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Met Office News- Name Our Storms 2016 19 September, 2016
- 2016: Another low year for declining Arctic sea ice 15 September, 2016
- One of the earth's most regular climate cycles is disrupted 8 September, 2016
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Met Office in the news – BBC weather contract
We’ve known for a year that our long-standing relationship with the BBC is going to change and we have been working hard to make sure everyone can access our forecast and warnings on a range of channels – via our … Continue reading
A look back at this week’s news
The Met Office has been in the news again this week, with our contracts for broadcast weather services generating a huge amount of column inches and public reaction. It’s certainly been heartening to see and hear the level of public … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged Android, apps, BBC, broadcasting, Facebook, iPhone, Met Office, Social media, tv, Twitter, weather forecast
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Met Office in the news – BBC weather contract
You may have seen reports in the media today that the Met Office won’t be the BBCs main weather provider when the current contract ends. Obviously everyone at the Met Office is disappointed that we won’t be supplying weather presenters … Continue reading
Iconic British gardeners meet Met Office scientists
Devon’s gardeners have had some of their horticultural problems answered thanks to a visit from the iconic BBC Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time team to the Met Office. The show, in front of a 200 strong audience, was lead by … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Anne Swithenbank, BBC, Bunny Guinness, Devon, garden, gardeners question time, horticulture, peter gibbs, Pippa Greenwood
Is Arctic sea ice shrinking or expanding?
The decline of Arctic sea ice is often pointed to as one of the most visible indicators of a warming world but earlier this week the Mail on Sunday published an article claiming the ice is in recovery. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Arctic, BBC, cryosat, decline, extent, Mail on Sunday, Met Office, recovery, sea ice, volume
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Met Office continues to drive forward research on long-range forecasting
The BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ Programme have run a story this morning regarding the advice the Met Office gave to our government customers ahead of the exceptionally wet weather of April to June 2012. This was an extreme period of weather … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media
Tagged BBC, forecasting, long-range outlook, Madden Julian Oscillation, Met Office, MJO, Radio Four, seasonal forecasts, Today, weather
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How the ‘pest from the west’ will beat the ‘Beast from the East’
There was much talk at the end of last week about the ‘Beast from the East’ being set to bring some cold and wintry conditions to the UK this week. However, the balance in the atmosphere has changed and the … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged BBC, Beast from the East, freezing fog, frost, Greenland, ice, ITV, Met Office, North Sea, Scandinavia, snow, Thursday, weather
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Long to rain over us
Weather often makes front page news but today it’s the weather forecaster who has garnered the headlines – as the paper’s focus on the Prince of Wales’ star turn as a presenter. Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall both … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged BBC, BBC Scotland, camilla, climate, duchess of cornwall, forecast, Met Office, presenter, prince charles, prince of wales, royal, Royal Air Force, television, weather, weather presenter, YouTube
Met Office scientists to feature in BBC Horizon programme ‘Global Weirding’
BBC Horizon will broadcast ‘Global Weirding’ on BBC Two tonight at 9pm, exploring the science behind why the world’s weather seems to be getting more extreme and if these patterns are a taste of what is to come. Horizon say: “Something … Continue reading
Communicating uncertain forecasts
This has been a challenging week for the Met Office. As early as last weekend our forecasters identified the potential for some very severe weather to affect the UK at the end of this week. Our forecasting systems had identified … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged BBC, English Channel, gales, ice, ITV, Met Office, rain, severe gales, severe weather, snow, weather
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