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  • HadUK-Grid Frequently Asked Questions

    ? The majority of the sunshine duration observations in the Met Office’s historical records were made using a Campbell-Stokes recorder. However, nearly two-thirds of the current observing network now use a Kipp & Zonen sunshine sensor (the first such sensors were installed in 2000). The characteristics

  • Glastonbury Festival - will the sun continue to shine?

    as no surprise to anyone who was there, Glastonbury 2007 holds the record for the festival’s wettest day. 60.1mm of rain fell in a single day at nearby Rodney Stoke.   For other unsettled weather, the highest wind gust speed recorded for Glastonbury was 41mph, which has been reached at Yeovilton

  • Glastonbury Festival – wellies or sun cream?

    holds the record for the festivals wettest day. 60.1mm of rain fell in a single day at nearby Rodney Stoke.   For other unsettled weather, the highest wind gust speed recorded for Glastonbury was 41mph, which has been reached at Yeovilton in 1985 and 1987 during the event.   Although 1997 was dubbed

  • Glastonbury Festival Weather: A look back at historic extremes

    temperatures soared to a sweltering 31.2°C at Rodney Stoke. In contrast, the chilliest night was recorded in 1987, with a minimum temperature of just 4.2°C at Yeovilton. More recently, 2023 brought the warmest night on record, with temperatures not dipping below 17.7°C at Westonzoyland. READ MORE

  • Microsoft PowerPoint - Waves_poster_nikesh

    Why does Ocean-Wave-Atmosphere (OWA) coupling matter? Surface currents Momentum Transfer Adding surface wave model coupling to GC5 Nikesh Narayan Met Office Closer to reality physics Surface roughness Ocean Mixing Wave field Affects surface momentum NEMO Stokes- Coriolis effect Affects Ekman

  • Microsoft PowerPoint - Forecasting the Weather - KS1final

    Forecasting the weather Age range: 5-7 What weather can you see? What weather can you see? What weather can you see? What weather can you see? Weather station Types of weather instruments Barometer Stevenson screen showing thermometers Weathervanes and anemometers Rain gauge Campbell–Stokes

  • rainbow-grey-met-office-slides-welsh.pdf

    Rhagolwg tywydd Weatherlands Mathau o offer tywydd Baromedr Sgrin fewnol Stevenson yn dangos thermomedrau Ceiliog y tywydd ac anemomedrau Mesuryddion glaw Recordydd heulwen Campbell-Stokes Synhwyrydd glaw Mat geiriau rhagolygon y tywydd 28° -3° Eira Eirllyd Bwrw Eira Haul Heulog Poeth Oer Gwanwyn

  • Joint Responder Training Template

    ) Historic and Notable Flood Events • Lynmouth Flash Floods 1952 (Link) • East Coast Floods 1953 (Link) • Martinsown Record Rainfall 1955 (Link) • Chew Stoke Floods 1968 (Link) • Halifax Floods 1989 (Link) • Towyn Coastal Floods 1990 (Link) • Boscastle Flash Floods 2004 (Link) • Summer 2007 Floods (Link

  • Rain for some but sun reigns for others

    spells of sunshine for many and temperature around 20 °C, the average for August.  Andrew Stokes, VisitEngland’s Director said: “Whatever the weather there is an outstanding range of quality destinations and attractions on offer and with the ease and convenience of holidaying at home, Brits

  • Autographic Records

    of the other autographic devices work in a very similar way although one significant exception are sunshine cards where the mark left on the card is produced by a Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder which focuses sunlight through a glass sphere and uses the resulting beam to burn a line into the card during

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