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they want a refresher on these terms at a later point. Explain that some of these terms will be found in the cartoon they’re about to read. Radar factsheet 4 Weather career stories | People in weather and climate Activity steps 01 02 Technical term-busting Ask students to read the ‘Weather heroes
’ Charles Ewen is the Met Office’s Chief Information Officer, charged with keeping the organisation’s technology at the cutting edge, and he has overseen the project to shift computing to the cloud. “We use a technique to predict the future state of the atmosphere called numerical weather prediction,” he
. However, it will still have sufficient energy to produce impacts, such as very strong winds and heavy seas, leading to dangerous conditions in exposed locations. Matt Crofts is a Lifesaving Manager with the RNLI. He said: “The severe weather which is due to hit parts of the UK and Ireland early
for May. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre. He said: “The most remarkable aspect is just how much some of the May and Spring records for these climate statistics have been exceeded. Exceeding the UK sunshine record is one thing, but exceeding
with a specific thematic learning focus, and a programme level lessons infographic. Sharing WISER and Met Office Kenya Partnership Impacts with President Kenyatta This week, President Kenyatta of Kenya visited the UK. During his visit, he attended an event at Kew Gardens to celebrate the Kenya-UK Year
and mortality rates.” Listening to users To make sure SCIPEA delivered to end users’ needs, the project set up Service Development Teams to assess what organisations like FSNWG wanted from climate data and forecasting, and determine how ICPAC and the NMHSs could go about meeting those needs. They could
have been covered with trees. But over time, the green cloak of oak and ash has been eroded to create space for communities and agriculture. Chris praises the recent modest increase in tree cover but he feels that targets for woodland recovery could be more ambitious with some areas in the UK
designed to support local initiatives. We are open to ideas and want to collaborate on CARA’s mission to drive sectoral and systems change in the Indo-Pacific, so please reach out directly to programme team (details on pages 5-7). The CARA programme aims to improve climate resilience in South Asia
on Friday and we want everyone to enjoy the hot weather safely when it arrives and be aware of good health advice for coping with warmer conditions. “During periods of hot weather, it is especially important to keep checking on those who are most vulnerable, such as older people and those with heart
for the Met Office as a Marine Systems Engineer for the past three years, specialising in electrical engineering. He helps with maintaining the Marine Observing Network, which includes weather observation units on board ships, weather buoys and permanently moored light vessels. The variety of the work
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