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Air pollution is a major risk to our health and wellbeing. Air pollution forecasts help us avoid the worst - but how is air quality measured?

Air Quality: How is air quality measured?

The Met Office have today released this year's storm names for the 2021-22 season, with inspiration provided from friends, family and pets

Met Office release this year's Storm Names - did your name make the list? 

Pets can suffer with hay fever just as much as humans can, so here are a few tips to help and to keep them cool during the warm weather.

Keeping pets cool and helping them if they're suffering with hay fever

Forecasting air pollution can help you make informed decisions about your health

Air Quality: Forecasting Pollution

Image of the Cray xc40 - current Met Office SuperComputer

The world's most advanced weather forecasting supercomputer will be up and running by summer 2022

Met Office and Microsoft team up to build new supercomputer

In the first of a new series on the climate crisis, ITV Weather presenters Lucy Verasamy, Laura Tobin and Alex Beresford look back at the story of 2020 so far.

New Series: Climate Crisis - Our Changing World Episode 1: The story of 2020

Can one case of severe sunburn give you cancer?

Chris Page explains why we get the rich earthy smell once it rains, after a dry and warm period of weather. It's known as Petrichor

Why does rain smell so good?

We've got a showery few days ahead but why is it so hard to predict exactly where they're going to crop up?

Why are showers one of the hardest things to forecast?

ITV Meteorologist Philippa Drew takes a look at some of the most common weather lore

Meteorology or myth?

ITV Meteorologist Philippa Drew explores the cumulonimbus cloud

Cloud Spotting: Cumulonimbus

Spring, Summer, Autumn Winter: The seasons, but why are they different in meteorology compared to astronomy? Meteorologist Chris Page explains

How do we define the seasons? - Meteorological Vs Astronomical

Environment Agency flood response exercise

Meteorologist Charlie Powell investigates more about how flooding is managed when he visits the Environment Agency

What happens after the rain? How flooding is managed

What is a heatwave and how can I stay well? Drink lots of water, stay out of the sun during the middle of the day, and take particular care of vulnerable people

What is a heatwave?

What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming and what does it mean for our weather, Meteorologist Charlie Powell explains

What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming?

During the summer months, as the sun dips below the horizon, some rare and mysterious clouds can be seen at night

Noctilucent clouds are so rare they are only visible after the sun has set

ITV meteorologist Chris Page provideds the facts about hurricanes and the UK

Can we get hurricanes in the UK?

These stripes show the temperature change from 1850 to the present-day of global temperature change around the world. Each line represents the average temperature of that year. A dramatic rise can be seen in the past few decades showing how the world is warming

Mets Unite around the world showing the famous Climate Stripes

What is climate change and how is it affecting us in the North West.  And what can we expect in future years?

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