Gemma Plumb
@gemmaplumbweather.bsky.social
🌦Meteorologist
🎙Host of For The Love of Weather podcast
🌍Science communicator
⛈Weather presenter
🌿Nature lover
🎙Host of For The Love of Weather podcast
🌍Science communicator
⛈Weather presenter
🌿Nature lover
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What's one thing we can all do in the fight against climate change? Talk about it, as daunting as that may seem!
Because people care about climate change (and want to talk about it) more than you probably think.
Some tips in this week's Climate Matters:
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Because people care about climate change (and want to talk about it) more than you probably think.
Some tips in this week's Climate Matters:
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What's one thing we can all do in the fight against climate change? Talk about it, as daunting as that may seem!
Because people care about climate change (and want to talk about it) more than you probably think.
Some tips in this week's Climate Matters:
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Because people care about climate change (and want to talk about it) more than you probably think.
Some tips in this week's Climate Matters:
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Reposted by Gemma Plumb
As we move into the final days of the year, 2025 has just overtaken 2022 as warmest year-to-date for Central England.
Given the forecast, it looks likely that 2025 will end up being the warmest calendar year for this region since records began in 1659.
The top 3 warmest will be 2022, 2023 & 2025.
Given the forecast, it looks likely that 2025 will end up being the warmest calendar year for this region since records began in 1659.
The top 3 warmest will be 2022, 2023 & 2025.
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As we move into the final days of the year, 2025 has just overtaken 2022 as warmest year-to-date for Central England.
Given the forecast, it looks likely that 2025 will end up being the warmest calendar year for this region since records began in 1659.
The top 3 warmest will be 2022, 2023 & 2025.
Given the forecast, it looks likely that 2025 will end up being the warmest calendar year for this region since records began in 1659.
The top 3 warmest will be 2022, 2023 & 2025.
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Looking back at 2025 (through mid-December): a snapshot of the climate fingerprint on the UK’s unusual, at times excessive, heat.
The Climate Shift Index signal ramps up in spring, then flickers on and off in waves into early September. Notice how it shows up again throughout November.
The Climate Shift Index signal ramps up in spring, then flickers on and off in waves into early September. Notice how it shows up again throughout November.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Looking back at 2025 (through mid-December): a snapshot of the climate fingerprint on the UK’s unusual, at times excessive, heat.
The Climate Shift Index signal ramps up in spring, then flickers on and off in waves into early September. Notice how it shows up again throughout November.
The Climate Shift Index signal ramps up in spring, then flickers on and off in waves into early September. Notice how it shows up again throughout November.
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Storm Claudia, named by @aemet.es, will affect the UK on Friday
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Storm Claudia, named by @aemet.es, will affect the UK on Friday
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on the south coast of eastern Cuba, as a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120mph.
Life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding, landslides and damaging winds are expected for eastern Cuba.
Life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding, landslides and damaging winds are expected for eastern Cuba.
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on the south coast of eastern Cuba, as a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120mph.
Life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding, landslides and damaging winds are expected for eastern Cuba.
Life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding, landslides and damaging winds are expected for eastern Cuba.
Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center on the impacts that Hurricane Melissa is expected to bring.
October 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center on the impacts that Hurricane Melissa is expected to bring.
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a category 4 hurricane.
Melissa is tracking over sea surface temperatures that are 1.4C above average and according to the @climatecentral.org CSI Ocean tool these have been made up to 500-700 times more likely by human caused climate change.
Melissa is tracking over sea surface temperatures that are 1.4C above average and according to the @climatecentral.org CSI Ocean tool these have been made up to 500-700 times more likely by human caused climate change.
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a category 4 hurricane.
Melissa is tracking over sea surface temperatures that are 1.4C above average and according to the @climatecentral.org CSI Ocean tool these have been made up to 500-700 times more likely by human caused climate change.
Melissa is tracking over sea surface temperatures that are 1.4C above average and according to the @climatecentral.org CSI Ocean tool these have been made up to 500-700 times more likely by human caused climate change.
Storm Amy has just been named by the @metoffice.gov.uk it is the first named storm of the 2025/2026 season.
This deep area of low pressure is expected to bring very strong winds & heavy rain to northern & western parts of the UK later Friday & into Saturday.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This deep area of low pressure is expected to bring very strong winds & heavy rain to northern & western parts of the UK later Friday & into Saturday.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Storm Amy named
A deep area of low-pressure has been named Storm Amy by the Met Office, the first named storm of the 2025/26 season.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Storm Amy has just been named by the @metoffice.gov.uk it is the first named storm of the 2025/2026 season.
