The Met Office has developed a number of specialist tools and services
for the water industry - giving information in real time for operational
requirements or for historic analysis.
Gridded data sets
Daily rainfall data for all parts of the UK at 5 km resolution, dating
back to 1958.
More
about archive of gridded data sets (PDF, 92 kb)
MORECS
A long-standing and highly successful service providing reliable UK-wide
assessment of general soil moisture status at daily, 40 km resolution.
More about MORECS
SWIM
The Met Office's specially designed Severe Weather Impact Model that
estimates likely impacts of a range of severe weather events - particularly
useful for broad-scale flooding impact assessment.
 Storm
analysis
A specialist service provided on request to assess the rarity and
severity of any heavy rainfall event in the UK, used extensively
in DG5 analyses. |
Nimrod
A nowcasting system using satellite, radar and NWP model data to provide
short-period forecasts up to six hours ahead.
More about Nimrod
Gandolf
The best available very short-range forecast of rainfall intensity at
2 km resolution, drawing on techniques developed for Nimrod, a specialised
thunderstorm model, and a project diagnosing convection.
More about Gandolf
For further information about working with the Met Office on weather
solutions please contact our 24-hour Customer Centre or contact water@metoffice.gov.uk.
