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- It's not just @Mo_Farah that has set a new #LondonMarathon record - St James's Park has just reached 23.2 Celsius… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 24 minutes ago
- @IreneDavidson69 I would suggest either Aberdeen or Whitby. ^Barny 1 hour ago
- Afternoon plans? Some of us will enjoy sunny spells 🌤️ but there will be showers around 🌧️ Staying very warm across… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 2 hours ago
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Tag Archives: weather
Weather ready, Climate smart
Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart’ is the theme for World Meteorological Day being marked around the globe today. As the UK’s national meteorological service, we’re at the forefront of weather and climate science, with wide-ranging capabilities and areas of cutting edge expertise used … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate science, climate-smart, global warming, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, National Severe Weather Warning Service, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, weather-ready, world met day, World Meteorological Day, World Meteorological Organization
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Watch this space!
Space weather is just the environmental conditions in space that can have an effect on Earth. The most recognisable and visible of these is arguably the auroras (Northern and Southern Lights). However, as well as these spectacular natural phenomena, space … Continue reading
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Tagged European Space Agency, Met Office, solar, solar cycle, solar storm, solar wind, space weather, Sun, sun spot, UK Space Agency, weather, weather forecasting
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International Women’s Day
Stephen Belcher, Met Office Chief Scientist We are joining organisations from around the world in marking International Women’s Day, an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women and to support a call to action to accelerate gender parity. As the … Continue reading
A review of our long-range outlook for the recent cold snap
Various media reports have been commenting on our longer-range warnings in the run-up to the recent cold snap. This period of severe weather was very well predicted and the first signs appeared around one month before the start, when we … Continue reading
Winter and February statistics for 2018
Looking at the statistics you may be forgiven for thinking that the winter of 2017/18 was rather uneventful, as both temperatures and rainfall totals are quite close to average in most places. In fact the statistic of interest when taking … Continue reading
Mid-month February statistics on the 40th anniversary of blizzards
It has been a cold and wet first half of February for many of us however there have been a few isolated milder days and plenty of sunshine between the bands of rain. It’s been rather unsettled, with most of … Continue reading
Did You Know? We’re testing new weather balloons: from Cornwall to Antarctica!
The Met Office launches over 4300 balloons every year from 6 locations across the UK and is involved in launching thousands more around the globe. These are not party balloons; they are weather balloons that take a small weather observation … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, Data, observations, Radiosondes, weather, weather balloon
Could navigational buoys help with Met Office forecasts?
For the first time the Met Office has set up a trial to see if it is possible to use navigational buoys to gather weather data from near coastal areas. The Met Office has just 10 weather observation buoys around … Continue reading
Early April statistics
Early provisional statistics for April (1st-26th) show that overall it has also been a sunny and warm month so far compared to the long-term 1981-2010 average. Following on from the mid-month statistics, Middlesex remains the driest historical county with 2.7mm … Continue reading
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Tagged dry, England, forecast, Met Office, rain, rainfall, record, spring, sunshine, temperature, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet
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Are the next three months going to be scorching?
There are headlines in the media today suggesting the UK is in for “three months of sizzling weather”. It would appear these stories have been based, in part, on the latest Met Office three month outlook for contingency planners. This … Continue reading
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Tagged contingency planners outlook, dry, forecast, Met Office, rain, spring, temperature, three month outlook, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting
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