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to discuss matters with the Chair, Independent Member and Secretariat without Met Office colleagues present. These sessions have proved very successful in gathering information about specific issues facing users of Met Office services which are then relayed to the Met Office for a response. 3.3

weather with wet and windy spells. It continued mostly unsettled and mild until the 25th, with a very brief northerly outbreak on the 19th. It turned settled and colder from the 26th to 29th with high pressure and variable amounts of cloud with widespread fog, then further rain spread southwards

conditions very difficult. Roads and some rail lines were flooded in West Yorkshire, with the railway line at Harrogate flooded also. The Debenhams store in Norwich was closed due to flooding. On the 29th, in South-west England, some campers on Dartmoor had to be rescued overnight due to the severe

generally warmer, though still quite unsettled. It turned colder with widespread overnight frosts between the 10th and 16th, though often dry and sunny. The weather turned settled and very warm with plenty of sunshine for most between the 17th and 23rd, with the warmest and sunniest weather coinciding

to. In other news, the PWSCG welcomed new Members this year, including the appointment of Kim Shillinglaw as the new Independent Member following an open competition last summer. We are now in a very strong position with a dynamic mix of skills and experience within the Group. This should ensure

Warnings for their significant risk to life. Storm Darragh, the fourth named storm of the 2024/25 storm season, brought very strong winds to western parts of England and Wales in early December. A red warning for wind was issued, with wind gusts of 96mph recorded at Berry Head in Devon and 93mph at Capel

, you will see one of two things: 1. Where there is very low risk of flooding, there will be no flood risk matrix shown and you will see the statement as shown in Figure 7 2. Where there is a risk of flooding, the flood risk matrix will be shown as above Fig 7: Very low risk of flooding

that span the break points. Unphysical data points A very small number of unphysical hourly rainfall and temperature values have been identified in the UKCP Local data at the raw 2.2km scale. For example, hourly rainfall values in excess of 100mm/h, and up to 170mm/h in very rare cases, occur

Summary Arctic sea ice extent is currently 4th lowest for the time of year; extent is particularly low in the Barents and Kara Seas, following above-average sea ice loss during May. The preceding winter was very stormy in the Arctic; conditions were mild but not exceptionally so. The spring

everyone found it easily understandable. Whilst it maybe something that isn’t used widely by the public in general it was found to be very helpful for the responder community to have the detail on the impact and likelihood of events. In terms of advance notice of events, responder organisations much