Alex Deakin
@alexdeakin.bsky.social
Met head, weather fella. Likes sport and food too. You’ll see me on Met Office social media channels.
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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 ⚠️
This pumpkin had the bit between his teeth
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This pumpkin had the bit between his teeth
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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A jaw-dropping view of the sun setting on Hurricane Melissa tonight.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A jaw-dropping view of the sun setting on Hurricane Melissa tonight.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.
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This is definitely something worthy of quantitative analysis and experiments. It is very hard to know otherwise how much of the error was due to the lack of weather balloons. Forecast failures happen, and tropical cyclones moving into the extratropics are a common source of these.
Meteorologists are raising alarms that cuts made to weather balloon launches early in Trump's term may have directly contributed to poor forecasts of the catastrophic storm that recently hit western Alaska.
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is definitely something worthy of quantitative analysis and experiments. It is very hard to know otherwise how much of the error was due to the lack of weather balloons. Forecast failures happen, and tropical cyclones moving into the extratropics are a common source of these.
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Sea ice extent increasing as you'd expect N of Russia/Alaska/Canada ... but just look at the N European sector..some parts actually seeing a decrease in recent weeks ..
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sea ice extent increasing as you'd expect N of Russia/Alaska/Canada ... but just look at the N European sector..some parts actually seeing a decrease in recent weeks ..
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The anti-climate bots have made it to Bluesky.
Overnight I received dozens of replies, quotes, and mentions from bot-looking accounts that are seemingly intent on spreading climate doom. All these posts were encouraging me and my audience to give up. Please block these accounts if you see them.
Overnight I received dozens of replies, quotes, and mentions from bot-looking accounts that are seemingly intent on spreading climate doom. All these posts were encouraging me and my audience to give up. Please block these accounts if you see them.
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The anti-climate bots have made it to Bluesky.
Overnight I received dozens of replies, quotes, and mentions from bot-looking accounts that are seemingly intent on spreading climate doom. All these posts were encouraging me and my audience to give up. Please block these accounts if you see them.
Overnight I received dozens of replies, quotes, and mentions from bot-looking accounts that are seemingly intent on spreading climate doom. All these posts were encouraging me and my audience to give up. Please block these accounts if you see them.
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The @metoffice.gov.uk use weather station observations to reconstruct changes in UK average temperature since 1884.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model.
Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model.
Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The @metoffice.gov.uk use weather station observations to reconstruct changes in UK average temperature since 1884.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model.
Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model.
Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.
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#StormAmy ’s magnificent swirl as seen from @eumetsat.int’s Meteosat-12 satellite 🛰️
October 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#StormAmy ’s magnificent swirl as seen from @eumetsat.int’s Meteosat-12 satellite 🛰️
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What a beauty... a terrible monstrous beauty... #StormAmy #Humberto from METEOSAT-12/ MTG water vapour 6.2micron channel: The dark area is dry, descending air. Where it forms the scorpion's tail in the final frame (dare I say "sting") is location of some of the most violent winds
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️
Strong, damaging winds due to #StormAmy across parts of northern and western Scotland
Friday 1700 – Saturday 0900
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Strong, damaging winds due to #StormAmy across parts of northern and western Scotland
Friday 1700 – Saturday 0900
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️
Strong, damaging winds due to #StormAmy across parts of northern and western Scotland
Friday 1700 – Saturday 0900
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Strong, damaging winds due to #StormAmy across parts of northern and western Scotland
Friday 1700 – Saturday 0900
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
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#StormAmy has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK later on Friday and into Saturday #WeatherAware
October 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
#StormAmy has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK later on Friday and into Saturday #WeatherAware
youtu.be/yxQFUorHZlw?...
