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BlogWarnings for thunderstorms issued, but why do we get them in warm weather?Warnings for thunderstorms have been issued for many western parts of the UK in the coming days, as a transition to the weather pattern is on the way.Read more -
BlogPollen forecast: High levels across the UKPollen levels remain very high across much of the UK at the end of June, with grass pollen continuing to dominate and weed pollen also contributing to high overall levels in many areas.Read more -
BlogSupporting the British Red Cross to build resilience to extreme heatA new prototype website tool has been created to help people working and volunteering at the British Red Cross better understand their climate-related risk, make climate-informed decisions for adaptation and enhance resilience to extreme heat events in a changing climate.Read more
Can AI transform how we forecast the weather?
A partnership between the Turing and the Met Office aims to make weather forecasting more accurate and efficient write the Met Office’s Professor Kirstine Dale and Dr Scott Hosking, senior research fellow at the Alan Turing Institute.
Food security under pressure from climate change
The UN define food security as when all individuals, at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Food security is under pressure from the direct impacts of climate change and food supply chains need to be better prepared and more resilient to deal with global shocks and the extremes of extreme weather.
With September 2023 breaking global records, where does the UK sit?
September 2023 was the world’s warmest September on record for global average temperature according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The September average temperature was 16.38°C which is 0.93°C above the 1991-2020 average. This anomaly also made September 2023 the month with the highest difference to average of any month in any year in the ERA5 dataset which dates back to 1940.
What do climate tipping points mean for the UK?
This month we have been exploring the topic of climate tipping points and provided an overview of the subject in an earlier blog post. In this post, we look more closely at the impacts of potential tipping points on UK weather and climate.
Supporting global resilience to weather and climate through WCSSP
A new series of videos and a comprehensive brochure exploring the work of the Met Office managed Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) programme has been launched. These recognise the significant achievements of the programme to date due to the committed efforts of those within the Met Office and partner organisations.
Unprecedented September heatwave summary
As the weather in the UK turns increasingly Autumnal, it may already seem a distant memory that the start of September saw an unprecedented heatwave in the UK. For the first time there was a run of seven consecutive days recording 30°C or higher in September. This surpassed the previous longest runs of five days in September 1929 and 1911.
Sea surface temperatures breaking records
The global sea surface temperatures for both April and May were the highest on record for those calendar months in a series stretching back to 1850. That is according to the HadSST.4.0.1.0 dataset compiled by the Met Office.
What’s happened to summer so far?
With more settled and warmer weather finally in the forecast later this week for some (albeit briefly), there’s been plenty of speculation on the seemingly dreary summer weather so far. At the halfway point of meteorological summer, we explore if it has been as cool, cloudy and wet as many people think?
Relative lack of Spring rainfall triggers water scarcity alert
With 1 June marking the first day of meteorological summer, we reflect on spring and ask whether it has been unusual in any way.
Sea ice loss remains a serious issue
The Met Office has just published its latest briefing on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. The update doesn’t reveal any record-breaking figures, but it does reveal that sea ice loss remains a serious issue.
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