Met Office

Telephone consultancy

Expert forecasters, 24/7, to help you make confident decisions in difficult conditions.

Forecasters available 24/7

Making operational decisions in bad weather conditions can be difficult. Our telephone consultancy service can make decision-making easier by providing additional advice and information about your forecast.

Our team of highly trained, expert forecasters are available 24/7 and can provide the support you need, especially on marginal nights where the decision to grit or not may not be straight forward.

All our forecasters go through continual training programmes so you know you can trust their advice and be confident in the informed decisions you make.

Benefits

Benefit by:

  • Being better informed and more confident about decision-making.
  • Achieving more cost-effective use of salt, without compromising safety.
  • Efficiently using salt to help reduce impact on the environment.
  • Evening updates.

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

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