Weather presenter, meteorologist and climate communicator for the Met Office. Former BBC Weather presenter. 3 x OMB winner. All views expressed here are my own.
Joined February 2009
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
28 May 2025
Seven of the top ten sunniest springs on records for the UK since 1910, have occurred since the year 2000
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29 Apr 2025
It’s MS Awareness Week! @mssocietyuk and 7 other leading MS charities are shining a spotlight on #MSConversations.
If you’re affected by MS get involved and share your most memorable MS conversation
#MSAwarenessWeek #MSWeek
28 Apr 2025
It’s MS Awareness Week! 🥳🙌💥
We’re launching our joint campaign #MSConversations, to shine a spotlight on how challenging it can be to talk about MS.
We asked the MS community to share their most memorable #MSConversation. 💬
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
24 Jan 2025
The mean wind speed record of 131 km/h set in 1945 at Foynes Co. Limerick has provisionally been broken during #StormÉowyn
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
17 Jan 2025
🌍 CO2 Forecast 2025: The Mauna Loa observatory predicts a rise in CO2 levels to 426.6 ± 0.6 ppm in 2025. This continues the alarming trend of increasing atmospheric CO2 👉 bit.ly/4ghvdcl
#GetClimateReady #CO2Forecast
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31 Dec 2024
One of the best things we can do about climate change is to talk about it
Great read on the fundamentals here ⬇️
coveringclimatenow.org/resou…
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
20 Oct 2024
#StormAshley Strongest #wind gusts (>=40mph) so far (20/10 00Z-20/10 21Z) from the 03xxx SYNOP sites (<300m altitude).
Top spot: #Mace Head - 85 mph at 20/10 1300Z
This hour: #Inverbervie No 2 - 76 mph at 20/10 2100Z
roostweather.com/ukobs/custo…
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
20 Oct 2024
#StormAshley almost looks like it’s developed an “eye” as it approaches northwest Scotland.
Max gusts so far:
76mph - Belmullet
75mph - Cairn Gorm Summit
69mph - Malin Head
Amber warnings in force ⚠️
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
18 Oct 2024
#StormAshley has been named by @MetEireann and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK through Sunday and into Monday #weatheraware
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Today it is the UK's turn to experience serious flooding due to intense rainfall.
A reminder that UK rainfall intensity has increased markedly over the past 60 years. All consistent with the physics of a warming atmosphere which is now more humid.
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
19 Sep 2024
Has it been t-shirt or coat weather for you today?
Cloud has held temperatures back for some, particularly along eastern coasts ☁️
But those inland with the sunshine have seen the thermometer rise 10°C higher ☀️ 🌡️
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
12 Sep 2024
🥳🔥FPL GW4 Scout Selection
We are back with our GW4 Scout Picks article for this week✅
We lead 2-1 vs @OfficialFPL scout picks!
Top Picks for GW4 based on Stats, Matchups and Fixtures covered in detail by @dylster_13👇
How many picks do you own? 👀
allaboutfpl.com/2024/09/fpl-…
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
4 Sep 2024
Did you know the Met Office returns £18.80 for every £1 of public money invested?
The new independent report evaluating our value to the UK has just been published by @LondonEconomics.
You can read more about where we add value ⤵️
Global impact #WhenItMatters @SciTechgovuk
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
29 Aug 2024
❗ Latest storm names announced ❗
Here are the #StormNames for 2024/25, announced with @MetEireann and @KNMI
Do you know someone whose name is on the list? 🧵
ALT 2024/25 storm names. Ashley Bert Conall Darragh Éowyn Floris Gerben Hugo Izzy James Kayleigh Lewis Mavis Naoise Otje Poppy Rafi Sayuri Tilly Vivienne Wren
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
22 Aug 2024
#StormLilian has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK tonight and on Friday morning
Stay #weatheraware
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
18 Aug 2024
The Moon is Orange/ Red /Pink tonight too…
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18 Aug 2024
Insane orange/red/pink sunset due to wildfire smoke in the atmosphere tonight
I think you can even see a sunspot?
Pic from my phone….
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
14 Aug 2024
Heavy rain in southern Spain has led to severe flooding in Puerto Lumbreras this afternoon
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14 Aug 2024
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14 Aug 2024
It is official.
The Mediterranean sea surface temperature has just set a new heat record. The average sea surface temperature just hit a staggering 28.15°C.
18 out of the top 20 hottest days for the Mediterranean sea surface have been observed in the last 13 months alone.
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Alex Deakin ⚡️☀️❄️🌧 retweeted
12 Aug 2024
Seems to be a reasonably good chance to see the northern lights tonight across the whole country, won’t be anything like May, but has potential to be semi decent. Worth keeping an eye on, aswell as the #PerseidMeteorShower tonight too, 100 meteors an hour possible! #Nightsky #aurora #Auroraborealis 🌟
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12 Aug 2024
The number of summers this temperature was observed in the…
1960’s…….0 ❌
1970’s……..1 ☀️
1980’s…….0 ❌
1990’s…….2 ☀️☀️
2000’s……2 ☀️☀️
The last decade….. 6 ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️👀
#ClimateChange
12 Aug 2024
It's been the hottest day of 2024 so far with 34.8°C recorded in Cambridge today 🌡️
Provisionally this is only the 11th year since 1961 temperatures as high as this have been recorded
8 of those years have been since 2000 and 6 of them have been in the last decade 📈
ALT A map of the UK showing a provisional maximum temperature of 34.8°C recorded in Cambridge, today 12th August 2024.
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