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report of MOSACs annual November meeting to the Board. • The Board noted the report and expressed thanks for the very helpful work and feedback MOSAC provides. JH re-iterated that it was genuinely appreciated by all involved and should be fed back to MOSAC members. • The Board requested some more detail about the progress and preparation work for the Olympics. • The next meeting was confirmed as London (Feb 28th) • Close of Meeting
, to improve climate adaptation and resilience. The Commonwealth Summit on 19-20 April in London will be an important forum for discussions about responding to the impacts of climate change. In order to build a sustainable future, countries need to mitigate climate change, reduce vulnerability and increase resilience.
a red weather warning was issued, and 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. In the UK, there was some localized transport disruption with some road closures and disruption to rail, air and ferry services. Flights were cancelled at several airports, including at least 50 flights to and from London
selected experts: Dr David Stainforth (London School of Economics and Political Science), Prof Kevin Horsburgh (National Oceanography Centre) and Dr Francis Zwiers (University of Victoria)
being evacuated. Meanwhile a wildfire in Dagenham, east London on the 15th saw further house evacuations with around eight hectares of land scorched, according to local Fire and Rescue service reports. The 12th saw temperatures reaching 33C in Cardiff and on the same day there were reports of the heat
was near average in some western areas, but well above average further east, with over 200% of normal for London and the south-east and also parts of Aberdeenshire and Moray. Sunshine was particularly low for much of England and Wales, with only the south of Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man
”). For sea level rise, the primary scenario is defined by Network Rail to be the RCP4.5 95 th percentile, because UKCP18 does not contain sea level projections for RCP6.0. Transport for London (2021) uses the same guidelines. A review for ORR (Ferranti et al., 2021) concluded that whilst
, Brown et al. (2014) estimated a 20-year return level of 35.7°C for summer TXx in London, for 1961-90. Such rare daily events can occur either during short spells of hot weather associated with particular synoptic conditions (e.g. during 2018, McCarthy et al., 2019), or during an extended heatwave
not been consistent across the UK. London, East Sussex and Hampshire receiving 140% to 150% of average summer rainfall and the Isle of Wight exceeding 200%. However, much of the UK saw below average rainfall and when averaged out across the whole nation, the UK received 75% of its average rainfall
Team led by P. Bye. Two volumes: Initial assessment, Final assessment, published London, Easter Floods 1998 Independent Review Team, 1998 - copies available in Met Office Library. Easter 1998 floods, M.W. Horner and P.D. Walsh, Water and Environment Journal, 14, 415-418, 2007. Last updated: 25 October 2012 © Crown Copyright
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