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• Cold conditions herald the start of winter

  on older people because ageing bodies find it harder to adjust to big changes in temperature. For example, the cold raises blood pressure, which in turn increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke, and breathing in cold air can also increase the risk, and impact, of serious illnesses like flu

• Laundry and outfit planning among the leading motivations behind checking the forecast, research reveals

  away, to preparing an emergency kit, a little preparation now can prevent bigger problems later.”  Other top reasons for checking the forecast  Other popular reasons for checking the weather forecast include:  Travel and commuting (33.2%)  Planning events or social activities (30.9%)  Gardening

• Hot conditions easing in the South

  our simple health advice to beat the heat.” Other parts of the UK, particularly Northern Ireland and Scotland, will see Friday morning’s heavy showers easing. Temperatures around remain 15-17° C, and 20-22° C in Eastern Scotland. A change for many Saturday sees a big change in temperatures for most

• Over half of public making low-carbon decisions

  , but there are other important factors. Dr Camilla Mathison, lead on Climate Mitigation Science at the Met Office, said: “Actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions also have additional benefits for society, with even small changes to daily life making a big difference when it comes to your carbon footprint. A simple

• Cold conditions to take over – April 2021

  UK temperatures will drop UK temperatures on Saturday reached a high of 17.6 °C at Drumnadrochit in Inverness-shire. However conditions will change dramatically later with much colder air spreading from the north from late on Sunday.  It’s not unusual to see big swings in temperature across the UK

• Met Office daily weather: Temperatures to peak before cooling slightly

  warm temperatures, making it a pleasant, albeit slightly cooler day.  Aidan McGivern, Met Office presenter and meteorologist, said: “Remarkably warm for the first morning of May, but a big temperature contrast by the afternoon as a cold front sinks south, bringing showers to Scotland and Northern

• Memo

  ; progress towards a sustainable funding model for the Met Office Hadley Centre; very strong performance of the Met Office Business Group; agreement to form an Environmental Futures and Big Data hub in collaboration with the University of Exeter; the start of the winter season’s services; positive

• Memo

  and services; exascale computing and big data technology; world-leading work of the Met Office Hadley Centre; and prediction of environmental risks. � The Board discussed the report of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. � Next meeting to be held on 25 July 2017.

• Research and Innovation Strategy

  and services, support national and international needs, and respond to emergencies.  Introducing our National Capability  Weather and climate is big science, requiring large numbers of observations and data, large scale software and large-scale compute and storage. Because of this, the UK requires

• Research reveals changing hail risks in a warming Europe

  Climate change may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hail storms, new research has shown.

  hail is likely to become less common, except potentially for very large hail. Severe hail has a diameter of 2 cm, while a diameter of 5 cm or more is considered very large. Bigger hailstones cause more damage than smaller ones, and even a small increase in their size could outweigh any benefits