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• Compounding climate challenges for UK businesses

  Office projections indicate that days with ‘very high’ fire danger levels could double during summer in England and Wales with 2°C global warming and increase five-fold with 4°C warming (Perry et al., 2022). Most UK fires occur in urban and garden areas (54.4%), improved grasslands (14.4

• A mixed picture for the Bank Holiday weekend

  will have a fresher feel overall, with fewer and lighter showers. Temperatures will be near average in northern areas, while parts of the southeast could still feel fairly warm where cloud breaks occur later in the day. Showers lingering into Monday Mark Sidaway is a Deputy Chief Forecaster. He said: “Bank

• Climate change: AMOC likely to withstand future warming

  The paper published in the journal Nature was led by a team of scientists from the Met Office and the University of Exeter. Dr Jonathan Baker is a scientist at the Met Office and the paper’s lead author. He said: “The AMOC has a crucial role in regulating our climate; without it, northwest Europe’s

• Weather 'not ideal' for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

  of the weekend. After a chilly start, the day will begin with clear skies and plenty of sunshine. As the day progresses, cloud cover will increase from the west, with mostly light winds but these are expected to pick up later in the day. Temperatures will climb into the low 20s Celsius, making for a warm

• Cold weather to grip the UK with risk of snow and gales

  for snow and ice, the Met Office’s WeatherReady campaign offers practical advice to help you prepare your home, garden, and daily routines for winter weather.  Read: 5 tips for staying safe in snow Read: 4 tips for staying safe in ice Read: Keeping your home warm this winter Read: How cold weather affects

• Wintry weather into the weekend

  A cold Arctic maritime airmass pushing south across most of the country has brought unsettled conditions and morning frosts for many that contrast sharply with the recent warm weather seen across the UK.   ⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️ Ice across parts of northern and eastern Scotland

• July 2019: a month in UK climate statistics

  just over one half (53%) of the summer’s average rainfall. The Cambridge University Botanic Garden recorded an all-time high temperature of 38.7 °C on Thursday 25 July. Across the UK, the average temperature for July has been 1.2 °C above the long-term average for 1981-2010. However, parts of Eastern

• metoffice_weatherwarriors_ukweatherandclimatequiz_presentation_firstexplorations_22-04.pdf

  temperature in the UK? 38.7 °C in Cambridge University Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019. 5. What is climate change? Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in Earth’s weather patterns, leading to increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and changes in nature. www.metoffice.gov.uk | 4 © Crown

• Slow-worm poster-MM amends

  Slow-worms at the Met Office Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) A long-term resident at the Met Office, the slow-worm is a native species to Eurasia and they are inhabitants of grasslands, scrub, woodlands and gardens. Slow-worms are one of six species of reptile found in the UK, and the only one

• Turning colder and unsettled

  (@metoffice) March 27, 2022 Met Office Chief Meteorologist Neil Armstrong said, “We’re going to be seeing a marked shift in the weather for the UK in the coming week as the warm weather is displaced south.   “Temperatures will drop as cold air sweeps south with single figure maxima for most places from