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- An example of how NAME is used to predict the spread of Foot and Mouth disease. Figure 12 - A CHEMET Pro air concentration map produced for a London-based exercise. 4.6 Nuclear incidents Following a small-scale nuclear incident, the response from the Hazard Centre would be similar

flood defences. Surveys of the UK public during the period of storms Dudley and Eunice shows that both levels of awareness and people taking action following the warnings were very high, awareness levels of storm Dudley and Eunice were both in the high 90%’s with 91% of people surveyed in London

with mean daily maxima ranging from around 19 °C in coastal Cornwall to 21 °C in inland areas of Somerset and Avon. This is compared with 22.5 °C that is typical of the area of highest UK temperature around London. Instances of extreme high temperatures are rare and are associated with hot air

shorter period 1993-2006 (Vitart el al., 2007). Performance statistics for this period are shown in table 2. As can be seen, the dynamical model performs well in comparison with the statistical / analogue forecasts of the Colorado State University and University College London Tropical Storm Risk

) � AGAGE meeting Boston, USA, 14th -18th October 2013) � Ridge Hill site visit (Herefordshire, 30th October 2013) � Ridge Hill site visit (Herefordshire, 1st November 2013) � DECC5 meeting (London, 28th November 2013) – New sites meeting � InGOS Project review meeting (Brussels, 2nd December 2013

2018 to 2021. Looking forward, an external evaluation by London Economics estimates that Met Office activities will generate an extraordinary £56 billion of economic value within the next decade - a 19:1 return on government investment. Further work will support the additional growth which we can

available to responders and the public to determine whether these products are well used and how they are viewed by responders. Evidence was collated from the 2015 Responder Survey; discussions with participants at the Responder Workshops held in London, Durham, Glasgow and Exeter and at the Wales PWSCG

be deployed to the MoD in London. Elsewhere, the Met Office provides NAME output for military incidents that may have international repercussions, with the Hazard Centre’s role becoming one of support in such circumstances. RIMNET – The Radioactive Incident Monitoring NETwork Following the world’s worst

not official and therefore accuracy of readings can be affected by poorly positioned instruments and use of non-standard instruments which may not have been calibrated accurately. There tend to be more diaries for heavily populated areas, such as London with large gaps in rural areas like Wales. In addition

rainfall averages D 0 J F M A M J J A S O N Month 30-year monthly sunshine averages D • Cold temperate - (maritime west coast) Climate averages for London, United Kingdom (51°28’N, 000°19’W) Temperature (°C) 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 J F M A M J J A S O N D Month 30-year monthly maximum temperature