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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).

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in Applied Mathematics from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, where her thesis focused on modelling the solar dynamo; the mechanism for generation of magnetic fields on the sun. Prior to this Katy obtained a first class BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from Royal Holloway, University of London.

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

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

, 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

MOUF – 9 th November 2023 OFFICIAL Met Office User Forum Met Office User Forum Venue Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow T2/3 Date/time Thursday 9 th November 2023, 1100 Agenda 1100 Agenda Item 1: Welcome & Introductions 1115 Agenda Item 2: International activities: • WAFS • VAAC 1145 Agenda Item 3

Minutes of PWSCG (32) Meeting 10:00 – 16:00 Wednesday 21 st January 2015 Conference Centre, BIS, 1 Victoria Street, London In Attendence: Wyn Williams (WW) Denise Harker (DH) Mike Gray (MG) Keith Hodgkinson (KH) Steve Barnes (SB) Colin Hord (CH) Richard Jackson (RJ) Liz Howell (LH) Gregor Birse (GB