Weather Hazards in the UK

• Warm dry air from the tropic brings heatwaves and droughts
• Winter storms come from the atlantic and brings warm moist air in the summer.
• Cold air travelling over the sea brings very cold weather and heavy snow
• Continental air from the east brings very cold air and heavy snow in winter. In the summer it brings hot and dry weather.
• -Thunderstorms: causes flash flooding

  -Prolonged rainfall: causes severe river flooding

  -Drought: an extended period of time with below average rainfall
• -Heatwaves: (2022 record 40.3 temp) Increased mortality, Crops suffer

  -Heavy snow and extreme cold: travel disruption and school closures 

  -Strong wind and gales: storm arwen 2021 damaged 16 mil trees scotland
• How UK weather is getting more extreme: (caused by global warming)

  • more rain, rainfall and flooding
  • warmer temperatures with more heatwaves
  • no evidence for increased wind or droughts
• All of the 10 hottest years in the UK have occurred since 2002. The hottest day recorded was in 2022 (40.3)
• The Somerset Levels are low-lying land in the south-west of England that experienced extreme flooding between December 2013 and February 2014.