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.
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
analysisA 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.
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.
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.
