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to an “Introduction to the Met Office” video to get the students engaged and excited for their learning over the next few weeks. You might want to show this video in your own time before you start Virtual Science Camp 2021. Below you will find everything you need to get started for each session

the importance of this work for MOD but also that he wouldn’t want to see any loss or degradation to existing services. MV also noted that FoOM must address the restrictions around classified information in the Defence area. RS confirmed that conversations had taken place with the Met Office MOD account

and Skill Scores • Skill scores just boil the contingency table down to one number • A forecaster basically thinks like a 2x2 contingency table • Hits and correct negatives are what you want (e.g. Heidke Skill Score) • Too many misses or false alarms and the forecaster won’t even look at your model

the greenhouse gases from the atmosphere which are causing the planet’s temperature to rise.  Dr Andy Wiltshire is the Met Office Head of Earth System and Mitigation Science. He said: “According to the IPCC’s latest assessment, the earth’s temperature is around 1.1C above pre-industrial levels – generally

and UKHSA. SM enquired if he could check which organisations have signed up in N. Ireland as they want to better understand which of their community groups are accessing. The group were very satisfied that all had been completed on this action. RO summarised the activity to deliver PMD 1.5c which

from the group. There was a discussion on whether one Scottish representative is enough for the PWSCG. DP felt that the impact of membership is more about how articulate and engaged the members are, recognising that the DA reps are generally very engaged and give a lot of feedback. He also said

, Met Office, shared that the presentation, discussions and interactive exercises were very motivating. He informed that the Asia Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARRCC) would end, but the Met Office would want to keep the interactions going. He shared that at the beginning of the workshop

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messages within climate services products that highlight the frequency of certain desired behaviours amongst a population. For instance, if one wanted to increase the use of a certain climate information timescale within a sector, an example message may be “80% of professionals in the water sector in Kenya

Summer 2019 in the UK was record-breaking with a maximum temperature of 38.7 C at Cambridge University Botanic Garden logged on 25 July. That was the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK.

However, one temperature record can’t tell the full story of a season overall. So how did Summer 2019 compare with previous summers? Tim Legg, of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, provides more detail. He said: “Overall Summer 2019 was the twelfth warmest on record since 1910