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Can AI transform how we forecast the weather?

complex patterns in weather phenomena. These AI weather models can already compete with the current generation of NWP models and, for some applications, exceed their performance at a fraction of the computational cost.  Big tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Huawei have made

Supermoon set to light up UK skies tonight, but will there be clear skies?

Richard Nolle, and it describes full moons that appear noticeably larger and brighter than usual. In fact, a supermoon can seem up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons, making it a particularly striking sight in the night sky. It is worth noting that definitions of a supermoon can vary

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Christmas Forecast

contrasts that develop across the North Atlantic as a result of this will help strengthen the jet stream, which plays a big role in the weather we get in the UK.  “The jet stream will help to develop low pressure systems which are likely to affect the UK between Christmas and New Year. These will bring

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and so they are not retired officially and the North Indian Ocean region has not gone through one cycle of its list of names yet. Other ‘names’ were discounted because they were not proper names, these include: Armegeddon, Apocalypse, Baldrick, Big Boss, Bilbo, BlackHeart, Bluetooth, branch wobbler

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Met Office and Surfers Against Sewage team up

Marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage has been chosen by the Met Office as its official partner charity for the next three years, and the pair-up started with a ‘big clean’ on Ness Cove beach, near Teignmouth. A team of 27 volunteers from the Met Office collected eight large bags

Hurricanes

) or clockwise (in the southern hemisphere). The whole storm system may be five to six miles high and 300 to 400 miles wide, although sometimes can be even bigger. It typically moves forward at speeds of 10-15 m.p.h., but can travel as fast as 40 m.p.h. The term 'hurricane' is usually restricted

Met Office daily weather: A change going into the weekend

it has been. “And we'll see bright or sunny spells through the day with lighter winds feeling quite pleasant. Temperatures around or again a touch above average, high teens, low 20s. So, yes, a big improvement for most of us after what's been a pretty wet week. “How about the weekend? Well, as we go

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A weekend of sunshine and showers

weather and would remind people not to underestimate the distance waves can travel up the beach or harbour wall. Although it can be tempting to get close, it isn’t worth risking your life to take photos or to dodge waves. "If you plan on going out walking this weekend, be wary. High winds and big

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Our history

Office Mobile Met Unit continues to support UK armed forces wherever they are in the world.  Met Office chart for 1pm on 6 June 1944, D-Day  1922 - The advancement of Numerical Weather Prediction Forecasting techniques took a big step forward in 1922 when Met Office scientist Lewis Fry Richardson

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