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for the coming week. Upland areas, especially in the mountains, can see conditions change very rapidly and they may be markedly different from surrounding lowland areas.” Stay up to date with the Met Office forecast on social media, through our weather warnings and by checking our mountain area forecasts, which

for attendees to provide feedback without Met Office colleagues present. The main points of feedback included a very positive view of the nationwide calls initiated by the Civil Contingency Advisors (CCAs). Attendees felt these meetings provided a useful opportunity to make sure different regions

. There was heavy snow across parts of Highland Scotland and a mini-tornado in Greater Manchester. This storm contributed to the generally prolonged, very wet and unsettled spell of weather lasting through much of December. Weather impacts Storm Gerrit caused severe travel disruption to the rail

impressive illuminated letters. In addition to its interest as a very early work giving a scientific explanation to a meteorological phenomenon the document is also important for its intrinsic qualities as an early example of an illuminated manuscript. The full manuscript is available from our Digital Library & Archive.

be labelled (a) etc. and this label used in the legend. As an extreme case, in Fig. 3.2.1 we have a legend that says CPM STD minus CPM STD! ii. I think that the order of RCM and CPM is not consistent throughout and should be unless there is a very strong argument to the contrary. iii. The colour bars

rise 34 Figure 4.16 Causal relation between processes leading to a high-end contribution of Antarctica to sea level rise 35 Figure 4.17 Increase in sea level around the UK under low and very high emissions relative to the 1981-2000 mean 38 Figure 4.18 Illustration of the application of scenarios

and central parts. Chris Bulmer, Deputy Chief Meteorologist, added: “However, there isn’t currently a clear signal for the timing and details of any potentially disruptive snow events.” This colder spell is very unlikely to be as extreme as recent events. Laura Paterson added: “We’re now a lot further

, Chief Scientist, presented the latest reports from the Met Office Scientific Advisory Committee’s (MOSAC) and the Hadley Centre’s Scientific Review Group (SRG). Both were very positive about Met Office science and its progress. The recommendations for areas of further improvement were accepted

climbs, we also see low pressure approach from the west which will destabilise the whole set-up, leading to – later this week – the risk of some very energetic thunderstorms.” Keep up to date with weather warnings, and you can find the latest forecast on our website, on YouTube, by following us on X and Facebook, as well as on our mobile app which is available for iPhone from the App store and for Android from the Google Play store.  

Today’s (Friday) high pressure will quickly be replaced by low-pressure as we head into the weekend, with spells of wet and very windy weather continuing across many areas of the UK through next week.

-pressure system moves across the country.  Commenting on Monday’s weather, Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Frank Saunders, said: “Southerly winds will strengthen through Monday, with a very windy day forecast, particularly across the western half of the UK.  Severe gales are likely along coastal areas