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In our latest case study, we explore how the Port of Cromarty Firth utilises Met Office's specialised marine forecasting services to optimise their operations and enhance safety across their diverse maritime activities.

or download our case study as PDF here. For more information, contact us at [email protected] Case study: "Enhancing safety and efficiency at the Port of Cromarty Firth through critical marine forecasting" Overview The Port of Cromarty Firth is a bustling maritime hub, operating 24/7 to provide

Trusted services. When it matters. Case Study Enhancing safety and efficiency at the Port of Cromarty Firth through critical marine forecasting Overview The Port of Cromarty Firth is a bustling maritime hub, operating 24/7 to provide a range of industry leading services from traditional shipping

of speaking with a local forecaster, day, or night. The local customer service provision is exemplary, and we never hesitate to get in contact with any questions or enquiries.” William Martin, Marine Officer Pilot - Port of Cromarty Firth Click here to learn more Why work with the Met Office

helped understand the impact on the port water treatment at the base of the pipeline, the impact on the port and long-term changes to sea tide and storm surges. The result: The catchment study highlighted the expected life of the catchments. It provided hard evidence to the engineers and provided

was killed in Kent by a falling tree, and a bus driver seriously injured. A crewmember was killed as a vessel in the English Channel was struck by a large wave. The QE11 bridge on the M25 was closed for several hours as was the port of Dover. Further very strong winds overnight 4th / 5th January

Current Activities Alan is carrying out development work aimed at improving the representation of aerosols in weather forecast and climate models. Current work focuses on including GLOMAP-mode climatology aerosols in NWP runs, porting GLOMAP-mode aerosol functionality to LFRic and optimising

Pilot reaching the ship. At 11pm the decision was made to anchor but at 1.30am the port anchor chain snapped, followed by the starboard chain an hour later. Despite cutting the masts to reduce the drag of the wind the Royal Charter was driven inshore and her steam engines were unable to make headway

new supercomputer ahead of porting to its replacement system, which is anticipated to be in 2027.  Improving the accuracy of weather forecasts and climate predictions Accuracy of weather forecasts and climate predictions will be enabled by harnessing greater compute resources to increase

. • Coastal ports important for maritime trade in Southeast Asia will be exposed to more intense typhoons and floods that exceed operational design standards. Current port-specific climate risks across 18 ports in Philippines are estimated at USD 196 million per year. Energy • Electricity generation from

of deriving cloud fraction and cloud height from synoptic weather observations, routine meteorological aerodrome report observations, and observations from the SEVIRI instrument. He is currently working on porting the codes from the current system into the next-generation observation processing system