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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

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).

in multidisciplinary health protection research in the UK, and is led by Dr Sari Kovats at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and includes partners at Public Health England, University of Exeter, UK Met Office, and University College London. Presentations from the workshop are available via

six days ahead and red warnings closer to the event. Pre-emptive actions were reported on the rail network, including the closure of the East Coast Main Line between London and York on the 19th. Impacts to travel, particularly rail services, began to be reported more widely with speed restrictions

, and it was a sunny month in the northern half of Scotland but generally dull elsewhere, especially in the south-west. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 29.1 °C was recorded at London St James’s Park on the 19th. A minimum temperature of -8.8 °C was recorded

, 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

to 4.2 °C warmer The chance of a summer as hot as 2018 is around 50 % by 2050 Sea levels in London could rise by up to 1.15 metres by 2100 Average summer rainfall could decrease by up to 47 % by 2070, while there could be up to 35 % more precipitation in winter Sea levels are projected to rise over

resilience CLASP's searchable database of resources for Local Authorities Decision making tools for adaptation from the UK Climate Impacts Programme London Climate Change Partnership – a centre for expertise on climate change adaptation and resilience to extreme weather in London. 4. Monitoring

within public and private water utilities. • The impact of heat on power supplies can be significant, especially in London where the widespread use of air conditioning can impose a large demand on supply and infrastructure. Infrastructure running at high load can cause over heating of transformers