Kirsty McCabe

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Jo Robinson |Kirsty McCabe

The UK could see its warmest day of the year so far on Friday - as a "severe" rating for wildfires remaining in place across the country. Temperatures could reach as high as 24C in parts of central England, as weather "nearer to what we'd expect in July" continues, the Met Office said. It means the UK is set to be hotter than Marbella and Ibiza in Spain, Mykonos in Greece, and even Los Angeles in California on Friday, according to Met Office forecasts.

3 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Kirsty McCabe

Spring sunshine will return to parts of the UK in time for Mother's Day and continue into next week – potentially bringing the hottest day of the year so far, forecasters have said. Sky weather producer Kirsty McCabe said Mothering Sunday was likely to be a "mostly fine day with bright or sunny spells once early low cloud and drizzle clears". She predicted there would be "temperatures near or above average" for most places. Afterwards, however, high pressure is set to dominate.

May 17, 2024 | news.sky.com | Mickey Carroll |Kirsty McCabe

The Northern Lights could light up our skies again as early as next month. The spectacle came after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US issued its first severe solar storm warning since 2005 as a series of solar flares combined to form a huge burst of solar plasma. "We had a quite enormous sunspot, about 15 times the size of the Earth, on the Earth-facing side of the sun," said Krista Hammond, a space weather expert at the Met Office.

May 9, 2024 | news.sky.com | Kieren Williams |Kirsty McCabe

The Northern Lights are set to be visible across the UK overnight as a huge solar storm is going to hit Earth. America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reportedly issued its first severe solar storm warning since 2005 yesterday as a huge geomagnetic storm races towards Earth - meaning it could be the most powerful experienced in almost two decades.

Nov 24, 2017 | news.sky.com | Kirsty McCabe