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, but their rapid succession led to numerous impacts. With saturated ground, the rain resulted in rapid runoff causing significant and widespread flooding problems. Impacts There were numerous impacts from flooding, particularly affecting the transport network. The London to South West England mainline

a construction crane in north London and tore the sails off a historic windmill in Burgh Le Marsh, Lincolnshire. London’s eight royal parks were closed. Some of the worst impacts were from flooding. There was significant flooding in North Wales at Llanrwst in the Conwy valley. However, the worst affected

reaching as high as 24C in parts of London, and the same applies to the south east on Bank Holiday Friday and Saturday. As the weekend continues there is an increasing risk of showers, some of which could be heavy or thundery. By the start of next week, it will be drier and sunnier but it will feel

and internationally. She was appointed Chief Executive at the Met Office in 2018 and President of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in 2023, the first woman to fill either role. Penny grew up in London and studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University with the help

Midlands" "E of England" "SW England" "London and SE England" Product Title Pollen Forecast Purpose of the Product For use on: • Broadcast • Online Services Data Parameters Supplied High, medium and low pollen forecasts for areas mentioned above. Data Timesteps Supplied Lead Time: 5 day Temporal

What Are Upper Air Forecasts and SIGWX Charts? The Met Office is one of two World Area Forecast Centres (WAFCs) designated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). WAFC London, operated by the Met Office, provides global upper air forecasts used by commercial airlines and other high

in Applied Mathematics from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, where her thesis focused on modelling the solar dynamo; the mechanism for generation of magnetic fields on the sun. Prior to this Katy obtained a first class BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from Royal Holloway, University of London.

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as scientific systems manager.  Prior to that, he was the scientific software engineer in the UM Collaboration team.  Before joining the Met Office in 2013, he worked as a senior technical consultant at the Numerical Algorithms Group, and as a software developer for BP Research.    He holds a B.Sc. Hons (1st Class) in Chemistry from Imperial College London (1980), and a D.Phil. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford (1984).

’ were established at a range of commercial aerodromes. Initially priority was given to routes between London, Paris and Brussels but soon meteorological staff were based around Britain and abroad. The first overseas bases were at Malta and Heliopolis in Egypt but as air travel became global so too