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snowmelt which feeds many key rivers, decreasing freshwater availability. Climate change in combination with poor water management and degradation of natural water stores, will reduce water supply. Water demand and sanitation services will increasingly come under pressure as urban areas continue

in the months and years to come. The Met Office has taken a fresh approach to cross-curricular learning by focusing on real-world examples that help young people draw connections through their lives and the world around them. This focus makes the lessons relevant and appropriate to a range of skills

public to get some suggestions of names. It’s incredibly important that everyone understands the potential impacts of severe weather and if having the public submit names for our next round of storms helps them engage in the subject then it’s a great way of raising awareness.  “When storms come, we

and nowcasted events over the north- Supported by: Delivery Partners: eastern parts of Zambia as well as the alert that was issued for Kanyama earlier on the day. A storm had developed south of Kanyama, producing little rain before dying down as quickly as it had come. During the afternoon briefing

for future changes in extra-tropical cyclones? — Ruth McDonald. For many costal communities and insurers the biggest threats come from Tropical Cyclones. They  are too small to be properly resolved by most climate models so alternative techniques are needed to predict future changes — Joo-Hong Kim

desired product. Implementation outside the scope of UKCP18. References Borgomeo, E., Pflug, G., Hall, J.W, Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2015). Assessing water resource system vulnerability to unprecedented hydrological drought using copulas to characterize drought duration and deficit, Water Resour

CFOA Cabinet Office Environment Agency DCLG MOD MCA Met Office Met Office Met Office Met Office Met Office 1 Welcome & Introductions – Wyn Williams, Chair PWSCG WW opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Apologies had been received from Paul Furlong (Highways England), Charlie Hall (ACPO) Tracy

to the PWSCG on the findings from the recent Chemet and Heat workshops By 31 Oct 1. Welcome and Introductions WW opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Apologies were received from Tracy Goode (Welsh Gov), Charlie Hall (NPCC), Craig Woolhouse (EA), Ben Fletcher (CO), John Irvine (N Ireland) SJ

but for most of the country it stayed dry with sunny spells. Much of the country was sunny on the 13th and 14th, and warm especially in the north, and the 14th had a high of 23.0 °C at Levens Hall (Cumbria) and 15.4 hours of sunshine at East Malling (Kent). The dry, settled weather continued on the 15th

Wellesbourne, Warwickshire 39.0 0.3 16.2 Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire 38.9 0.2 17.0 High Beach, Essex 38.8 0.1 15.9 Houghton Hall, Norfolk 38.7 0.0 16.9 Coventry, West Midlands 38.7 0.0 16.7 Benson, Oxfordshire 38.7 0.0 15.9 Many long-running stations across the UK network recorded their hottest