Guide to email alert service
The Met Office now offers its web visitors a convenient way to keep up to date with email alerts. Users can sign up for email alerts about specific topic areas of the Met Office public web site.
Alerts are available for:
- Job vacancies
- News releases
- Weather warnings
Simply use the link below to sign up for this free service.
Subscribe or change your existing subscription options
- Sign up for email alerts
- Enter your email address
- Choose your subscription options. You can choose from:
- Job vacancies
- News releases
- Weather warnings
- Periodically check your subscription profile to view new items on the subscription list
Alert information
The email alert service is designed to inform you of changes to published Met Office web pages. You will need to be connected to the internet to view the alert information.
To view alert information, follow the hyperlink in the email body text.
Weather warnings
Multiple alerts for the same region
Weather warnings are issued by the Met Office as Flash, Early or Advisory warnings. These are issued for specific Unitary Authorities within the region(s) for which you have subscribed. Warnings are issued and updated on a regular basis and cover a range of dates and times. During an active spell of severe weather, especially heavy rain, it is possible that you will receive a number of alerts on a daily basis which reflects the dynamic weather situation as it evolves.
Which Unitary Authority area(s) a warning applies to
Follow the hyperlink in the email body text, which will take you to the Met Office’s weather warnings page for the affected region. The table shows the local areas for which the warning applies.
It is not currently possible to select warnings for just one Unitary Authority. It is only possible to receive all warnings issued within the region(s) that you have subscribed to.
Expired warnings
Flash warnings are generally only valid for a short period of time. If you view your email alert several hours after it was issued, e.g. view an e-mail issued at 2 a.m. at 8 a.m. the following morning, you may find that the warning does not appear on the website. This is because the period of validity of the warning has passed and it has removed from the website as it has expired.
Support
This service is managed on behalf of the Met Office by GovDelivery. If you have trouble receiving subscription alerts or unsubscribing to lists, please contact support@govdelivery.com.
If you have questions or comments about the information contained in the messages or on the Met Office's website or if you have feedback about the support services you’ve received from GovDelivery, please contact us.
Terms and conditions
The use of this service is subject to Met Office terms and conditions.
