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• Are we in for a record-breaking Bank Holiday weekend?

  weather this weekend will also be good for gardening. Guy Barter, is the RHS chief horticulturalist. He said: “So far this spring, weather conditions will have delayed some tasks in the garden. "With a fine forecast for the three-day weekend across most of the UK, gardeners should feel excited

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  ground which made it unsafe for spectators to attend East Sunday's play at the ongoing fixture. Reports of walls damaged by the winds emerged from both Galashiels in the Scottish Borders (cemetery wall) and from Benwell Hill cricket club in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (perimeter wall). There were also

• exceptional-warmth-september-2016---met-office.pdf

  and flooding at Wallingford Hospital, Oxfordshire. A train derailed in a landslip near Watford Junction, injuring two people. The image below shows lightning strikes from a thunderstorm overnight 13 to 14 September at Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Image courtesy fotohebden. Weather data The analysis chart

• The Beaufort Scale

  Francis Beaufort was born in Ireland in 1774. He was the younger son of Daniel Augustus Beaufort, a protestant clergyman from Navan, County Meath, Ireland and Mary Waller the co-heiress of Allenstown House. Francis grew up in Wales and Ireland until he was 14 after which he left school and went

• Celebrating Lewis Fry Richardson and his legacy

  hall, with a map of the world painted on its walls. He estimated that 64,000 mathematicians tasked with computing would be needed to calculate weather forecasts in real time, each responsible for one small part of the world. The pioneer of modern forecasting  The mathematical methods, instigated

• Dry for many but turning unsettled at the weekend

  Following record September rainfall for some counties in England, October’s weather is starting on a drier note, albeit with some isolated showers in parts of England on Wednesday. Met Office Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen explained the shift in the current weather. He said: “High pressure

• Pride of Britain award for Meteorologist

  . To be nominated for a Pride of Britain award, let alone win it, is something we are all very proud of." "I have been training with the UK’s Cave Diving Group for years, which is the oldest amateur diving club in the world. It is great to have a hobby and passion for something that ultimately can

• cobenefits_webinar_summary.pdf

  Met Office climate webinar series 2023 Background The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Synthesis Report repeatedly acknowledges that climate action can also provide co-benefits, or win-wins. For example, many mitigation actions have benefits for health

• cobenefits_webinar_summarypdf

  Met Office climate webinar series 2023 Background The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Synthesis Report repeatedly acknowledges that climate action can also provide co-benefits, or win-wins. For example, many mitigation actions have benefits for health

• Satellite and surface assimilation scientists and scientific software engineers

  in our next-generation data assimilation system. He is based in the MetOffice@Reading centre at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. James Hocking James works on the development of fast radiative transfer models. Dr Heather Lawrence Heather works on improving the assimilation