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• Specialist forecasts for a resilient future

  services that address very specific challenges across transport, infrastructure, energy, and environmental safety.  Here are some of the highly specialised forecasts we provide for business and industry:   Rail adhesion  Autumn brings more than golden leaves. It brings leaf-fall

• Briefing on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice - June 2024

  Summary Arctic sea ice extent is below average for the time of year, but not exceptionally so. Winter 2023-24 was very mild in the Canadian and Central Arctic but nearer average in the East Siberian Arctic; end of winter ice thicknesses estimated by satellites reflect this. April and early May

• snow-and-low-temperatures---december-2009-to-january-2010---met-office.pdf

  Snow and low temperatures - December 2009 to January 2010 From Thursday 17 December 2009 to Friday 15 January 2010 the UK experienced a spell of very low temperatures and significant snowfalls which affected almost the whole country. This was the most widespread and prolonged spell of this type

• Temperature extremes and records most affected by UK’s changing climate

  as the temperature threshold gets higher. The number of ‘pleasant’ days (daily maximum 20°C) has increased by 41% for the most recent decade (2014-2023) compared to 1961-1990. The number of ‘warm’ days (25°C) has increased by 63%, ‘hot’ days (28°C) have more than doubled and ‘very hot’ days (30°C) have more than

• New warnings issued ahead of unsettled period of weather

  The UK will be affected by a series of low-pressure systems through the second half of the week and into the weekend, bringing very wet and windy weather for some.

  Meteorologist at the Met Office and said: “While there is still uncertainty about the track and depth of the low pressure, Friday night and Saturday will be wet and very windy across parts of the UK. “Some model solutions have the low pressure further north and much deeper, bringing very strong winds

• Mild February marks the end of a dry Winter

  on record for Scotland and the fifth mildest winter for Northern Ireland. The UK as a whole has seen the ninth mildest winter on record. Interestingly the winters of 2013/14 and 2015/16 were both milder than this winter; however the key difference is that those winters were also very wet and often

• Met Office daily weather: Weather warnings issued as Storm Claudia set to impact parts of the UK

  and east becoming more isolated. Sheltered inland areas may experience patchy frost. Temperatures will be suppressed to single figures Celsius as far south as the Midlands, though the far south remains very mild. Colder air will seep further south overnight, but cloud, wind, and precipitation will keep

• Briefing on the Arctic sea ice minimum and Antarctic sea ice maximum – September 2024

  since then and it is possible that a higher value will be recorded before seasonal melt commences (Figure 4). Prior to this year, the lowest maximum Antarctic sea ice extent on record was recorded in 2023, at 16.96 million sq km, this being a very long way below the next lowest maximum of 17.88

• Met Office daily weather: Warm and humid conditions continue with risk of thunderstorms in some areas

  sunny intervals. Later in the day, it will turn fresher and more showery across the north. Winds will be moderate to fresh, becoming strong in the north and along exposed coasts. Temperatures will be near normal for most, though parts of the south and east may remain warm or very warm, with highs

• Met Office daily weather: Changeable conditions with rain, showers and cooler air

  into Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some sunnier breaks across the Scottish Borders and the far north of England. “And once again across the very far southeast remaining mostly dry though we can't rule out a shower into the afternoon which once again could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. Now