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in emphasis of the Public Weather Service offering towards the development of both products for high-impact weather and rapid refresh automation for “ordinary” weather. Career background Bruce joined the Met Office 1987, with a First Class Degree in Physics from Imperial College London. Initially, he

and Archive team under an Open Government License (OGL) Recording sites Locations covered are: Belfast Exeter London (King’s College) Cardiff Invergowrie (East Scotland) Plymouth Chester Ipswich Worcester East Riding (Yorkshire) Isle of Wight York Eskdalemuir (South West Scotland) Leicester Please

a UK-wide network using state of the art LIDARs and SPs to support the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) London at the Met Office. The network is operational since 2016. During June-August 2013 she went on a winter expedition to Antarctica on the research Vessel Polarstern in collaboration

lake in a London park. There was severe travel disruption with roads closed and numerous road traffic collisions. Cars were stranded overnight on many roads in both Scotland and England. Rail services were cancelled and air transport was severely disrupted. Thousands of schools across England, Wales

That summer saw temperatures in this country hit 40°C for the first time and left firefighters stretched, with London Fire Brigade having its ‘busiest day since the Second World War’. The study, involving the Met Office, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and University of Exeter, highlights how

running to 8am on Sunday covering the East Midlands, London and the South East and wider eastern areas. Heat Health Alerts are issued when temperatures could affect people’s health and lead to an increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people. Weekend weather A few showers are expected

to see temperatures in excess of 30°C in June – we can expect to see at least one day where a temperature of over 30 °C is recorded in three years out of ten. The last time we saw temperatures exceed 30 degrees in June was 30th June 2015 when temperatures reached 30.5 at Northolt, London during

An initial burst of warm weather being drawn northwards from France on Wednesday will mean there is a chance temperatures could reach 28°C in the London area. A cold front will bring cooler conditions for Thursday and Friday before air with origins over the tropical Atlantic brings a return of warm

and the continuing work of the HCCP enables local and national governments and industries to make informed decisions that future-proof the UK's infrastructure and economic assets. This analysis was commissioned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and carried out by London Economics and Frazer Nash Consultancy, contributing to the findings of a wider economic analysis of the Met Office published in September 2024.  

extreme hot spell were the overnight temperatures which also broke previous records by a large margin with Kenley Airfield, Greater London recording a minimum of 25.8°C beating the previous record by 1.9°C “At country and regional level the previous two days has also seen Wales and Scotland produce