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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

-year period. Temperature and precipitation data come from ERA5 and WFDE5 reanalysis datasets respectively. Page 6 of 28 2022, Met Office Figure B2: Projected change in average annual (top panel) and seasonal (bottom panels) precipitation and temperature in Zone 1. Each dot shows the difference

The sunny and hot conditions today could see Wales and Scotland come close to temperature records for the month of May as temperatures approach 30°C, while elsewhere temperatures will be in the mid to high 20°C’s. Coastal areas in the south and east will be cooler with an onshore breeze

Today (Wednesday), yellow and amber thunderstorm warnings are in force from the Met Office. The amber warning covers much of the southeast and some of the south coast of England and comes into force from 11am and lasts until 10pm today. Within this warning area, 30-50mm of rain could fall in less

countries. Over the two years of the UK’s Chairmanship of the Commonwealth Secretariat, countries will come together to generate vital information to better tackle climate change across the Commonwealth and improve knowledge and resilience to climate change. Professor Stephen Belcher, the Met Office

. Tropical storms: For many regions in the Tropics, a large portion of annual rain comes from tropical cyclones. However, tropical cyclones also have the potential to devastate a region, causing loss of life and widespread destruction to agricultural crops and lands, infrastructure and livelihoods. Some

, eventually down towards London, we may start to see the odd heavier burst of rain for a time. Read more on Apple News: Met Office Deep Dive: Why are summer downpours so slow moving? “The rest of the sunshine will be further towards the west where it should be a relatively fine day to come here

this area of low pressure the air is heated over the warm tropical ocean. This air rises in discrete parcels, causing thundery showers to form. These showers usually come and go, but from time to time, they group together into large clusters of thunderstorms. This creates a flow of very warm, moist

temperatures in the UK in the future. Warming trend “Analysis shows that in some parts of the south east between 1960 and 2019 the hottest days of the year have already increased by 1°C each decade, showing the UK is already on a warming trend when it comes to heat extremes.” The chances of 40°C

and showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain, but that's still something to watch. “But over the next few days, around 50 to 60 millimetres of rain possible. So yes, there is more rain to come. A little bit disappointing, I suppose, for the bank holiday weekend, but it is long overdue. It's been