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and intensification, often leading to enhanced tropical cyclone activity and landfall risk. In this document references to El Niño and La Niña relate only to SST anomalies in the tropical Pacific Niño3.4 region (120°–170°W, 5°N–5°S). Since the atmospheric response to SSTs is variable in intensity

and the simulation rerun. We have also made improvements relating to the representation of the snowpack, as well as fixing some other minor code errors and releasing a lightning metric. An in-depth analysis and description of the issue can be found in the Update to UKCP Local 2.2km projections report

respectively. Much of the skill of persistence seems to relate to the linear (negative) trend in the sea ice extent during the hindcast period, which is probably more dominant against interannual variability during the sea ice minimum and maximum. Nevertheless, there is some indication of enhanced

and governance: The rules, laws and regulations we develop mediate how individuals, organisations, sectors and systems behave in response to risk information. Effective governance is needed to establish credible and fair goals, link up diverse areas of policy, including that relating to mitigation and rapid

on issues relating to unacceptable behaviour including bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Volunteers provide a listening ear without judgement and signpost to sources of support and next steps. In the last year, we have been working with the DRaW volunteers to identify training needs

). The UK Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 (HM Government, 2023a) – which mostly covers policies relating to England only – has goals of adapting to climate change and reducing risk of harm from environmental hazards but does not specifically define planning scenarios. The UK government resilience

and extreme events) Q2. What are the challenges to using longer-term climate information to influence and inform decisions at the national or regional level? • Differences in forecasts by different agencies • Difficulties with relating projections to levels of emissions • Resolution of projections

information for adaptation to climate change impacts (flooding and extreme events) Q2. What are the challenges to using longer-term climate information to influence and inform decisions at the national or regional level? • Differences in forecasts by different agencies • Difficulties with relating

that the user can easily see how the curve relates to the thresholds. Page 16 of 33 Note that while the charts show threshold breached out to 36 hours, this is not the same as the notification of alerts which may have been restricted to 12 or 24 hours by the SuperUser. You can see the alerting period

Kingdom (this is the latest averaging period available). Extreme snow events across the United Kingdom • On 25 September 1895 snow was reported to have fallen at London and Wallington (Surrey) making it the earliest fall of snow on the capital. • The period 7 to 12 July 1888 was particularly cold