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and severe – 1813/14 was the last winter that a ‘frost fair’ was held on the River Thames in London. For most parts of the United Kingdom, Christmas comes at the beginning of the season for snow. Wintry weather is more likely in the deepening cold of early January. White Christmases were more frequent

, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, led a General Review of the Met Office. There are two documents available, a summary of the review and economic analysis conducted by London Economics. To view PDF documents you will need to download Adobe Reader

PWSCG (33) Meeting 10:30 – 16:00 Wednesday 22 nd April 2015 Conference Centre, BIS, 1 Victoria Street, London In Attendence: Wyn Williams (WW) Denise Harker (DH) Mike Gray (MG) Steve Barnes (SB) Alessia Morris (AM) David Gibbs (DG) Richard Jackson (RJ) Claire Douglas (CD) Dane Marsh (DM) Craig

Monday will start warm and humid for many, with early low cloud clearing to leave prolonged sunshine across much of England and Wales. Temperatures will rise quickly, becoming widely hot across central, southern, and eastern England. The highest temperatures are expected in the Greater London

obtained a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His thesis, titled "Examining the decision-relevance of climate model information for the insurance industry" explored fundamental concepts of predictability in the climate system (particularly in relation to initial condition

and typhoons in the northwest Pacific, these huge storms have wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour and can be up to 1000 kilometres in diameter.  Increase in tropical cyclone risk to coastal regions Research by Imperial College London as part of the CSSP China project found that the activity

and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the proof-of-concept study looked at eight heat events London experienced from 2019-2021 and fused together operational Met Office weather forecasts with quality-controlled citizen observations and land-use data to train a machine learning model, before

of 2010 influences the statistics for this most recent decade for example, but cold years like 2010 occur much less frequently now than in the past. Highest daily maximum temperature Date Highest daily maximum temperature °C Location 26 February 2019 21.2 Kew Gardens (London) 25 July 2019 38.7

the Ind Mem updated on the conversations with the city of London insurance sector and national insurance risk of flooding. When update available 2. MO PWS Sec Revisit the topic of machine learning and how this will link into the new supercomputer 3. Simon Vosper Met Office to investigate further

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