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an essential role in dealing with many of the issues. These include severe weather, space weather, coastal flooding, drought etc. Met Office Services Director, Simon Brown, explains the Met Office role when it comes to preparing for and coping with many of these risks. The Met Office is a Category 2

present in summer so far.” Any warmth to come? While there will be some sunny spells for some later this week, temperatures remain likely to be either slightly below or around average for the time of year recovering slightly through the weekend or early next week. Global drivers of the UK’s weather

brings the chance of showers and thunderstorms  A change in the outlook comes in on Saturday night. Most areas will remain dry with long clear spells under cloudless skies. The cloud will remain in the far northwest of Scotland and by the early hours of Sunday morning, cloud will increase

for the north of Scotland, obviously where we've got the stronger winds and those blustery showers. These fronts continue to slowly move north into central Scotland and Northern Ireland during Thursday night. “Some heavier rain develops across Northern England, the Republic of Ireland as well, but across much of England and Wales, well, it is drier with some clear spells and another mild night to come.”

early on Tuesday morning, bringing another spell of wet and windy weather for the UK over the next few days. Wind speeds this strong are unusual during August and may come as a surprise to people spending time outdoors trying to catch the last few days of summer. “A number of severe weather warnings

issued a Level 2 Cold weather alert for the coming weekend and Dr Thomas Waite, a Consultant in Health Protection at Public Health England, said: “The weather has felt much milder for the last week or so but this weekend the forecasters tell us it will get much colder again. And that may come

reference number WISER0011 An MEL workshop for the WISER programme was held in Nairobi in December, facilitated by LTS International. This provided an opportunity for key WISER stakeholders to come together and discuss the role of MEL in project and programme design and implementation. You may also

suggest that if the current trend continues, the area burnt due to climate change will increase significantly in the coming decades. The study comes at a crucial time as we witness increasingly destructive fire seasons worldwide. It is essential that we not only adapt our policies to better manage fires, but also address underlying causes of climate change.

unsettled weather to come. At the moment, Wednesday actually looks largely dry, at least to start, but then some rain is going to push its way in, particularly across southern parts later on.”

congratulating the Met Office on coming 9th in the social media awards. � JH informed the Board of the Met Office’s success be in the top 100 of business to business brands and (announced that day) to come 9th in the Social Brands awards. � JH gave a summary of the work going on at the WMO Exec