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• The atmospheric boundary layer

  at the Met Office.  Much of this is modulated through interactions with the surface and so close links are maintained with those working on Surface and sub-surface processes. Much of our research involves the use of very high resolution numerical modelling of the boundary layer using the Met Office Large

• Microsoft Word - 2019_011_november_wind.docx

  Strong winds November 2019 An area of low pressure brought some very strong winds to south Wales and the south coast of England on Saturday 2 November. Winds gusted at 60 to 70 Kt (69 to 81 mph) in exposed coastal locations. Gusts of 95 Kt (109 mph) were recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle

• Mild week before Christmas

  conditions to become a little colder, with a risk of some wintry showers developing in the north. At this stage there is very little sign of any widespread or severe cold and wintry weather.” As always, these longer range forecast subject to change so for the day to day detail keep up to date

• Helping Heathrow

  For the first time in 15 years, an extended on-site Met Office team will also be responsible, and have the oversight of the airfield observations. These observations are crucial in ensuring that the very latest information about the prevailing weather conditions is at the centre of the weather

• Further snow for some this weekend

  ,  with a very severe frost over snow cover in Scotland, there could be some more snow ahead of a band of rain leading to a risk of some disruption during Sunday, with high level routes across the Pennine and the Southern Uplands are likley to be affected so plan ahead for delays or longer journeys

• Storm Georgina brings strong winds to the UK and Ireland

  parts of the UK.” Early analysis shows that a sting jet could have formed over the sea west of the Western Isles in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Sting jets can cause very high wind speeds in a concentrated area and occur when air rapidly descends from high in the atmosphere. Sting jets

• Microsoft Word - march.docx

  to low levels, mainly from the Midlands northwards. The second half was generally settled with high pressure close by. It was generally cloudy until the 23rd, but the last week was often very sunny. The mean temperature for March was provisionally 1.5 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, making

• 2019: A year in review

  relatively wet. Previous hot summers have been largely dry, but this summer was seventh wettest overall in the UK in a series dating back to 1910. Scotland was very wet overall as it recorded its second wettest summer, only surpassed by summer 1985. Weather in autumn 2019  Many people in England

• wiser0063-western-impact-article_forecasts-0418.pdf

  weather events can ruin crops and lead to famine. Yet the uptake and availability of climate information services has historically been very low. “Until fairly recently a lot of African services published just a 10-day forecast,” explains Robert Powell, Media Consultant for the Met Office, the UK’s

• risk-management-of-climate-thresholds-and-feedbacks---6-permafrost.pdf

  of carbon from permafrost thaw is irreversible on human timescales, because even if the temperature reduces and permafrost re-freezes, the mechanisms for burying carbon take place very slowly. (3) This means that a greater reduction in human greenhouse gas emissions would be required to reverse global