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and climate services.    As a global initiative that supports the provision of useful, usable and used weather and climate services, WISER works with communities who are disproportionately impacted by extreme weather, seasonal variability and a changing climate across Africa, the Middle East and North

High pressure to the north and east of the UK continues to bring cloud and cold air across the UK, with a chance of some snow over higher ground in Scotland and Northern England this weekend.

High pressure to the north and east of the UK continues to bring cloud and cold air across the UK, with a chance of some snow over higher ground in Scotland and Northern England this weekend. A Yellow National Severe Weather Warning has been issued for snow and ice from 6 am to 2 pm on Saturday

Low pressure is exerting its influence over the UK’s weather on Tuesday, bringing a band of more persistent rain which starts Tuesday morning over northern England, Wales and parts of southwest England before moving gradually south and east through the day. Accompanying the rain is windy conditions

three months. Areas further south over West and Central Africa have seen normal or dry conditions. Conditions were more mixed across East Africa in what tends to be a drier part of the year for these areas. Much of southern Africa tends to see little rainfall through this period though southwestern

temperatures during November and December. Temperatures were near or below normal for Madagascar in December and January. Also in January, South Africa and parts of East Africa experienced below normal temperatures. Outlook: Consistent with a warming climate, warmer than normal conditions are likely

lifted from the desert by a large storm in Northern Africa. To the east of the image a phytoplankton bloom is visible in the Black Sea. The bright stripe across the centre of the image results from sun-glint, which occurs when the sun's rays are reflected directly to the satellite by the sea's surface

Building bridges in East Africa As more and more people live in settlements that are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather, one project in East Africa funded by WISER aims to mitigate the danger by working closely with communities. Across the world, urban areas are growing at an exponential

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in the Southeast Asia region. Understanding the East Asian summer monsoon The CSSP China project is a bilateral partnership between the Met Office, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other key institutes within

and January respectively. The Short Rains season (October to December) in East Africa brought above average rainfall to many areas in November with most parts very wet. December was mostly near-normal while January was wet in many areas. During November, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and parts