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. There is little urban development, the main towns being Inverness, Fort William, Wick, Kirkwall (Orkney) and Lerwick (Shetland). Temperature Mean annual temperatures over the region at low altitude vary from about 9 °C close to the Moray Firth and on the westernmost isles to about 7 °C on Shetland
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and related basic services among WMO members. Full details of all the WIPPS centres can be found on the WIPPS Web Portal. The UK is a Designated Centre for the following activities under WIPPS, all of which are operated by the Met Office: World Meteorological Centre (WMC Exeter) Global Deterministic
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is sheltered from the rain-bearing westerly winds. This shelter reaches its greatest potential along the coasts of East Lothian, Fife and the Moray Firth and these areas receive less than 700 mm of rainfall in an average year. In contrast, the wettest area is the southern Grampians where the average
of 2.2°C above its long-term average mean temperature of 4.2°C. North Scotland is the only region to have seen more sunshine than average, with 74.8 hours of sunshine making 132% of its long-term average. North-west England and Wales has had the least sunshine with just 40.9 hours, 60% of its average
Area Forecast Centres (WAFCs) were established to deliver this information: one operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA and the other by the UK Met Office. Our performance is verified across various regions to ensure forecast accuracy. Click here to learn more
The University of Exeter and the Met Office have announced an ambitious plan to create a Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence.
Based in Exeter, the Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence brings together world-leading researchers from the University of Exeter and the Met Office, to pioneer the development of environmental intelligence research. The initial areas of focus are climate change, clean air
The London VAAC is an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) designated centre, responsible for issuing advisories for volcanic eruptions originating in Iceland and the north-eastern corner of the North Atlantic.
The London VAAC is one of 9 Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres worldwide, and has specialist forecasters who produce volcanic ash advisories and guidance products using a combination of volcano data; satellite-based, ground-based and aircraft observations; weather forecast models and dispersion models
