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BBC and Met Office: an enduring partnership
Today the BBC has stopped taking most of its weather information from the Met Office, here Phil Evans, our Chief Operating Officer gives his perspective You will know us as the UK’s National Weather Service and also as the people … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged BBC, Channel 5, Forecasts, ITV, Met Office, Met Office Space Weather Centre, S4C, severe weather warnings, space weather, STV, Supercomputer, UTV, Weather presenters
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Met Office in the News – BBC weather service update
You may have seen reports in the media that the Met Office has signed a new contract with the BBC to supply their weather services until March 2018. It’s been pleasing to see the public support and response to this, … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged BBC, Channel 5, Instagram, ITV, Met Office, S4C, Sky, Snapchat, Social media, STV, weather forecasts, weather warnings
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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
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Tagged BBC, Beast from the East, freezing fog, frost, Greenland, ice, ITV, Met Office, North Sea, Scandinavia, snow, Thursday, weather
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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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Met Office in the Media: 09 December 2011
The severe weather that affected much of the north of the UK over the last day or so has just shown how important accurate weather forecasts are in keeping people safe and well. Our forecasts were in deed very accurate and … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Daily Express, ITV, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland, severe weather, weather, weather forecast
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