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The University of Exeter and the Met Office have announced an ambitious plan to create a Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence.

Based in Exeter, the Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence  brings together world-leading researchers from the University of Exeter and the Met Office, to pioneer the development of environmental intelligence research. The initial areas of focus are climate change, clean air

The London VAAC is an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) designated centre, responsible for issuing advisories for volcanic eruptions originating in Iceland and the north-eastern corner of the North Atlantic.

The London VAAC is one of 9 Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres worldwide, and has specialist forecasters who produce volcanic ash advisories and guidance products using a combination of volcano data; satellite-based, ground-based and aircraft observations; weather forecast models and dispersion models

to clearer skies. Tonight could be one of the coldest nights of the winter so far, but only in northwest Scotland, where under clear skies the temperature could reach as low as minus 10°C. The current lowest temperature of the 2016/17 winter is -11°C which was recorded at Cromdale in Moray, North

17 October shows Ophelia approaching and tracking across Ireland and Scotland. A visible satellite image of Ophelia at 1153 UTC 16 October 2017. Image copyright Met Office. Rain-radar image of Ophelia at 1200 UTC 16 October 2017. The centre of the storm is over south-west Ireland, corresponding

and southern England on the 23rd, and across the south and east on the 24th, but the 25th was by far the hottest day with 30 °C recorded widely as far west as Somerset and East Wales, also much of northern England, Edinburgh, and parts of the Highlands and Moray. The further panel of maps below shows

and international level. These involve aircraft/engine manufacturers and operators, regulators, other meteorological agencies and VAACs, government officials and research centres/academia. Groups include the ICAO led IAVWOPSG, the CAA led VAAG, and the DfT led VAORG and the IUGG/WMO led VASAG. VASAG

Introducing Professor Albert Klein-Tank, the new Head of the Met Office Hadley Centre.

Office? It is a great opportunity and, in many ways, it is a dream come true. I have admired the Met Office Hadley Centre for a long time. It is world-renowned, and it is world-class. I have used Met Office observations data since the early days of my climate research career. Also I have

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, Perthshire and the Moray coast. Wave hights of 11m were recorded in the outer Firth of Forth. Warnings still in force A number of severe weather warnings are still in force across the UK. The Red and Amber weather warnings have now expired though the Yellow wind warning covering much of the UK

across the south-east and Lincolnshire and several Covid vaccination centres were also shut. A kitesurfer died on a beach in Suffolk. Scotland was also affected by deep lying snow, with transport disruption and school closures, and the harbour at Nairn was frozen over. There was deep lying snow across