This deep area of low pressure is expected to bring very strong winds & heavy rain to northern & western parts of the UK later Friday & into Saturday.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This deep area of low pressure is expected to bring very strong winds & heavy rain to northern & western parts of the UK later Friday & into Saturday.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
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⚠️Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled the deadly July wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely 🧵
📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih
📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih
September 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
⚠️Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled the deadly July wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely 🧵
📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih
📝 ow.ly/SoRo50WPvih
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Latest storm names announced❗
Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?
Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?
September 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Latest storm names announced❗
Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?
Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?
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There's a decent chance of seeing the aurora tonight - it may be visible as far south as the Midlands (perhaps even further south) 🌃
September 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There's a decent chance of seeing the aurora tonight - it may be visible as far south as the Midlands (perhaps even further south) 🌃
Summer 2025 was officially the warmest summer on record for the UK, according to provisional data from the @metoffice.gov.uk
Met Office climate scientists found that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely because of climate change.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Met Office climate scientists found that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely because of climate change.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK
Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
September 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Summer 2025 was officially the warmest summer on record for the UK, according to provisional data from the @metoffice.gov.uk
Met Office climate scientists found that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely because of climate change.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Met Office climate scientists found that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely because of climate change.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 will 'almost certainly' be the warmest on record for the UK, according to provisional data from the @metoffice.gov.uk
This would mean that the 5 warmest summers for the UK will have all occurred since the year 2000, and the records go back to 1884.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This would mean that the 5 warmest summers for the UK will have all occurred since the year 2000, and the records go back to 1884.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK
Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
August 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Summer 2025 will 'almost certainly' be the warmest on record for the UK, according to provisional data from the @metoffice.gov.uk
This would mean that the 5 warmest summers for the UK will have all occurred since the year 2000, and the records go back to 1884.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This would mean that the 5 warmest summers for the UK will have all occurred since the year 2000, and the records go back to 1884.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
It is great to see that people like to talk about the weather. According to new research by the @metoffice.gov.uk, in the UK we spend 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours on average talking about the weather over the course of a year.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
People spend over two days a year talking about the weather amid potential record-breaking summer warmth
New research from the Met Office reveals that we spend on average 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours, talking about the weather over the course of a year.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
August 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It is great to see that people like to talk about the weather. According to new research by the @metoffice.gov.uk, in the UK we spend 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours on average talking about the weather over the course of a year.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Reposted by Gemma Plumb
The UK is in its 4th major heatwave of the summer.
🔴Highs of 25–33°C — up to 12°C above average — are at least 5× more likely due to human-caused climate change (almost impossible without it), impacting tens of millions through the weekend.
🔴Highs of 25–33°C — up to 12°C above average — are at least 5× more likely due to human-caused climate change (almost impossible without it), impacting tens of millions through the weekend.
August 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The UK is in its 4th major heatwave of the summer.
🔴Highs of 25–33°C — up to 12°C above average — are at least 5× more likely due to human-caused climate change (almost impossible without it), impacting tens of millions through the weekend.
🔴Highs of 25–33°C — up to 12°C above average — are at least 5× more likely due to human-caused climate change (almost impossible without it), impacting tens of millions through the weekend.
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We’ve collected the oldest ice core, now it’s time to analyse it! 🔍 💻
The @newscientist.com have a new icy-cool video, speaking to BAS scientists about the Beyond EPICA project, highlighting why this work is so important in the face of climate change.
www.newscientist.com/video/249042...
The @newscientist.com have a new icy-cool video, speaking to BAS scientists about the Beyond EPICA project, highlighting why this work is so important in the face of climate change.
www.newscientist.com/video/249042...
August 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We’ve collected the oldest ice core, now it’s time to analyse it! 🔍 💻
The @newscientist.com have a new icy-cool video, speaking to BAS scientists about the Beyond EPICA project, highlighting why this work is so important in the face of climate change.
www.newscientist.com/video/249042...
The @newscientist.com have a new icy-cool video, speaking to BAS scientists about the Beyond EPICA project, highlighting why this work is so important in the face of climate change.
www.newscientist.com/video/249042...
The @metoffice.gov.uk have issued an amber wind warning for central and northern Scotland for Monday ⚠️
Storm Floris will bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds.
Wind gusts of 50-70 mph are expected for many and are likely to reach 80-90 mph on some exposed coasts, hills and bridges.
Storm Floris will bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds.
Wind gusts of 50-70 mph are expected for many and are likely to reach 80-90 mph on some exposed coasts, hills and bridges.
August 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The @metoffice.gov.uk have issued an amber wind warning for central and northern Scotland for Monday ⚠️
Storm Floris will bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds.
Wind gusts of 50-70 mph are expected for many and are likely to reach 80-90 mph on some exposed coasts, hills and bridges.
