Monthly Archives: May 2016

Will summer be a washout or a scorcher?

Posted on 31 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Summer is a time when many look forward to enjoying the great outdoors, but all too often the British weather can, quite literally, dampen our spirits. The Met Office has just released its contingency planners’ outlook covering the period for … Continue reading →

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Unsettled weather for Europe and further afield

Posted on 27 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

A warm plume of air has extended north from Africa into continental Europe, and is the focus for some potentially severe thunderstorms this weekend. The risk will transfer east from France on Saturday to Germany and the Alps on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Science Camps in full swing

Posted on 26 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Over 50 students, aged between 11-13, arrived at the Met Office keen to learn about weather and climate science, for the second of this year’s Science Camps! During the Science Camps students take part in demonstrations and hands-on activities, while … Continue reading →

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Pre-Monsoon in southern Asia

Posted on 23 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Southern Asia has seen some extreme weather recently, with heavy rainfall and high temperatures. But how unusual is this? In the last few days temperatures have often been above 50 C in northwest India, and the highest ever temperature record was … Continue reading →

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Is the weather going to be record breaking?

Posted on 18 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

There has been some suggestion that this May could be the hottest ever recorded in the UK. However, unfortunately, it really is still too early to be sure about the final figures. The mid month UK statistics (1-15 May 2016) show, … Continue reading →

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Global weather model looks to the skies for improved accuracy

Posted on 18 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

The day-to-day business of many scientists in the Met Office is focussed on continually improving our Unified Model (UM) and advancing our treatment of observations that are used to initialise the UM to maintain our world-leading forecast accuracy. Tom Blackmore, … Continue reading →

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Heavy rainfall for Sri Lanka and India

Posted on 16 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

This depression has produced very heavy rainfall across much of Sri Lanka and into the far south of India over the weekend. The capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, reported 305mm of rain on Sunday (May average rainfall is 371mm), leading … Continue reading →

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Is this summer going to be record breaking?

Posted on 16 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

There are headlines in the media today suggesting the UK is in for a “hotter than usual summer”. This prediction seems to have been based on the latest Met Office three month outlook for contingency planners. As we’ve discussed previously, … Continue reading →

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Met Office predicts slightly above-average Atlantic hurricane season

Posted on 12 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

The Met Office is predicting that the most likely number of tropical storms to form in the Atlantic between June and November will be 14 according to its long-range Atlantic tropical storm forecast for 2016 released today. There is a … Continue reading →

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Very warm with some showers for Ten Tors

Posted on 6 May, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Thousands of young people will head to Dartmoor to take on the Ten Tors Challenge, which starts at 7am on Saturday. There are three different course lengths, of 35, 45 and 55 miles depending on age and ability with 400 … Continue reading →

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