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Project overview The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) are leading the £1.2 million Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in East Africa (ECREA)  project which aims to improve the resilience of people and the adaptive capacity of Eastern African countries to prepare for and respond

as it crossed southern England. The strong winds were accompanied by heavy rain, bringing 30-50 mm across parts of Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. The following rain radar sequence from 0900 UTC 27 to 2100 UTC 28 October 2013 shows the rapid movement of the storm across southern England. The highest gust speeds

downpours across the southeast, Sussex, and Kent, and eventually pushing up into parts of East Anglia. Once again, heavy, possibly thundery before this system eventually clears its way into the North Sea. And it's going to be another day of showery outbreaks once again, particularly in the west

Tropical cyclone forecast error charts - north-east Pacific

The graphs below show a variety of measures of forecast errors and forecast skill for the Met Office global model forecasts of tropical cyclones in the North-East Pacific region (east of 180 degrees longitude). For those not familiar with the types of error statistics used in tropical cyclone forecast assessment and their sign conventions a diagrammatic explanation is available.

Yellow thunderstorm warnings are also in place across much of the UK highlighting the potential for disruption in multiple places. ⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️ Thunderstorms across parts of southeast England and parts of East Anglia Friday 2000 – Saturday 0500 Latest info 👉 https://t.co

August heat-wave Southern England experienced a significant heat-wave during early August 2020 as hot, humid air moved north from the near continent. Temperatures exceeded 34°C across parts of the south-east for six consecutive days and there were several tropical nights with overnight temperatures

with colleagues in the Regional Model Evaluation and Development (RMED) area. Career background Chris joined the Met Office in 2013, spending seven years in the RMED area before moving into the URCC team in April 2020. Prior to this he completed a PhD in Cosmology at the University of Nottingham, then worked as a post-doctorate researcher in Computational Astrophysics at the University of Sussex.

or higher across the far south-east, with 100 Kt (115 mph) at Shorham (Sussex). The October 1987 storm has been referred to as the worst storm to affect southern England since the Great Storm of 1703 (impacts from the latter were recorded in detail by Daniel Defoe, author of the novel Robinson Crusoe. He

wind. But away from the cloud around coastal districts, there is some sunshine breaking through as well for Northern Ireland. Do watch out for a few showers around North Wales, parts of northwest England. And there is just some heavy rain lingering around Kent and Sussex first thing this morning

Ciarán were comparable in severity with those experienced in the south-east of England during the ‘Great Storm’ of 16 October 1987. While Ciarán also brought very strong winds to the South Coast, with gusts of 60 to 70Kt (69 to 81mph), the location of the storm track meant that the worst impacts