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  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

• metoffice_climatechange_firstexplorations_climate-change-jargon-busting.pdf

  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

• Temperatures rise with heatwave conditions into the weekend

  . 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

• amazing-aurora-story.pdf

  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

• eso-teams-up-with-met-office-on-solar-forecasting.pdf

  challenging to predict exact solar radiation levels, particularly in longer range forecasts, because of the influence of clouds at local level. We all know how changeable Britain’s weather can be. Cloud cover can vary even over a distance of a few miles and on timescales of a few minutes. For example

• Extreme heat for much of the UK

  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

• mwr_2023_04_for_printpdf

  April 2023 Monthly Weather Report This document provides a summary of the UK’s weather and climate statistics for April 2023. Table of Contents 1. UK overview 2. Weather impacts 3. Monthly extremes 4. Monthly maps 5. Monthly climate statistics 6. Monthly time-series 7. Daily time-series 8. Daily

• mwr_2023_04_for_print.pdf

  April 2023 Monthly Weather Report This document provides a summary of the UK’s weather and climate statistics for April 2023. Table of Contents 1. UK overview 2. Weather impacts 3. Monthly extremes 4. Monthly maps 5. Monthly climate statistics 6. Monthly time-series 7. Daily time-series 8. Daily

• mwr_2024_06_for_print.pdf

  June 2024 Monthly Weather Report This document provides a summary of the UK’s weather and climate statistics for June 2024. Table of Contents 1. UK overview 2. Weather impacts 3. Monthly extremes 4. Monthly maps 5. Monthly climate statistics 6. Monthly time-series 7. Daily time-series 8. Daily

• Sea ice: an overview

  Sea ice is a critical component of the Earth's climate system and has a wide-reaching impact beyond the polar regions.

  lead to amplification of warming in the Arctic. Once the sun rises sufficiently above the horizon to warm the surface in late spring, the ice starts to melt more intensely. Being less reflective than the sea ice floes, the leads absorb sunlight into the ocean which causes the sea ice to melt from