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Tag Archives: royal wedding
Met Office in the Media: 24 January 2012
The Daily Telegraph has today published a correction relating to a story it published back in November of last year. In “Outlook fair for amateurs as Met Office releases data” the newspaper inaccurately suggested the Met Office had failed to predict the … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Met Office, royal wedding, Solar variation, Transport Select Committee, weather
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Met Office in the Media – 28 November 2011
Today there are stories in the media about government plans to make more data publicly accessible. While we expect an official announcement to be made tomorrow, the Met Office welcomes any move that leads to wider access to our high … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media
Tagged Highways Agency, royal wedding, Science and Technology Select Committee, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, weather
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Met Office in the Media: 09 May 2011
A story about the forecast for the Royal Wedding provided by the Met Office was published by the Sunday Express this weekend. The story, however, fails to accurately review the forecast that was actually provided for the wedding, and as … Continue reading
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Tagged clouds, Met Office, royal wedding, weather
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One day to go to the Royal Wedding and what’s the weather forecast?
The Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be celebrated in London and throughout the country tomorrow. The weather will play its part in the big day and the latest Royal Wedding forecast is for a mixture of … Continue reading
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Tagged Kate Middleton, London, Met Office, Prince William of Wales, royal wedding, weather, weather forecast
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Royal Wedding Update: Wednesday 27 April
In the London area, a return to more typical April weather is likely, with a mix of showers and at times brighter spells. The best of the drier weather is likely through the morning. Much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office Images, Met Office News
Tagged HRH Prince William, Kate Middleton, London, Met Office, royal wedding, weather
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Met Office in the Media: 27 April 2011
The Daily Express reports in ‘Drivers warned as pollen cloud menace heads for UK‘ about an increased risk of Birch pollen heading toward the UK from the continent as northeasterly winds set in across the UK. Birch pollen is also … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, Pollen, royal wedding
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Royal wedding weather forecast
As the big day gets closer we can now start to give more detail on what the weather will be like on Friday for the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. The Met Office has a special … Continue reading
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Tagged London, Met Office, royal wedding, weather, Westminster Abbey
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Met Office in the Media: 21 April 2011
The weather for the Easter weekend continues to make the news right now with the Daily Telegraph reporting that ‘Britain heading for warmest Easter weekend on record‘. It is true that temperatures are well above where they should be – … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, hot weather, Northern Ireland, royal wedding, smog
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Met Office in the Media: 20 April 2011
As the fine weather continues across much of the UK the media have focused very much on what the Easter weekend weather will be like and whether the fine and warm spell will last until the Royal Wedding. Of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlwood, Easter, Easter Week, London, Met Office, royal wedding, weather
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Met Office in the Media: 24 November 2010
The date of the Royal Wedding caused a number of newspapers to look at what the weather may be like on the big day. Of course it is too early to provide a forecast, but we can look at what … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, Met Office, royal wedding, snow, weather
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