Keep up to date with the weather this week, expecting a stormy spell Friday night 💨
Keep up to date with the weather this week, expecting a stormy spell Friday night 💨
Deep Dive 30/09/2025 – Tropical tango causing chaos – Met Office weekly weather forecast UK
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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September 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Keep up to date with the weather this week, expecting a stormy spell Friday night 💨
Keep up to date with the weather this week, expecting a stormy spell Friday night 💨
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It is "established fact" that humans have warmed the Earth by burning fossils fuels and that our emissions have made climate extremes more frequent and intense (IPCC AR6)
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.carbonbrief.org/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It is "established fact" that humans have warmed the Earth by burning fossils fuels and that our emissions have made climate extremes more frequent and intense (IPCC AR6)
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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An extraordinary satellite view of Super Typhoon Ragasa.
The Category 5 storm continues to bring significant impacts to the Philippines.
The Category 5 storm continues to bring significant impacts to the Philippines.
September 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
An extraordinary satellite view of Super Typhoon Ragasa.
The Category 5 storm continues to bring significant impacts to the Philippines.
The Category 5 storm continues to bring significant impacts to the Philippines.
While it’ll be very warm for some, other will be very wet. Rain warnings issued ⚠️ Flooding possible
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
While it’ll be very warm for some, other will be very wet. Rain warnings issued ⚠️ Flooding possible
Warm or wet to colder and drier it’s all in the 10DT ⬇️
We switch from warm or wet to cold and dry as we go beyond the equinox, but as usual it’s never that straightforward as Alex Deakin explains in this 10 day outlook: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoUn...
10 Day Trend 17/09/2025 – First frosts possible next week – Met Office weather forecast UK
This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the next 10 days 17/09/2025.
We switch from warm or wet to cold and dry as we go beyond the equinox, but as usual it’s never that straightforward as…
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September 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Warm or wet to colder and drier it’s all in the 10DT ⬇️
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A yellow warning for wind remains out for much of the day today across England and Wales ⚠️
Here are the highest wind gusts from overnight 👇
Here are the highest wind gusts from overnight 👇
September 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A yellow warning for wind remains out for much of the day today across England and Wales ⚠️
Here are the highest wind gusts from overnight 👇
Here are the highest wind gusts from overnight 👇
Shocked by the terrible news about Jay.
He was a great broadcaster, excellent communicator and most importantly a very nice bloke with a sly sense of humour who never took himself too seriously.
RIP Jay Wynne 😔
Jay Wynne, former BBC weather presenter, dies aged 56 www.bbc.com/news/article...
He was a great broadcaster, excellent communicator and most importantly a very nice bloke with a sly sense of humour who never took himself too seriously.
RIP Jay Wynne 😔
Jay Wynne, former BBC weather presenter, dies aged 56 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jay Wynne, former BBC weather presenter, dies aged 56
Jay Wynne joined BBC Weather in October 2000 and was a regular forecaster on BBC News at Ten.
www.bbc.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Shocked by the terrible news about Jay.
He was a great broadcaster, excellent communicator and most importantly a very nice bloke with a sly sense of humour who never took himself too seriously.
RIP Jay Wynne 😔
Jay Wynne, former BBC weather presenter, dies aged 56 www.bbc.com/news/article...
He was a great broadcaster, excellent communicator and most importantly a very nice bloke with a sly sense of humour who never took himself too seriously.
RIP Jay Wynne 😔
Jay Wynne, former BBC weather presenter, dies aged 56 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cracking Cb to the northwest of Exeter this morning
Lit up by the rising sun 🔥
Lit up by the rising sun 🔥
September 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Cracking Cb to the northwest of Exeter this morning
Lit up by the rising sun 🔥
Lit up by the rising sun 🔥
But it was ‘just summer’…..
UK experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, Met Office says
UK experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, Met Office says
Mean temperature over June, July and August was 16.1C as country endured four heatwaves
The UK has seen its hottest summer on record, the Met Office has said, after the country sweltered under four heatwaves in a single season.
The mean temperature for meteorological summer, which encompasses the months of June, July and August, was 16.1C, which is significantly above the current record of 15.76C set in 2018. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
But it was ‘just summer’…..
Fresh list
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 6:13 AM
Fresh list