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drier. Although there’s been considerable research into how climate change may influence changes in the overall amount of rainfall in the future, research into rainfall variability is less understood. Rainfall variability describes how rainfall may fluctuate over time and tells us how big

public and emergency services carry out their usual winter preparatory work, all of us can take a few small steps that could make a big difference in adverse conditions.  Please take a moment to consider how your home, health and travel may be affected by the winter weather and take action now

Despite the warm feel at times this week, low pressure will bring an unsettled theme with spells of rain and a risk of thunderstorms for some. In the latest Week ahead forecast, Alex Deakin said: “Looking at the bigger picture, high pressure is to the north, low pressure to the southwest

modules ‣11 Trainers from MOC, IMTR, UoN, CCD, ICPAC, KMD & WMO ‣ 19 Delegates from 8 countries The Big Idea The Big Idea The 3 L’s Learners Adapt the training to reflect characteristics of different learners. Learning Immediate outcome of intervention, knowledge and information. Logistics

the ability to visualise data from different sources (internet/ cloud, local data etc). This is fundamentally ‘big data analytics’ at its most cutting-edge, with added complication that we need it to work over the internet and be fast even with limited bandwidth! FOREST • FOREST is a leap

developed over the Bay of Biscay to the south. Particularly warm tropical air and very cold polar air collided, forcing warm air to rise creating an area of low pressure. A big difference in temperature between the warm and cold air helped to cause a rapid ascent and a particularly low pressure system

an ensemble of AMIP runs • If this works, it could provide better feedback for model developers and better models for seasonal forecast groups If we had more years by running an ensemble, how big should it be? Change in DJF MSLP telecon to Nino3.4 (Pa/K) Questions and Answers GC Assessment vs GloSea clim

for volunteering with MapAction – but has volunteering benefited her work at the Met Office? “Yes, I really think so,” says Jo. “It’s given me an understanding of what the big questions are when it comes to responding to an emergency, and how different organisations have to work together – and that really

and disrupt other utilities and services. Torrential rain and hail can lead to flooding and make driving difficult – with big differences in road conditions from one place to another. Snow and Ice Snow and ice often affect us over the winter months. Not only can it severely disrupt your travel plans

being held? It might also be useful to research Youth4Climate. Move to slide 9. Tell the group that since the Paris Agreement, several nations and organisations, big and small, around the world have committed to working towards Net Zero. The UK government for example has committed to reducing its