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flooding but other areas, such as the UK, show projected increases. Middle East and North Africa Parts of North Africa are already water stressed and the region around the Mediterranean is projected to see some of the largest increases in the number of drought days and decreases in average annual

such as London, East Anglia, and Lincolnshire potentially reaching 26-27°C. In contrast, northwestern Scotland will remain much cooler under persistent cloud and rain, with highs limited to 11-14°C. READ MORE: Met Office weather: What's in store for the next 10 days? A band of cloud and rain, locally heavy

and energy sectors for example. The name 'El Niño' nowadays is widely used specifically for the anomalous sustained warming of sea surface temperature that occurs every few years, typically concentrated in the central-east equatorial Pacific. 'La Niña' is the term adopted for episodes of cooler-than-normal

of the country by dawn, bringing extensive cloud cover and outbreaks of persistent rain across parts of Scotland, Northern England, Wales, the southwest, and Northern Ireland. The rain during the morning tends to fizzle. It’s always going to be wettest over western hills, drier towards the south and east

planning, including resilience to extreme events in African cities, water resources in East Africa and changes in the West Africa monsoon. In all these areas, the Met Office is applying its science to aid solutions on the ground. Weather & Climate Information Services for Africa (WISER) The Met

of east Africa continued to experience below normal rainfall. On 30 May 2022, the Food and Agriculture Agency of the United Nations (FAO) released a joint statement from meteorological agencies, including the UK Met Office, and humanitarian partners – “The latest long-lead seasonal forecasts

, accessibility, and use of weather and climate information services. WISER works in partnership to build capacity, promote sustainability, and maximise the impact of climate services, particularly for communities most affected by extreme weather and climate change across Africa, the Middle East and North Africa

Areas of expertise Statistical post-processing of model output Verification of probabilistic forecast Analysis of model drifts Assessing model performance for the East Asian Summer Monsoon Publications by Anna Maidens Current activities Anna's work includes looking at different ways of combining

tailored to the East African context, based on risk perceptions Authors Lorena Pasquini and Anna Steynor, CSAG Introduction Current efforts to respond to short-term and long-term climatic variability and change are not necessarily being informed by climate services. Much climate services literature

Weather and Climate Information Services for Africa (WISER) – East Africa Phase 2 Summary September 2017 [This page is left intentionally blank] WISER East Africa : Phase 2 Summary CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION AND REQUIREMENT FOR FORWARD PLAN 6 2. BACKGROUND 6 3. WISER PRINCIPLES