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Climate change in the Caribbean - 2019 workshop

Date: 28-29 November 2019 Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Funded by: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) programme Hosted by: Met Office, WMO CREWS, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Workshop Objectives: 1. Raise

Anette Van der Wal

of areas. The results help to determine how well our models are performing. Recent developments to the system include adding support for verification of ensembles, and calculation of ensemble-specific statistics. Anette has ported the system to the Met Office IBM supercomputer, ensuring

Dr Christopher Maynard

atmospheric modelling of the environment (ENDGame) Designing and implementing the software for the Next generation atmospheric dynamical core for weather and climate modelling Porting and optimising models to run on new computer architectures Career background Chris joined the Met Office in 2012.  He

Tailored code

tactical decision aid (TDA) to support operational forces. Met Office TDAs have the potential to be ported to multiple platforms, with or without consistent network connectivity. By integrating HT-FRTC with an organisation’s applications, the Met Office can provide information superiority through faster

Luke Norris MSc, RMet, Senior operational meteorologist

and services to wind farms, oil rigs, ports, and marine operators by giving meteorological advice to support safe operations and help them make correct decisions at the right time. This includes severe weather warnings, route forecasts, site-specific forecasts and consultancy. Luke also works

Bottle Papers

was thrown overboard, and the ports that the ship was travelling between. The messages were then folded or rolled up, sealed into a glass bottle and thrown into the sea, where they were carried by the currents until some eventually washed up on beaches around the world. The finder would smash open

Unified Model technical infrastructure

. Current Projects Support and development of software for the Met Office and external partners. Setting up of a Science Repository Service for all UM users and developers. Future strategy for the Unified Model Technical Infrastructure. Porting across to our new Cray XC40 supercomputer. Providing a new suite of support utilities for the UM proprietary fieldsfile output file format.

Offshore meteorological services

levels in ports, harbours, and the likelihood of flooding. 2D Spectral Wave Data Get detailed information to understand the impact of seas on the motion of vessels. Forecaster Deployments Having a dedicated in-person meteorologist onboard ensures real-time precision weather forecasts, proactive safety

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Wet and windy weather continues in parts of the UK

and rain, some of it heavy in places, through Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The strongest winds being seen in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland – Port Ellen, on Islay recorded a gust of 76mph. Although, much of the rest of the country has seen windy weather too with Aberdaron, Gywnedd

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Metop-C satellite launch gives Met Office another set of 'eyes in the sky'

The Metop-C satellite was launched from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana. It completes a network of three platforms flying in a polar orbit at an altitude of 817km, which enables global observations of weather and atmospheric composition, and monitoring of ocean and land surfaces

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