“Above My Expectations”. The overall winning image was taken by Gareth Mon Jones at dawn in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. (Photo by Gareth Mon Jones/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“The Power of Lightning”. Elena Salvai’s image of the coast off Riomaggiore, Cinque terre, Italy, was first runner-up and people’s favourite. (Photo by Elena Salvai/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Snow Rollers in Wiltshire”. Brian Bayliss photographed this natural phenomenon near Marlborough. The image was second runner-up. (Photo by Brian Bayliss/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Spectacular Lightning Show over Trial Bay”. Taken near South West Rock, Australia, Hugo Begg’s image was judged the overall winner in the under-17s category. (Photo by Hugo Begg/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Motorcycle Caught in the Snow”. The under-17s runner-up was Ali Bagheri for this wintry image of Iran. (Photo by Ali Bagheri/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Comin ta Getcha”. This image by Stu Short of storm chasers racing away from a monster supercell in New Mexico was among those to make the shortlist. (Photo by Stu Short/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Exploding Wave”. Owen Humphreys captures rough sea battering the pier at Tynemouth, UK, in this shortlisted shot. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Air”. Steve Baker used a drone for this shortlisted image of the “beast from the east” snow storm over Tunbridge Wells, UK. (Photo by Steve Baker/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Barrier Rainstorm”. Brian Denton’s image of rain falling on the Thames Barrier, UK, also made the shortlist. (Photo by Brian Denton/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Cinnamon Rolls Cloud”. Sun Bingyin was shortlisted for this evening shot at Jökulsárlón, Iceland. (Photo by Sun Bingyin/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Fichtelberg”. Christoph Schaarschmidt’s wintertime image on Fichtelberg mountain, Germany, was also shortlisted. (Photo by Christoph Schaarschmidt/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Flood”. Mohammad Moheimani was shortlisted for this image of a flooded road in Agqqla, north Iran. (Photo by Mohammad Moheimani/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Rain in the City”. Christine Holt took his shortlisted image through the window of a bus in Memphis, US. (Photo by Christine Holt/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Pouring Down”. Patrick Hochner captures a geisha apprentice with a waxed silk umbrella in Kyoto, Japan, in this shortlisted shot. (Photo by Patrick Hochner/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“The Ship of Stranded”. This shortlisted image was taken by Fang Peng-Gang off the coast city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Photo by Fang Peng-Gang/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Morning Shadows”. Chris Brown’s shortlisted photograph of Scotney castle, Kent, England. (Photo by Chris Brown/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Tempest”. The ferocity of Storm Erik is captured by Dan Portch off Newhaven, UK, in this shortlisted image. (Photo by Dan Portch/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Apocalyptic”. Kevin Juberg was shortlisted for this panoramic view of one of the largest haboobs (durst storm) on record in Arizona, US. (Photo by Kevin Juberg/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“The Supercell”. This shortlisted image by Dennis Oswald Huge farmland of was taken in south-west Oklahoma, US. (Photo by Dennis Oswald/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)





“Mountain Cloud”. Iain Afshar’s image of a lenticular cloud formation in the Alps, France, was among those on the shortlist. (Photo by Iain Afshar/2019 Weather Photographer of the Year/RMetS)