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Office is helping to deliver WISER, which will help at least 24 million people across Africa (focusing initially on East Africa) be more resilient to natural disasters and climate change by 2030. It will do this by improving early warning systems as well as helping them make better decisions by knowing

suggest any improvements to Hazard Manager in order to better meet the needs of their organisation. Amongst those who do, the most commonly suggested improvement is to make it faster by loading quicker (28%). Other suggested improvements are for better presentation, with better graphics, maps

To predict the weather tomorrow, next week or further ahead, you first need an accurate picture of what it’s doing now.

, as well as the chance to get to grips with all sorts of technical problem-solving, is what attracted him to the role. “I might be in the workshop repairing equipment, going out to sea to deploy it or designing new systems. There’s quite often something different to do.” All at sea As the ocean can have

and wellbeing. Oliver Dowden MP, Minister for Implementation, Cabinet Office said: “Last year we saw the impact severe weather can have on our services and communities. Our public services and emergency responders continue to prepare for severe weather as they do every year, but everyone can take simple

was really important because we could check whether people had received a forecast, and what they were doing with it.” Broadcasting a forecast on radio just can’t give that full picture, as you have no real way of knowing who is listening and what they are doing with the information once they receive

by the Portuguese met service, will push up from the south through the day bringing heavy snow and strong winds. Gusts of over 60 mph will lead to blizzard conditions with severe drifting snow a significant risk. Do not make unnecessary journeys in the red warning area. Even if you are in the Amber or Yellow areas

. “In weather like this our bodies have to work harder, older people, young children and those with long term conditions like heart and lung diseases, can really struggle to cope in such low temperatures. So do keep an eye on those at risk, wear several thin layers instead of fewer thicker ones and if you’re

Office research suggests almost all of that warming is due to human activity. • There is an 11% chance we could see a single year at 1.5°C or higher by 2021. • This does not mean we are committed long-term to a 1.5°C world – but rapid cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions are needed to avoid

resolution you will see much more detail, including tiny blemishes on the skin. What we’ve been able to do with the UK’s future climate is to model the impacts of extremely localised events, like the one in Boscastle in August 2004, which saw one month’s rainfall fall in just two hours

© Crown Copyright 2018, Met Office Impact-Based Forecasting (IBF) ‘What the weather will DO’ not ‘what the weather will BE’ • IBF workshops and visits – knowledge sharing and support from UK experience. • Methodologies and lessons are shared between countries to benefit all. • Global Hazard Map tool