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the infamous snowy / windy / cold / sunny winter of 2016-17? I just hoped it wouldn’t be another wet winter. Winter 2015-16 was the second wettest on record; 2013-14 was the wettest in a series extending back to 1910. Those seasons were dominated by a powerful jet stream over the Atlantic, spawning

the minutes from the previous meeting and if members were content with that record. No participants raised any point so the minutes were cleared. Item 4: Review of Weather and Warnings WL provided a summary update of the main weather events from the winter season which had been generally mild overall but wet

update later under the MARG item. 4 FY17/18 Deliverables and Performance 4.1 Met Office Annual Report DR provided the group with a run through of the main challenges and achievements from the last financial year. A summary of the weather experienced during the seasons noted that the summer was relatively

dependent countries 8 of the world. Every socio-economic sector of the country depends on weather and climate. For instance, high yields are common during wet Kiremt season whereas very low harvest is observed during dry Kiremt. The same is true for the shorter rainy season which is locally called 'Belg

hot, dry desert regions, to cooler, wetter highland regions, and large variability in seasonal rainfall. The current climate is around 1-1.5˚C warmer than pre-industrial times, and there is high confidence of further warming in the future. There is less confidence about how rainfall has changed

Storm Éowyn, 24 January 2025 Storm Éowyn, the fifth storm of the 2024/2025 season so far, hit the UK in late January. Northern Ireland and Scotland’s Central Belt experienced the brunt of this storm with winds gusting widely at well over 70Kt (81mph), and in places over 80Kt (92mph). The highest

Preliminary statistics show that the 2016/17 winter has been dry and mild compared to the long-term average. Meanwhile, early February statistics show a milder than average month to end the season.

on record for Scotland and the fifth mildest winter for Northern Ireland. The UK as a whole has seen the ninth mildest winter on record. Interestingly the winters of 2013/14 and 2015/16 were both milder than this winter; however the key difference is that those winters were also very wet and often

and Met Eireann to review this first season of storm naming by the end of June. The views expressed by this group in relation to warnings were similar to others in that crucial elements to being successfully able to prepare and mobilise resources depend on the lead time into an event. This issue of timing

changes to our weather for extreme events at local and hourly scales. For example, for rainfall: In the RCM: In the CPM: it rains much more frequently, leading to an excessive occurrence of wet days it does not rain as frequently, in better agreement with observations, although when it does, it does so

centres in Mozambique and South Africa. Southern Africa’s first nowcasting testbed in January–February ‘24 The two-week event in the middle of the rainy season brought together forecasters, meteorologists, user engagement specialists, representatives of disaster and disability organisations and community