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New Weather Observations Website
The ‘Weather Observations Website‘ (WOW) is a platform that enables anyone to get involved and submit, share and visualise their weather observations. WOW was launched in 2011 and since then we’ve received over 850 million observations from 200 countries around … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Met Office, observations, rain, snow, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecasting, weather stations, wind, WOW
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How do we measure snow?
Here at the Met Office, we’re already being asked if it’s going to be a White Christmas and there’s always a lot of interest in snow. It’s too early to give forecasts that far ahead, forecasting snow is – after … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, cold weather, freezing, frost, ice, Met Office, observations, sleet, snow, snowfall, weather, White Christmas, WOW
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WOW – a new weather observations website for everyone
The Times has today run a feature – ‘Experts make way for an outbreak of enthusiasm from citizen forecasters’ – about a new project by the Met Office to set up a social network for weather observations. The weather is … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged Experts make way for an outbreak of enthusiasm from citizen forecasters, Met Office, RMetS, Social networks, The Times, weather, Weather Observations, WOW
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