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the third dullest December for the Province in a series from 1919. 1st to 8th The 1st was wet and windy, with frequent showers or longer spells of rain. Most of the 2nd saw isolated showers, but rain, heavy in places, spread into all parts from late afternoon. It was cloudy again on the 3rd with patchy

in the south. Rainfall was below average, with less than a third of normal in the south-east, giving 53% of average overall. Sunshine was mostly near average, with 104%. 1st to 6th The 1st was rather cloudy and cool, with some showers, turning wetter from late afternoon with more persistent rain especially

be and are being produced. Figure 27. Meteosat-1 weather satellite. The Met Office has also secured Ministerial approval for our involvement in the development of the third generation of geostationary satellites as part of the European MTG programme. This is excellent news for the Met Office

of third party and opportunistic observations to address our growing needs. Technology Architecture & Innovation Big Science demands Big Infrastructure which must be carefully designed and managed to exploit emerging technologies and provide the platform for world-leading research, operations and services

produced through the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX). The workshop provided valuable insight into the vast and varied requirements for provision of, access to, and improved application of future climate projections in South Asia. Discussions on the third day focused

, whilst the south and southeast of the country experience very little precipitation in summer months 3,6,7 . A large network of rivers crosses the country flowing into the Black Sea, with significant rivers including the Dnipro, which provides an estimated two thirds of all water resources

. Summary of analysis relevant to Burkina Faso Report section Burkina Faso is characterised by savanna and the climate is generally sunny, hot and dry. Approximately 50% of the population are densely settled in the eastern and central regions. More than two-thirds of the population are rural and live

with at least 4 in each third of the window or more than 18 in two thirds), a quadratic is fitted to these values. The standard deviation of the actual points and the fitted curve is calculated (std) and if the current baseline value is more than x std away from the fitted value it is marked

Research undertaken by the Met Office in recent years shows that two thirds of people have been unprepared for severe weather conditions, despite regularly checking the forecast.

on the third generation of the regional model of the Hadley Centre (HadRM3). The regional model HadRM3 has horizontal resolution of 50 km with 19 levels in the vertical (from surface to 30 km in the stratosphere) and four levels in the soil. The spatial resolution is 0.44 x 0.44° (latitude x longitude