Tag Archives: NOAA

Coronavirus will impact the atmospheric CO2 record – but not enough to slow global heating

Posted on 7 May, 2020 by Met Office Press Office

The drop in global carbon-dioxide emissions following the coronavirus pandemic could be large enough to noticeably slow the build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere this year, a team of scientists at the Met Office and Scripps Institution for Oceanography have … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate change, climate science, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Keeling Curve, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, NOAA, Richard Betts, Scripps Institution for Oceanography | Comments Off

New eye in the sky to help UK weather forecasts

Posted on 20 November, 2017 by Met Office Press Office

A new weather satellite is circling the earth. The JPSS-1 satellite, launched this weekend (18 November 2017) will provide a huge array of observational, near real-time, data which will be shared with US national and international partners including the Met … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged earth observation, EUMETSAT, Great Storm of 1987, meteorological satellites, NASA, NOAA, Satellite imagery, satellites, Weather satellite, wildfires, WMO | 2 Comments

GOES-R – taking weather observation to new heights

Posted on 18 November, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Four decades after the launch of NOAA’s first weather-observing satellite, meteorologists are excited about the capabilities of the next-generation model – GOES-R – which is due for launch tomorrow. Dr Simon Keogh leads the Met Office’s Satellite Data Products and … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged hurricane, meteorological satellites, MOSWOC, NOAA, satellite, space weather | Comments Off

The latest on Hurricane Matthew

Posted on 8 October, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Hurricane Matthew has continued to slowly weaken and is currently a category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Matthew is expected to move north, then northeast through the rest of Saturday along the coast of South Carolina, before turning east … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Daytona, florida, Georgia, Haiti, heavy rain, Hurricane Matthew, NOAA, rainfall, South Carolina, storms, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, tropical storm nicole, Typhoon | Comments Off

Hurricane Matthew and Typhoon Chaba

Posted on 3 October, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Over the weekend Hurricane Matthew made headlines as it became the first hurricane in the Atlantic or Caribbean to reach category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale since Felix in 2007. Although its intensity soon dropped back slightly, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Haiti, heavy rain, hurricane, Hurricane Matthew, Japan, NOAA, rainfall, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, Typhoon Chaba, wet, wind | 2 Comments

Northern hemisphere tropical cyclone season starts to peak

Posted on 30 August, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Climatologically, tropical cyclone activity across the northern hemisphere often peaks in the period from late August through the first half of September. This year is no exception with six tropical cyclones currently active across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Pacific … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Azores, Bermuda, flooding, florida, Gulf of Mexico, hawaii, hurricane, Hurricane Gaston, Hurricane Lester, Hurricane Madeline, Hurricane Wilma, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, National Hurricane Center, NOAA, torrential rain, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, Typhoon Lionrock | Comments Off

2015 likely to be the warmest on record

Posted on 25 November, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

This year’s global average surface temperature is likely to be the warmest on record according to data from the Met Office, and is expected to continue the trend showing 15 of the top 16 warmest years have happened since 2001. … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, El Nino, global average temperatures, global temperature, global warming, hadcrut4, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, NASA, NASA GISS, NOAA, record, statistics, temperature, WMO, World Meteorological Organization | 38 Comments

Annual State of the Climate Report for 2014 published

Posted on 16 July, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

A report which looks at all the climate variables that can be measured for 2014 has been released today. The annual ‘State of the Climate’ report has been published by the American Meteorological Society, presenting summaries for all so-called Essential … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged 2014, bams, climate, climate change, global, global warming, Met Office, NOAA, State of the Climate, temperature | 140 Comments

Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall over the Philippines

Posted on 8 November, 2013 by Met Office Press Office

As predicted Typhoon Haiyan made landfall late yesterday evening (UK time) over the central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan will have caused catastrophic damage near the centre of its track through the Philippine islands of Samar, Leyte and Panay. In addition to … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News | Tagged flooding, heavy rain, landslides, Met Office, NOAA, Philippines, Storm, storm tracker, Typhoon Bopha, Typhoon Haiyan, wind | 6 Comments

Northern Lights over the UK

Posted on 24 January, 2012 by Met Office Press Office

Guest blog: Sarah Reay, British Geological Survey Many people in the UK were treated to a fine display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) on Sunday night. This was seen widely throughout Scotland and the north of England. There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged astronomy, aurora, bgs, borealis, British Geological Survey, cme, coronal mass ejection, Earth's magnetic field, Geomagnetic storm, Met Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, northern lights, space, stargazing, weather | Comments Off