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UK weather: Storm Jocelyn to follow Isha with more strong winds and heavy rain
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Met Éireann has named Storm Jocelyn, which is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK on Tuesday and into Wednesday.
The storm season began with Agnes, which brought heavy rain and gusts of 70mph to the UK in late September.
This was followed by storms Babet, Ciarán, Debi, Elin, Fergus, Gerrit, Henk and Isha.
Climate change is also playing a role, but the precise effects on this year’s surfeit of storms are trickier to pin down.
“There isn’t a clear signal that climate change is leading to more extreme storms in the UK,” said Bentley.
“What is happening though is that because of a warmer climate the atmosphere can hold more moisture, so when we get these storms the rainfall tends to be a lot heavier.
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