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in the effort to support the work to fight Coronavirus. Support for businesses across various sectors has been a priority including launching grants and loans to various businesses and handling of economic shocks. The department is very busy, with knock-on effects on resource, but this has not adversely

to 13.8 Strong Rough 3.0 (4.0) 7 Near gale Sea heaps up and white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the direction of the wind 30 15.5 28 to 33 13.9 to 17.1 Strong Very rough 4.0 (5.5) 8 Gale Moderate high waves of greater length; edges of crests begin to break

for August was provisionally 0.7 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, with the largest positive anomalies in the east. Averaged nationally rainfall and sunshine were both not far from normal, with 97% of average rainfall and 94% of average sunshine, but it was very wet locally in the south-east

is temperature’, so be prepared to challenge the answer ‘how hot or cold something is’ as we want to encourage students to link temperature to how much energy a substance has. We also very briefly touch on how you measure temperature, but you can check out these links for more detailed background

flood defences. Surveys of the UK public during the period of storms Dudley and Eunice shows that both levels of awareness and people taking action following the warnings were very high, awareness levels of storm Dudley and Eunice were both in the high 90%’s with 91% of people surveyed in London

is particularly striking in this image, as is the very straight cloud edge to the East of Scotland. Polar Orbiting satellites, such as Aqua, provide images with a high level of cloud detail. Credits: NASA (data), Met Office (image). November 2018: Interesting cloud phenomena over South-East Pacific

and use of climate information is very important. Feedback loops are an important aspect for services, and a regional climate forum could provide such a platform for enhancing communication and common understanding between providers and users. The idea of establishing a regional climate forum

colour) and mountainous plateaus of Pakistan to the West. Credits:  Image: © Crown copyright, Met Office, Data: EUMETSAT November 2019 - Australian wildfires & very cold cloud tops 30 November 2019 Shortly before reaching the Philippines, Typhoon Kammuri produced some incredibly low cloud-top

was due to an ‘atmospheric river’ – a narrow stream of moisture laden air capable of causing very high rainfall totals. This was the wettest 2-day period on record for Scotland in a series from 1891. The front causing the rainfall marked the contrast between cold air to the north and much warmer

amount very widely.   The Met Office’s Mike Kendon continued: “The UK’s observations clearly show winters are getting warmer, and they are also getting wetter since as the atmosphere heats up, it has an increased capacity to hold moisture. The top-ten warmest winters on record for the UK include 2024