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on historical investigations of cloud seeding during the early 1950's. Q- Reports/studies on geo-engineering. A- The list below includes publications that Met Office researchers have led and those that Met Office researchers have contributed to as co-authors. Our contribution to this research

and based on simulations using climate models. Q - Have weather modification experiments ever occurred in the UK? A- Please see Met Office disclosures log references 029, that points to published information on historical investigations of cloud seeding during the early 1950's. Q- Reports/studies

at the equator). Precipitation information was taken from the CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data) dataset (Funk et al., 2015) which is available to download from: http://chg.geog.ucsb.edu/data/chirps/. The data spans 50°S to 50°N in a band around the equator

February 1967 to 17 March 1969. Extremes of wind Wind: the (horizontal) movement of air relative to the rotating surface of the Earth. The Met Office measures the wind speed in knots. The knot is defined as a speed of one nautical mile per hour. 1 knot = 0.51444 m s -1 = 1.15078 mile h -1 = 1.853 km

members are also members of the Executive Board and are Met Office employees: • R. Varley, Chief Executive • J. Slingo, Chief Scientist (until 31 December 2016) • S. Belcher, Chief Scientist (from 1 January 2017) • N. Jobling, Chief Financial Officer • S. Noyes, Deputy Chief Executive (previously

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as WAFC London and NOAA as WAFC Washington. In the 1990’s the WAFCs and their WAFS were mature enough that the regional area forecast centres were closed. Evolving technology Over the years, our services have continuously evolved to meet the changing needs of the aviation industry: 1990s: We developed

is described as a separate weather event linked from the Past weather events. For a more detailed summary of the 2010-12 drought, refer to the following publication: Kendon M, Marsh T, Parry S. 2013. The 2010-2012 drought in England and Wales. Weather 68: 88-95. Last updated: 9 May 2013 © Crown Copyright

granular detail, February 2023’s lack of consistent rain for most of the UK underlines some of the common differences between weather and climate, and where there’s an overlap in challenges.   The summer of 2022 saw record-breaking temperatures when 40.3°C was recorded for the first time in the UK