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) was recorded at South Uist (Western Isles) on the 13th. A snow depth of 15 cm was recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Invernessshire) on the 28th. Weather impacts Strong winds affected some northern areas of the UK on the 7th. In Scotland, the A1 between Haddington Junction and Thistly Cross was pre-emptively closed

of the team working on the Hadley Centre Climate Programme-funded project. He said: “Crowd-Grid is designed as a complementary dataset for the Met Office, including public observations of temperature to better capture those local details that may not be well represented solely by the HadUK-Grid

with a specific thematic learning focus, and a programme level lessons infographic. Sharing WISER and Met Office Kenya Partnership Impacts with President Kenyatta This week, President Kenyatta of Kenya visited the UK. During his visit, he attended an event at Kew Gardens to celebrate the Kenya-UK Year

for May. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre. He said: “The most remarkable aspect is just how much some of the May and Spring records for these climate statistics have been exceeded. Exceeding the UK sunshine record is one thing, but exceeding

have been covered with trees. But over time, the green cloak of oak and ash has been eroded to create space for communities and agriculture. Chris praises the recent modest increase in tree cover but he feels that targets for woodland recovery could be more ambitious with some areas in the UK

of over 750 million people could be affected. He stressed that information from climate services would be very helpful in designing future climate support and that the ARRCC programme is a critically important project for DFID. In conclusion, he said that climate science can help create a win-win

to write notes under each word as they hear the information. The first group to complete a row on their card shouts ‘bingo!’. They must be able to verbally explain each term in order to validate their win. Alternatively, for a simpler task, ask pupils to circle the terms as they hear them and talk

impacts in the south-west of England on the 1st and 2nd. The M48 between junctions 1 and 2 was closed temporarily and the Sandbanks Ferry, the St Mawes Ferry and the Tamar Ferry were suspended due to strong winds. On the 11th there was flooding on roads in south-east Wales and in Swansea. Further

of the meteorological advice his staff could provide, the director of the Meteorological Office, W Napier Shaw, acted quickly. In just over a month he had completed initial negotiations with the war office and arranged for the establishment of the Meteorological Field Service as a section of the Royal

4 shows. Designing award-winning gardens, or helping everyone eat better, tastier food through his best-selling books. As a self-confessed botany geek, James Wong has built a career around plants. n fact, James can’t remember a time when he wasn’t completely fascinated by them. Having grown up