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Met Office Forecasting Experiment
Forecasting the weather accurately relies on a combination of cutting edge forecasting models developed by our research scientists and the skill of interpreting these models by expert meteorologists. We’ve recently completed a “Forecasting Experiment” which brought together our research and … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, development, experiment, forecast, Met Office, model, UK, weather
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Fascination and forecasting – guest blog by Siân Lloyd
Here in the UK we’re famous for being obsessed with the weather, and I’m no exception to that. My fascination with the weather started from a young age because my father had a passion for the outdoors, so we were … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, climate, climate change, forecasting, Met Office, sian lloyd, weather
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Why is it more challenging to predict the weather in summer?
As the school holidays get going across all of the UK now , I thought it would be worth asking our Chief Meteorologist, Ewen McCallum the question “Why is it more challenging to predict the weather in summer?” This is … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, Met Office, summer, weather
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