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/publications/factsheets For more information about the Met Office, please contact the Customer Centre on: Tel: 0370 900 0100 Fax: 0370 900 5050 Email: [email protected] If you are outside the UK: Tel: +44 330 135 0000 Fax: +44 330 135 0050 Introduction It is often said that Francis Beaufort

-pressure centres crossed the UK. Northern Ireland Electricity reported a large-scale fault shortly after midnight on the 15th, lightning being the suspected culprit. Heavy downpours and gusty winds were blamed for multiple reports of flooded roads and downed trees across Northern Ireland

will remain a dominant driver of global weather patterns over the next few months at least, more especially for tropical regions. With a couple of notable exceptions (e.g., East Africa) La Niña, very broadly speaking, tends to increase the likelihood of wetter than normal conditions across many land

pressure, particularly during June and July. This was the UK’s warmest summer since 2006, the driest since 2003 and the sunniest since 1995. • Average UK temperature was 15.8C • Study of changing risk and attribution to human influence ongoing: • Summer 2018 heatwave was at least partly driven

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of the crew on a sail boat which they maintain and operate. Sailors need to know how strong the wind is going to be, when it will be windy and in which direction. Sailors also need to check for dangerous storms, either to try and avoid them or at least make sure the boat is prepared to minimise any

wind speed of between 7 to 10 KTs. Wind direction varying by at least 60 degrees Visibility Poor Moderate Good Excellent Surface visibility less than 2 KM Surface visibility 2-5 KM Surface visibility 5-10 KM Surface visibility greater than 10KM Weather Isolated Weather conditions occurring randomly

influencers (at least as they have been defined in this study), or for audiences consisting of policy decision influencers with relatively low levels of education (whom are more likely to hold self-enhancing values, as education is inversely related to self-enhancing values), this assumption

Office Chair at Reading under the Met Office Academic Partnership. Five years ago I joined the Met Office as Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre. I am particularly proud of the work that we did on climate dynamics which informed the improvements to the seasonal forecast system and the new UK

.................................................................................................... 36 Annex 2: Participants List ................................................................................................................... 38 2 Acronyms ACMAD African Centre of Meteorological Applications