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. For example, in the first set: • Card 1: a graph showing temperature increase and low rainfall for a given month • Card 2: a description of the drought • Card 3: its risk to agriculture Once all the groups are assembled, ask each group to explain their cards and their rationale for choosing to stand

February off the coast of north-west of Australia and has affected island nations, including Mauritius, during its passage. Julian Heming is a tropical cyclone expert with the Met Office. He said: “Once making landfall over Madagascar, Freddy has begun to fall apart, but the forecast models

specific topics in a greater level of detail. The Met Office and EPSRC reserve the right to target the subject areas they wish to speak about. The planned structure of these meetings will be made available once the Met Office and EPSRC have received and reviewed the applicant responses, but an outline

• Station 4 – weather conditions e.g. descriptions of wind, heatwaves, snow Forecasting fact-busters film Slides 2 – 3 Once groups have explored each station, bring pupils’ attention back to the front and ask the class: • What do they think these objects/images are for? (Steer discussion towards weather

as climate change. The forest plays a role in sustaining itself, helping keep regional rainfall at higher levels, by returning moisture to the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, and by limiting fire spread. This means that once a certain level of forest is lost, the resulting drop in rainfall

. UNDERTAKING A SEB STUDY Once a project moves from proposal stage to implementation, SEB activities should begin. SEB activities are best integrated from the start of the project, because they will overlap with other project activities, such as baseline surveys. The following four steps describe the SEB

% 92.4% 96.4% Sumburgh (EGPB) 92.9% 96.5% 94.2% 97.2% 12-month rolling mean 95.2% 95.1% 94.8% 94.8% TAF timeliness Objective: To ensure airlines and pilots have timely access to TAFs. Reliable provision of TAFs are important to airlines and pilots, to ensure they are fully briefed on the expected

will continue to move through quickly. Next week is expected to be changeable, with alternating wet and dry spells and temperatures likely to remain above average. Sea surface temperatures are currently above normal, which means that even brief periods of sunshine could result in very warm or hot

normally has to be lower than this. Over most of the area, snowfall is normally confined to the months from November to April, but upland areas o en have brief falls in October and May. Snow rarely lies at lower levels outside the period from November to April. On average, the number of days with snow

: To ensure airlines and pilots have timely access to TAFs. Reliable provision of TAFs are important to airlines and pilots, to ensure they are fully briefed on the expected weather conditions at an airport upon arrival. Around 280 TAFs per day are issued by the Met Office, and the percentage of all