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less mild. Overall, rainfall was 84% of average and sunshine was 93% of average. It was much drier than average near north-east coasts, but rainfall was mostly near or above normal in western Scotland, north-west England and Northern Ireland. Sunshine was above normal over northern Scotland (except

, the Met Office will transform the way it engages and delivers to its customers, ensure the business is future proofed, deliver its strategy and corporate plan. The Met Office has a clear focus on this programme and will be finalising the implementation plans to deliver this over the next couple of months

. Rainfall was 48% of average, and most notably well below average over most of England and Wales with less than 10% of average in some southern counties: for England it was provisionally the third driest June in a series from 1910. Sunshine was 142% of average, and with the exceptions of a few eastern

the west as the return to work continues for many. There will again be some snow over the high ground in Scotland. “The wind will pick up later today and Wednesday as Storm Eleanor begins crossing the UK and Ireland. Storm Eleanor will bring a very windy spell on Tuesday night and Wednesday

coming in and rather than prolonged bouts of rain from the west, we’re likely to see rain and showers coming from the northwest,” said Aidan McGivern.   “These showers from the north could fall as snow over the high parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland later in the weekend

of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), and the start of Met Office forecasts as we know them today.  The Met Office now provides over 4.5 million forecasts a day from daily weather via our mobile app to highly specialised forecasts for industries and Government including space weather.  Our four day

What is a seasonal forecast? Weather forecasts provide information about the weather expected over the next few days. While it is generally not possible to predict these day-to-day changes in detail beyond about a week ahead, it is possible to say something about likely conditions averaged over

focused on: Running a 10 year 4.5km regional climate simulation over Africa as part of the IMPALA project under the Future climate for Africa programme http://www.futureclimateafrica.org/ Using the idealised UM to look at convection as part of the ParaCon project. In the past Rachel has focused on: Using

Flooding in North Yorkshire - 19 June 2005 Synoptic situation Heavy and thundery downpours developed over north-west England and north Wales around midday, spreading across North Yorkshire through the a ernoon. The worst-affected areas were around the North York Moors, with flooding being reported

°C above pre-industrial levels and the following three years have all remained close to this level.  The global average temperature between now and 2023 is predicted to remain high, potentially making the decade from 2014 the warmest in more than 150 years of records.” Averaged over the five-year