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Southern England: climate This describes the main features of the climate of Southern England from Kent westwards to Wiltshire and Dorset Much of the eastern half of this area is densely populated, as it includes Greater London and centres of population such as Reading, Slough, Southampton

Met Office and Microsoft join forces to build world’s most powerful weather and climate forecasting supercomputer in UK

The Met Office has signed a multimillion-pound agreement with Microsoft for the provision of a world-leading supercomputing capability that will take weather and climate forecasting to the next level and help the UK stay safe and thrive, announced today on Earth Day (22 April). This new

The WISER programme has been delivering transformational change in the quality, accessibility and use of weather and climate information services at all levels to support sustainable development since 2015.

and climate services.    As a global initiative that supports the provision of useful, usable and used weather and climate services, WISER works with communities who are disproportionately impacted by extreme weather, seasonal variability and a changing climate across Africa, the Middle East and North

This page explains how we study extreme weather events, to see if climate change was a cause. These attribution studies help shape our understanding of climate change and its impacts.

effect climate change had on an event. This might include many variables, like temperature and rainfall. An attribution case study: The European heatwave in 2019 In July 2019, we saw record breaking temperatures across the UK and Western Europe. In Cambridge, we saw a temperature of 38.7°C

Northern Scotland will see the strongest winds and heaviest rain, however, Glasgow, where the COP26 climate conference is underway, does not escape the unsettled weather. Bonfire Night   It will be mostly dry across the UK as a whole for Friday evening, but cloudier the further north you go. A few

Climate risk report for the West Africa region

The climate risk report for the West Africa region is part of a series of regional climate risk reports the Met Office has produced in collaboration with ODI and commissioned by FCDO to provide evidence to the UK Government in support of adaptation and resilience planning and investments

The UK Climate Resilience Programme ran from 2019 to 2023. As part of our role in co-leading the programme, we produced various infographics to help communicate its outputs.

Programme overview and legacy The infographics below show the programme's strategic themes and how it will achieve a lasting legacy.  From climate hazard to climate risk As part of the Multiple Hazards projects within the work package From climate hazard to climate risk, we found that climate

Date: 28-29 November 2019 Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Funded by: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) programme Hosted by: Met Office, WMO CREWS, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Workshop Objectives: 1. Raise

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and Climate Science for Service Partnership between the Met Office and the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) aspires to reduce the risk of monsoon-related disasters.  The development of weather and climate services is becoming increasingly important in addressing some of the biggest global