Storm Floris will bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds.
Wind gusts of 50-70 mph are expected for many and are likely to reach 80-90 mph on some exposed coasts, hills and bridges.
The temperatures at 1pm today across most of the UK were around 7-11C above average.
istheukhotrightnow.com
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July 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The temperatures at 1pm today across most of the UK were around 7-11C above average.
istheukhotrightnow.com
istheukhotrightnow.com
Temperatures across the UK today and over the weekend have been made more likely by climate change. The @climatecentral.org Climate Shift Index shows that the temperatures have been made at least 3-5 times more likely.
Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
July 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Temperatures across the UK today and over the weekend have been made more likely by climate change. The @climatecentral.org Climate Shift Index shows that the temperatures have been made at least 3-5 times more likely.
Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
Temperatures across most of the UK at the moment are currently 6-10C above average, for some they are 11C above average 🌡️
This website by @roostweather.bsky.social and @edhawkins.org is brilliant and shows how the current temperatures compare to average.
istheukhotrightnow.com
This website by @roostweather.bsky.social and @edhawkins.org is brilliant and shows how the current temperatures compare to average.
istheukhotrightnow.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Temperatures across most of the UK at the moment are currently 6-10C above average, for some they are 11C above average 🌡️
This website by @roostweather.bsky.social and @edhawkins.org is brilliant and shows how the current temperatures compare to average.
istheukhotrightnow.com
This website by @roostweather.bsky.social and @edhawkins.org is brilliant and shows how the current temperatures compare to average.
istheukhotrightnow.com
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The tension isn't the only thing rising at Wimbledon today.🎾
🌡️Hot temperatures are leading to multiple breaks in play due to heat-related medical issues for fans.
The heat has been made at least 4x more likely due to human-caused climate change.
sports.yahoo.com/tennis/break...
🌡️Hot temperatures are leading to multiple breaks in play due to heat-related medical issues for fans.
The heat has been made at least 4x more likely due to human-caused climate change.
sports.yahoo.com/tennis/break...
July 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The tension isn't the only thing rising at Wimbledon today.🎾
🌡️Hot temperatures are leading to multiple breaks in play due to heat-related medical issues for fans.
The heat has been made at least 4x more likely due to human-caused climate change.
sports.yahoo.com/tennis/break...
🌡️Hot temperatures are leading to multiple breaks in play due to heat-related medical issues for fans.
The heat has been made at least 4x more likely due to human-caused climate change.
sports.yahoo.com/tennis/break...
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After a very hot day for some today, it will be turning fresher for all by Wednesday 📉
Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔
Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔
July 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
After a very hot day for some today, it will be turning fresher for all by Wednesday 📉
Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔
Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔
This new website by @edhawkins.org and @roostweather.bsky.social is brilliant.
It shows how the current temperatures compare to average. The latest map shows how widely the temperatures at the moment are above average across the UK. For some they are 10-11C above average.
It shows how the current temperatures compare to average. The latest map shows how widely the temperatures at the moment are above average across the UK. For some they are 10-11C above average.
June 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This new website by @edhawkins.org and @roostweather.bsky.social is brilliant.
It shows how the current temperatures compare to average. The latest map shows how widely the temperatures at the moment are above average across the UK. For some they are 10-11C above average.
It shows how the current temperatures compare to average. The latest map shows how widely the temperatures at the moment are above average across the UK. For some they are 10-11C above average.
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Here come the night sweats...🥵
Night-time temps rising above 20C are expected later this week, meteorologist Gemma Plumb tells Times Radio.
Night-time temps rising above 20C are expected later this week, meteorologist Gemma Plumb tells Times Radio.
June 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here come the night sweats...🥵
Night-time temps rising above 20C are expected later this week, meteorologist Gemma Plumb tells Times Radio.
Night-time temps rising above 20C are expected later this week, meteorologist Gemma Plumb tells Times Radio.
The UK has recorded its sunniest spring on record according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
This spring, the UK recorded 630 hours of sunshine from 1st March to 27th May, beating its previous sunniest spring set in 2020. The records go back to 1910.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This spring, the UK recorded 630 hours of sunshine from 1st March to 27th May, beating its previous sunniest spring set in 2020. The records go back to 1910.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
2025 is already the UK's sunniest spring on record
The UK has already recorded its sunniest spring on record, according to provisional Met Office figures.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
May 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The UK has recorded its sunniest spring on record according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
This spring, the UK recorded 630 hours of sunshine from 1st March to 27th May, beating its previous sunniest spring set in 2020. The records go back to 1910.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
This spring, the UK recorded 630 hours of sunshine from 1st March to 27th May, beating its previous sunniest spring set in 2020. The records go back to 1910.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...