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, with numerous days bringing readings above 30 ºC somewhere in the UK, and only brief cooler spells in mid-June and late July. Sunshine overall was above average, though western areas had a duller August. Both June and July 2018 saw daytime temperatures well above average in all areas, especially western areas

, South Africa, Brazil, Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia & Vietnam) and India, UK partners (e.g. Reading University, HSE, UKCEH and the University of Leeds), other Newton Fund Delivery Partners (e.g. STFC and NERC), the Met Office and observers who have an interest in joining

(CGAM) at the University of Reading. He has a PhD in Tropical Cyclone modelling from the University of East Anglia and a BSc in Geophysical Sciences. He was a NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate change based at Colorado State University.  External recognition Colin is former co-chair of the WCRP

the strengthening of early warning systems and their uptake in vulnerable communities in Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar. Josh has aligned his work to a PhD project which he is undertaking with the University of Reading. Career background Josh joined the Met Office in February 2022 as a core member

years. In this role Alan will work with the Met Office board and executive team to ensure the organisation continues to offer global leadership in the fields of weather and climate science. Alan Thorpe is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Reading following on from being the Director

in the commercial side of the Met Office working on business development in the energy sector. Martin completed an MSc at the department of Meteorology at the University of Reading in 1996 as part of his training within the Met Office and a PhD in urban meteorology at King’s College London in 2015. External

teams contributing to further developments of NWP. This included a research group at Reading University alongside a number of international collaborations. The group also had responsibility for the core software of observation processing and data assimilation as incorporated both for operational systems and for research activities. In 2017, now part-time, Rick moved to his current role of managing the coupled NWP global model implementation project.

Office in 1973 and was initially in the operations area undertaking observing and forecasting duties at Shoeburyness, Stansted and London Weather Centre before getting his BSc in Meteorology at Reading University in 1980. On return from University he worked in the Observations area being involved

panel of international climate experts, chaired by Sir Brian Hoskins (Grantham Institute, Imperial & University of Reading), which reports directly to the UKCP18 Governance Board.  It has given advice on UKCP18 project scientific methodology and deliverables, providing a strong oversight of the work

in meteorology at Reading University (1992). In 1993, Dawn moved to the Observations Products group and worked on the development of Nimrod, an automated nowcasting system. More recently Dawn has worked on weather radar product development, concentrating on improving the estimation of precipitation. Dawn has