Simon King
@SimonOKing
Lead BBC weather presenter and meteorologist. Mostly R4 Today, 5 Live and BBC Breakfast | Ex-RAF Officer | Author ‘What Does Rain Smell Like?’
Too hot for Santa as Lapland buckles under record heatwave bbc.in/4kZIMiB
Stunning shelf clouds (a type of arcus cloud) which can form at the base of thunderstorms. Find out more ➡️ bbc.in/4m3va75 BBC Weather Watcher pic credits (left to right): High Legh, Cheshire East, Paula; Lymm, Warrington, williamT; Thatto Heath, St.Helens, schs
Was great to speak to @acatherwoodnews @BBCR4Feedback and give a little insight to delivering radio weather forecasts and how the climate change narrative is becoming more important… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Today on @BBCR4Feedback: Radio 3 Controller @classicjacko is back to answer listener questions, @acatherwoodnews discusses how climate change is influencing weather forecasting with BBC meteorologist @SimonOKing, and a Women's Euro #VoxBox Listen at 3.30pm today📻
Happy St Swithin’s Day… St Swithin's Day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain, St Swithin's Day if thou be fair, For forty days twill rain nae mare. Parts of E Eng may want rain based on this, western areas, less so ☔️
What’s the likelihood of drought and more hosepipe bans? It’s complex but just looking at rainfall since the start of the hydrological year (Oct 24), it has been one of the driest since 1976 and below average rainfall expected for rest of summer ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/weather/articl…
The western Mediterranean Sea is absurdly warm at the moment, with nearly half of the basin exhibiting SST anomalies greater than +3°C. A buoy near the island of Mallorca, Spain reported a water temperature of 31°C earlier today. This is bonkers for this time of year.
Often get comments that notable maximum temperatures are at airfields where ‘conveniently jets/planes give higher reading’. Marco below makes a very good point for today’s maximum temperatures…
Provisionally the top 5 temperatures today.. ▪️34.7C St James's Park, London.. (no airfield!) ▪️34.6C East Malling.. (no airfield!) ▪️34.5C Writtle.. (no airfield!) ▪️34.3C Teddington.. (no airfield!) ▪️34.2C Frittenden.. (no airfield!)
Players’ union says one of Chelsea’s Club World Cup matches in US should have been delayed or postponed over extreme heat, as FIFA is urged to consider extended half-time breaks for the World Cup & even a 9am start for the final, after “wake up call” bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
Extremely rare - and the highest clouds (above 40 miles in the mesosphere) - were spotted in the UK last night. Noctilucent, also known as 'night-shining' clouds are only seen in the summer where the sun illuminates ice crystals in the cloud. Stunning... 😍
Today is likely to be in the top 3 hottest June days on record with potential for >34 C in Gt London/Bedfordshire area 1⃣ 35.6 C in 1976 2⃣ 34.5 C in 2017 3⃣ 34.0 C in 2019 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Amber heat health alerts issued as temperatures above 30C likely bbc.in/44jzbOF
Extreme heat is starting to change the way we holiday bbc.in/3HJUD6J
Extreme heatwaves and wildfires on holiday? When does it become 'too hot' to enjoy? 🌡️🔥 There's some evidence to suggest we might be changing our holiday plans due to climate change. Read more as I explore for @BBCNews ⤵️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
First heatwave of 2025 likely as temperatures to surge above 30C bbc.in/3TowWDl