The meteorology of the exceptional winter of 2015/2016 across the UK and Ireland
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Mark McCarthy, Sandra Spillane, Séamus Walsh, Michael Kendon, 'The meteorology of the exceptional winter of 2015/2016 across the UK and Ireland', 2016-12, Weather, 71, no.12, 2016Download Item:
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The meteorological winter of 2015/2016 will be remembered as another exceptional winter across the UK and Ireland, with numerous climate records broken and high impact weather events causing considerable disruption from flooding and high winds. A succession of winter storms tracked across the region, bringing persistent and in places record-breaking rainfall, including the highest 24 and 48h rainfall accumulations on record, from storm Desmond on 4–6 December. Persistent rain, particularly through the first half of the winter, resulted in new records for both monthly and seasonal rainfall accumulations widely across Ireland, Scotland, Wales and northern England. Temperatures were also exceptionally high through much of December and in late January. In this paper we document the main meteorological and climate features that defined this exceptional winter season, and consider its wider historical context.Type of material:
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Winter 2015/2016, Winter weather, Flooding, RainfallMetadata
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