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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Sunshine and showers? – a challenging forecast
“And today we will see a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers” says the weather forecaster on the TV, as you get ready for work. This is certainly a phrase that you will hear used quite a lot during the … Continue reading
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Tagged forecasting, Met Office, Shower, weather, weather forecast
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Met Office in the Media: 27 June 2011
Following an exclusive visit by Clive Cookson, Science Editor at the Financial Times to the Met Office earlier in the Month the FT Weekend Magazine ran “So will it rain tomorrow?”. This explores the role of the Met Office in … Continue reading
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Tagged East Anglia, England, Financial Times, Met Office, Middle Wallop, South East England, weather, weather forecast
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A year in the life of the Met Office
The Met Office’s Annual Report and Accounts for this year have now been published and are available to view on our website. Detailing our financial performance and business achievements from April 2010 to March 2011, they tell the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged ash cloud, Eyjafjallajökull, iPhone, Met Office, Ministry of Defence, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting
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Met Office in the Media: 23 June 2011
Following a release from E-ON, using date from the Met Office website – Bognor Regis has been crowned one of the sunniest place in Britain. After studying data from the Met Office, West Sussex has emerged as one of the UK’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bognor Regis, Business, Daily Mail, Glastonbury Festival, Met Office, weather, Wimbledon, YouTube
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Met Office in the Media: 20 June 2011
As Wimbledon got underway , as expected the day started fine and bright, but cloud increased through the afternoon and as forecast brought rain by the end of the afternoon. As expected play was suspended due to rain around 5pm. The referee and … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, rain, The Championships Wimbledon, weather, weather forecasting
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New show for BBC One taps into our weather obsession with the help of the Met Office
‘The Great British Weather’ is a new and live 4 part series for BBC One scheduled to be broadcast this summer. The Met Office have been working very closely with Love Productions, who are making the series for BBC One, providing expert … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Armstrong, BBC, Carol Kirkwood, Met Office, weather, weather forecasting
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A look ahead to the weather at Wimbledon
All eyes will be turning to the sky in SW19 as the Wimbledon Championships get underway on Monday. Met Office forecasts currently indicate that rather wet and windy weather is expected on Monday. Beyond that the recent changeable conditions are likely to … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Glastonbury Festival, London, Met Office, The Championships Wimbledon, Twitter, weather, weather forecasting, Wimbledon
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Met Office strikes ‘Gold’ for corporate responsibility
The Met Office is delighted to announce that it has achieved Gold in Business in the Community’s (BITC) 2011 Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI), the UK’s leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. Achieving Gold means that the Met Office is able to … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business in the Community, Corporate social responsibility, environment, Met Office, Sustainable development, weather forecasting
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Met Office at Scottish wind energy conferences
Met Office experts will be presenting new ways to maximise wind farm investment at wind energy conferences in Scotland this week in light of the volatility of wind resource over the last year. Weather patterns, and crucially wind speeds, underpin … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Energy, Met Office, Renewable, Renewable energy, wind, Wind farm, Wind power
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The Shipping Forecast is set to music
The Shipping Forecast, produced by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has long been a vital source of information for sailors, but now it has also provided the inspiration for a new musical work. Speaking to the BBC, … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, bbc radio 4, Forecasts, Maritime Safety Information, Met Office, shipping forecast, weather, weather forecasting
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