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Secretary at BEIS recently visited the Met Office. As part of the visit he was given a presentation about the Public Weather Service which was very well received. 3 8. Performance 2016/17 - Met Office quarterly summary DR provided a summary of the notable weather seen over the last few months. Overall

North Atlantic, and was very strong near the eastern seaboard of the USA, but further east it was much weaker and was diverted towards Iceland, with a very slack flow over and to the south of the UK. There was an anomalous south-westerly flow around Iceland, and an anomalous easterly component

this period there was one named storm, Bram, and a couple of other notable rainfall events. Then high pressure took over just in time for Christmas and ensured a much drier and somewhat colder end to the month and year. The month opened on a very unsettled note with a deep low out in the north Atlantic

to take place shortly. A very successful first meeting of MARG was held on 19 April where the group will focus on the development and rollout of the new Public Weather Media Service (PWMS), improvements to the National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), Storm naming and communications and ‘reach

is provided in Table 1. The forecast provided very accurate guidance. The best estimate for the number of storms for the July– November period was precisely the number observed (15). The best estimate forecast for ACE index (147) compared very well with the observed value of 141. Only one storm

Strategy. The group were informed that the process for reappointing WW and DH for a further term with the PWSCG had been successfully completed. This was noted as a very good outcome as others had found it much harder to seek reappointments, so this was testament to their hard work and dedication

this period there was one named storm, Bram, and a couple of other notable rainfall events. Then high pressure took over just in time for Christmas and ensured a much drier and somewhat colder end to the month and year. The month opened on a very unsettled note with a deep low out in the north Atlantic

developments to the convection and microphysics parametrizations in the Met Office model (arguably the two parametrizations there is most sensitivity to). • Development of single, seamless, cloud fraction and aerosol schemes are also very significant pieces of work which are essential for unifying our

average, but only 0.05 million square km below the long-term linear trend (Figure 1). Extent was very low in all regions of the Arctic except the Central Arctic and in the vicinity of Fram Strait (Figure 2). Figure 1. September Arctic sea ice extent during the satellite era, according to HadISST1.2

of snow settling at lower levels, where 5 to 10 cm would prove much more disruptive, but this is very uncertain. ⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️ Snow and ice across southern parts of Scotland and northern parts of England Monday 1000 - Tuesday 1000 Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs Stay