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until Christmas and this year’s prediction was made using weather forecast at longer lead times. As a result, the uncertainty of Santa's journey times this year is naturally higher as reflected by the width of the bell curve.  The bigger picture  This festive application demonstrates how our system

Change Committee, direct greenhouse gas emissions from buildings were around 17% of the UK total in 2019. Lowering demand for heating homes can help reduce this through insulation and smart heating controls. A bigger shift, however, is required in terms of the fuels used to heat homes. Approximately 74

lots of water vapour. High humidity makes it very hard for sweat to evaporate from our bodies which means that we cannot cool down. For people working outside or in overheating buildings, especially where the work is physically demanding, humid heat is a big problem. The world is getting warmer

the exploitation of the ExCALIBUR principles outlined in [1], to develop new algorithms, software and related e- Infrastructure that will result in the efficient use of current Petascale and future Exascale supercomputing hardware in order to draw insights from ITER [2] “Big Data” and to guide the design

likely to rely on paddy production as a primary means of livelihood. Owing to the fertile land, good irrigation and bigger land parcels, paddy productivity is higher in the southern plain of the Terai region than in the Hill and Mountain regions. At higher altitudes – generally further north

in forecasting Keeping our weather stations afloat We take a look at the Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) that send observations of conditions around the UK and at sea. Part of something bigger Wheat rust in Ethiopia A new, wide-ranging partnership could lead to more effective crop protection against wheat rust

service works well, is easy to understand and easy to communicate, time of issue was the potential only issue sometimes. Controlling the narrative is important for being a trusted source of information and issuing far in advance can be problematic if the event is not as big as anticipated. Meeting

David.  “Just small shifts in the position of the jet stream can lead to big differences in the weather we experience on the ground. In recent weeks, the jet stream has been either directed towards the UK, or shifted further south, which has predominantly brought cooler air over the UK, with frequent

and restoring ecosystems we reduce our vulnerability and increase our resilience to the changing climate, now and in the future.  Nigel said: “We need to do the things we know we can do on a bigger scale, like making our landscapes more natural, making them more flood resilient, and our towns and cities

2018, Met Office Page 1 of 8 1. Introduction Individuals make big things happen at the Met Office. They break new ground, turn incredible ideas into reality and deliver the meteorological services that millions of people around the world rely on. That is why we treat our people as individuals. We