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Areas of expertise Climate modes and large-scale climate variability European windstorms Climate risk Statistical post-processing Publications by Michael Angus Current activities Michael is currently working with the water sector, delivering statistical model-based forecasts relating water demand

satellite information is used in weather forecasting models, check how well satellite instruments are working, and develop new ways to observe the atmosphere from space.  What is happening now? A major part of the team’s work relates to the development of future measurement techniques. This involves

40°C. Nights were also exceptionally warm, especially in urban areas – with records being broken overnight with 25.8°C being recorded at Kenley in Surrey overnight, creating a provisional new maximum night-time temperature record. Looking across the northern hemisphere, the UK is not alone

Winchcombe, Gloucestershire 118.6 158 Oxford 108.8 156 Reading University, Berkshire 97.4 136 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 108.2 133 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 106 131 London St James's Park 88.2 127 High Beach, Essex 86.6 118 Aboyne, Aberdeenshire 107.8 116 Guernsey Airport 107 113 Wisley, Surrey

and the Isle of Wight. Storm Ciarán exacerbated existing flooding problems with many rivers bursting their banks. At West Bay in Dorset, a section of cliff collapsed into the sea. In Surrey, storm Ciarán caused a power outage at three water treatment plants leaving thousands without a water supply

it the third warmest April since records began in 1884. All four UK nations recorded their third warmest April, with daytime temperatures playing a major role. The highest temperature of the month was 26.7°C, recorded on 30 April in Wisley, Surrey. That day also tied with 19 April 2018 as the UK’s

as a darker brown at the top of the image. National parks, hills and commons located further east include the New Forest and Surrey hills, and these are characterised as a chocolate brown colour. Forested areas show up as a very dark green, with both the Forest of Dean and Thetford forest covering

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 in collaboration with Dr Ben Shipway and Roel Neggers. This will allow access to a much wider range of observations (and SCMs from other GCMs) with which to compare and run the SCM. Ricky is also frequently involved with reviewing code updates relating to the convection scheme and SCM. Career background Ricky

a year delivering operational forecasts to insurance clients as well as developing statistical models relating weather data to insurance claims, before joining the Met Office in 2019.