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WEATHER CLIMATE WATER The HIGHWAY project Harnessing scientific research, support for national meteorological services, regional cooperation and community engagement to help vulnerable communities in East Africa JUMUIYA YA AFRIKA MASHARIKI East African Community Severe weather on Lake Victoria

The Global Model Evaluation and Development group develops the Met Office global model, which is used across all timescales from Weather, Seasonal to Climate forecasting.

The team of scientists working in this area have a goal which is to continually develop and deliver the best global atmospheric and land surface model for all scales from weather to climate. This team defines, develops and tests packages of improvements to the global atmosphere (GA) and global land (GL

The Global Hazard of Extreme El Niño's Research spanning across the WCSSP Projects Professor Adam Scaife, Met Office What are El Niño events? A natural oscillation in our climate system The largest natural change in climate from one year to the next Some facts and figures: • Largest events reach ~3

at www.metoffice.gov.uk/schools © Crown Copyright 2022, Met Office Climate change jargon busting Jargon-busting cards Greenhouse effect The greenhouse effect is the warming of planet Earth. It is caused by gases in the atmosphere capturing energy from the sun. These gases are called greenhouse gases. Without

Amazing aurora story Space Weather | Amazing aurora Amazing aurora Story For thousands of years when the sun went to bed and the moon shone out in the dark, our ancestors would look up to find a patchwork of glistening, twinkling stars in the night sky. Sometimes, if they were lucky, other magical

more than doubled for the 2003 European heat wave. In other cases, such as the case of the cool year of 2008 in the United States, conditions apparently inconsistent with the expected effects of ongoing climate change can be explained by the interplay of human influence on climate decreasing the odds

Arctic sea ice is a sensitive indicator of climate change and changes to the sea ice cover can have potential implications for the Arctic region and beyond.

point during the year. Sea ice overview on the composition and behaviour of sea ice is available. Importance of sea ice in the climate system The ocean is able to retain heat from the Sun more efficiently than the atmosphere (the ocean has a higher 'heat capacity'). This increased 'memory' of heat

. It is therefore important to check on friends, family and neighbours who are more vulnerable and to take sensible precautions while enjoying the sun. “The forecasted high temperatures may also lead to an increasing demand for remote health care services and an impact on the ability of services delivered

The Extreme heat warning is in place until Sunday and covers much of the southern half of England as well as parts of eastern Wales, highlighting the potential impacts these levels of heat can have on health, transport and infrastructure.   Thanks to the influence of high pressure positioned over