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by demonstrating the cross government need for new supercomputing capacity. MV said that he would be leaning in on support for the HPC. JP stated that it would be good for others to write in too. It was agreed that the Secretariat would agree with the sponsorship team at BEIS an approach for getting certain

flooding on roads, with disruption to numerous rail services due to flooded platforms, stations, or lines. Vehicles were stranded in flood water in Ashington, West Sussex, and a mini-tornado was reported in Worthing causing some minor damage to gardens. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue reported

below for further details. 4. What does UKCP Global, RCP 2.6 show at the global scale? As expected, the projections for RCP 2.6 show less global warming than RCP 8.5 (see Figure 1). Similar increases in the global mean surface air temperatures are seen for both emissions scenarios up to around 2040

of Climate Variability Modelling. He said: “A typical El Niño temporarily adds about 0.2C to average global temperature. “This increase is dwarfed by the 1.2C that we have seen from climate change since the Industrial Revolution but added to that human-induced warming a new global temperature record

for current climate change, and noted as "global warming". Climate changes have possible impacations on the hydrological cycle and more so on the accessible water resources and the water required for agriculture. Therefore there is concentration about climate change effects on agricultural yield. Along

(2). This is for two reasons: firstly, the observed world represents a more limited sample (53 years of HadUK-Grid compared to a HadGEM3-A model ensemble of 525 members for 7 years), so the model will have a greater number of these extreme events. Secondly, the current (2023) climate is warmer than

, the observed world represents a more limited sample (53 years of HadUK-Grid compared to a HadGEM3-A model ensemble of 525 members for 7 years), so the model will have a greater number of these extreme events. Secondly, the current (2023) climate is warmer than any previous time in the observational

on the Modification of Clouds’ and named the various cloud structures he had studied. He used the word ‘hair’ to describe cirrus, heap for cumulus, layer for stratus and rain-bearing for nimbus. He illustrated it with a series of engravings depicting the main cloud types that he named. Later he added ‘alto

of the fundamental science of the atmosphere and oceans, but an equally profound understanding of the key issues the Met Office needs to address. We also warmly welcome Catherine Quinn and Robert Drummond who replace two Non-Executive Directors, Wendy Barnes and Christine Tacon. I’m confident their appointment

levels of warming or rainfall changes that are at the top end of what’s considered plausible. Those events which cross ‘tipping points’ – such as the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet or the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), are also included. AMOC disruption