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and internationally. She was appointed Chief Executive at the Met Office in 2018 and President of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in 2023, the first woman to fill either role. Penny grew up in London and studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University with the help

Midlands" "E of England" "SW England" "London and SE England" Product Title Pollen Forecast Purpose of the Product For use on: • Broadcast • Online Services Data Parameters Supplied High, medium and low pollen forecasts for areas mentioned above. Data Timesteps Supplied Lead Time: 5 day Temporal

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.

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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).

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

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

, 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

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