Bridge operators

The UK weather can cause a variety of implications for those managing the country's bridges. With each bridge having its own weather thresholds, conditions need to be carefully monitored to ensure safety for those working and travelling on them.

Our forecasts can help operators make important decisions such as closing a bridge to high-sided vehicles if it’s too windy or postponing planned maintenance if the weather is going to disrupt events.

Our services include:

• weather warnings depending on your thresholds;
• 24-hour winter forecasts;
• site-specific ice-prediction forecasts and graphs;
• 24-hour bridge wind forecasts, including wind direction, speed, gusts;
• two- to five-day forecasts;
• direct telephone access to a forecaster, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For more information about how we can help, please email us: openroad@metoffice.gov.uk.