Beach huts in the snow, a stranded ship after a typhoon and dawn clouds over Snowdon feature in stunning photographs of weather around the world
- Photographer wins picture competition by capturing stunning image of Snowdonia in Wales above the clouds
- Another stunning photo shows a gigantic wave caused by Storm Erik crashing into Newhaven, East Sussex
- Almost 6,000 photos were submitted for this year’s contest showing weather phenomena around the world
- The Royal Meteorological Society said it was overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of submitted entries
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A stunning picture showing a blanket of cloud draped across a mountain in Wales has won the Weather Photographer of the Year competition.
Gareth Mon Jones has come top in the contest for a stunning panoramic picture taken at Y Lliwedd, one of the flanks of Snowdon in North Wales.
More than 5,700 photos were submitted in this year’s contest showing weather phenomena from around the world, including clouds, lightning, rain, fog and snow.
Gareth Mon Jones shows the cloud inversion in Snowdonia in Wales at dawn. His photo won Weather Photographer of the Year 2019 and is titled Above My Expectations. The picture was taken at Y Lliwedd, one of the flanks of Snowdon in North Wales
The Young Weather Photographer of the Year award was given to Hugo Begg for his image showing a spectacular lightning show over Trial Bay in Australia.
The Public’s Favourite image, as voted for by more than 4,000 people, was awarded to Elena Salvai for her picture, The Power of Lightning.
Other shortlisted pictures include a motorcycle caught in a snowstorm, coloured beach huts under a black stormy sky and a dramatic wave on the coast at Tynemouth.
Kevin Juberg this panoramic photo of one of the world’s largest haboobs on record in Arizona. A haboob is a sand storm carried by gravity. The photographer called this piece Apocalyptic
Steve W Carr took this stunning photograph of the New Brighton lighthouse in the Wirral near Liverpool.
Dan Portch took this photo of Storm Erik hitting Newhaven, East Sussex earlier this year.
The Public’s Favourite image, as voted for by more than 4,000 people, was awarded to Elena Salvai for her picture, The Power of Lightning.
Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, said ‘The Royal Meteorological Society was overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of outstanding images submitted to the Weather Photographer of the Year competition this year, celebrating weather and climate in its many different forms.
‘The photographs speak volumes about our obsession in the weather – capturing its beauty, its power and its fragility in the face of human activity.’
The winners of Weather Photographer of the Year 2019, Young Weather Photographer of the Year 2019, Public Favourite and the runners up from each category were announced today (Sat) at RMetS WeatherLive at the Royal Statistical Society, London.
The Weather Photographer of the Year exhibition will go on tour around the UK later this year. Exhibitions currently scheduled include Understanding the Weather of 2019 in Exeter on 14th March 2020.
Lee Acaster took this photo of beach huts in Southwold, Suffolk, seen in the snow.
Photographer Ali Bagheri’s entry, aptly called ‘Motorcycle caught in the snow’, shows two people caught up in a snow blizzard. More than 5,700 photos were submitted in this year’s contest showing weather phenomena from around the world
Peng-Gang Fang captured this image of a stranded ship after a typhoon in Taiwan.
Photographer Hugo Begg won the Weather Photographer of the Year 2019 competition for younger people for his image Spectacular lightning show over Trial Bay in Australia.
Patrick Hochner took this photo of a young maiko woman protecting herself while walking around Miyagawa-Cho, Kyoto in Japan.