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Posted on Monday 18th January 2021. The UK Met Office have issued an “Amber” be prepared warning as a deluge of heavy rainfall is expected to hit much of Central & Northern England & Wales on Tuesday & Wednesday. Up to 200mm (8″) of rain could fall locally over the Yorkshire Dales & hills of…

A video posted by BBC Yorkshire shows hundreds of people engaging in a snowball fight earlier today. The news comes after heavy snow hits much of Yorkshire with 4-6 inches falling widely in Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield. Large crowds were filmed taking part in a snowball fight at Hyde Park in Leeds earlier today, despite…

  Heavy Snow has recently affected northern parts of the UK with North and West Yorkshire being particularly hard hit. Much of Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield have had 4-6 inches of snow causing trecherous conditions on the roads. The following map shows where the current snow risk is in the UK. A major incident has…

From today, more stringent rules regarding mask wearing will be introduced to the UK supermarkets of Morrisons and Sainsburys. This includes not allowing customers who choose not to wear a mask entry into their stores, unless they have a medical exemption, as well as routine checking that customers adhere to these and other social distancing…

The upcoming week is still on course to be the “milder” interlude. It wont feel particularly mild though, and is probably better described as a blip of near-normal temperatures before colder than average temperatures resume from the 18th of January onwards. The milder air in place, however, does provide the risk of some snowfall as…

The risk of colder weather next week (18th January onwards) is associated with something known as a “Sudden Stratospheric Warming” (SSW), you may or may not have heard of this before. This phenomenon can increase the risk of a sustained period of cold weather in the UK. Laymans: A SSW is when the temperature of…