the latest storms is the jet stream – a fast-paced strip of air round 5 to seven miles above the Earth’s floor.
The jet stream blows from west to east at greater than 100 miles per hour.
Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth mentioned: ‘The jet stream vastly influences the climate we expertise within the UK and through latest months this has largely been directed in the direction of the UK and Ireland.
‘These methods have been directed in the direction of the UK and have finally turn out to be named storms because of the robust winds and heavy rain they create.’
