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by mild temperatures for the time of year, with the UK having its joint fifth mildest February on record in a series which goes back to 1884. The UK’s average mean temperature for the month was 5.8°C, failing to top the record 6.8°C figure set in 1998. Scotland had its third mildest February on record

- July 2006, August 2003, August 1995, August 1990 and June-July 1976 - were much more intense, with temperatures exceeding 30 °C very widely and, on occasion, 35 °C or higher. The 1976 heat wave also coincided with exceptionally severe drought conditions. July 2013 For the UK, this was the third warmest

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) which will take place from 2-14 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland. Poland will hold the Presidency of the Climate Convention for the third time and Professor Jan Szyszko, its

third of a degree at the equator, giving 360 x 216 grid points in total, and 40 unevenly spaced levels in the vertical (a resolution of 10m near the surface). References: Collins, W.J., N. Bellouin, M. Doutriaux-Boucher, N. Gedney, T. Hinton, C. D. Jones, S. Liddicoat, G. Martin, F. O'Connor, J. Rae

contributed to recent changes in observed temperatures. He was involved in producing climate model simulation data for the IPCC third and fourth assessment reports. Career background Gareth joined the detection and attribution team in the Met Office Hadley Centre in 1997. Prior to joining the Met Office

of rain expected across England this week could cause further flooding, particularly in Yorkshire and the Midlands. River levels remain high and ongoing river flooding remains probable for the River Severn this week as it responds to continued rainfall. “We have seen our third weekend of exceptional

to the British Isles. A changeable westerly type returned for the second half of the month, and it was generally mild in the south, but the third week was cold in Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England, with significant snow at times. The provisional UK mean temperature was 4.1 °C, which is 0.4

countries, including Australia, South Africa, South Korea and the US Air Force. • Two thirds of the Met Officeʼs costs are associated with its core underpinning capability. This includes its contribution to global satellites, running its supercomputer, and research, all of which require long-term

and implementation. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was agreed at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015, with the Met Office supporting the UK government’s negotiation team before and during the event. We have been involved in a number of major

of new instruments to deliver useful information and products. The third area focuses on the benefits of combining different instruments and of taking advantage of using spatial information of networked instruments. Key Aims defining and developing the upper air observing network