{"id":390094,"date":"2025-07-21T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390094"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:20:18","slug":"met-offices-amber-warning-turned-out-to-be-a-dud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390094","title":{"rendered":"Met Office\u2019s Amber Warning Turned Out To Be A\u00a0Dud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/about-us\/news-and-media\/media-centre\/weather-and-climate-news\/2025\/amber-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-southeast-england<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That amber warning turned out to be a bit of a damp squib.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite some hysterical reporting, the best the Met Office could come up with was 45.2mm for the day at Charlwood:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Far from the apocalyptic warnings of 100 mm!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That amber warning turned out to be a bit of a damp squib.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":390103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691836705,691818808,691836706,691835832,691836707],"class_list":["post-390094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amber-thunderstorm-warning","tag-met-office","tag-southeast-england","tag-thunderstorms","tag-thundery-rain","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0AQP9jZ7eQGP3i8KoLe4aadOuqEO3T19wJrRvYW0PTiJ0wL2s8Ehj7onYu5HDgiduk6OvtZM98WfTXA2W29wDK4cLNY-H4zvvKo84LS3gtrZN-5XmPhQEo-iT6py_G73uLjpteauU9UP3WQE3qNlRrVruHkqrg-1.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1DtQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":430242,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430242","url_meta":{"origin":390094,"position":0},"title":"Record Rainfall? 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