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Public Weather Service Customer Group (PWSCG) & Programme Assurance Group (PAG) 1 10:00-16:00, 14 th October 2024 Mary Ward House - 5 - 7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SN Attendees Met Office Alison Wood (AW) Tom Wigley (TW) John Harrison (JH) Nick Bruce-Jones (NB-J) Jonathan Smith (JS) Sarah

cancellations, with trees blocking roads and disruption to the Greater Anglia rail network, as well as numerous power outages. In London the QEII Bridge was closed, nearly all overground services were delayed or cancelled, and a ‘do not travel’ warning was issued by London rail operators with the Mayor

Scandinavia, therefore limiting the impact of the volcanic ash on trans-Atlantic and European aviation. Harrison et al. (2022) is a new study where researchers from the University of Reading, Imperial College London and the Met Office, with support from Met Office operational meteorologists have assessed

.” Ian Savage - Strategic Control Manager (London), Thames Water Following successful trials and evaluation with project partners, this forecasting service is now available to all UK water companies. The insights gained during testing have enhanced the offering to meet industry needs, enabling more

across East Africa. DARAJA is also supported by Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community). The project is co-ordinated by Resurgence, a social enterprise based in London. “DARAJA is a Swahili word meaning bridge,” explains Sunayana Sen, Project Manager at Resurgence. “We want to create a bridge

much skill was added by the meteorologists for each forecast category and for each airport. Airports used in verification ICAO Name Duration Region EGBB Birmingham 24 hr South EGGD Bristol 24 hr South EGGW London Luton 24 hr South EGFF Cardiff 24 hr South EGGP Liverpool 24 hr South EGNX East

°C warmer 27cm 69cm 51cm 113cm 115cm 70cm 53cm 29cm For a location in central Northern Ireland 28% drier to 6% wetter 3% drier to 17% wetter No change to 2.8 °C warmer 0.1 °C warmer to 2.2 °C warmer CARDIFF LONDON 38% drier to 3% wetter 2% drier to 25% wetter 0.8 °C warmer to 4.9 °C warmer 0.6 °C

control Science Forecast Models Atmospheric NWP Global Model Deterministic UK Model Deterministic Local Area Model London Global Ensemble (available for re-use by end 2021) UK Ensemble (available for re-use 2022) European Model Deterministic (soon to be retired) Atmospheric – Extended range Met

? There have been significant impacts from high temperatures over the past century, with many lessons learnt to minimise these effects. In 1911 when temperatures reached 36.7°C, around 4,000 people died in London alone during the heatwave period. Droughts impacted water supplies, lack of grazing for cattle

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