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extent lower than every year before 2007. Each year, scientific centres around the world submit predictions of September Arctic sea ice extent to the Sea Ice Outlook (SIO), a series of reports published in June, July and August by the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN). The second report of the summer

on the ground, mounted on an aircraft or satellite-based, and can be used to observe the location and vertical profile of aerosols such as volcanic ash. A lidar measures backscattered light from atmospheric targets e.g. aerosols including volcanic ash and Saharan dust, water droplets and ice crystals, using

................................12 Climate change We’re causing it, so let’s tackle it...14 00.13 GMT: Just past midnight and local authority duty-officer Karen Johnson is roused from sleep by an important text. It’s the Flood Forecasting Centre in London confirming extreme rainfall in just two hours

in the first two weeks roughly 2°C below average. The cool start to the month was due to northerly and northwesterly winds bringing cold Arctic air across the UK. A low pressure centre developed over Scandinavia in the second week of June, pushing further cold air from the north across the UK. Frontal

PWSCG (36) Meeting 10:30 – 16:00 Wednesday 27 th April 2016 BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street Minutes Wyn Williams (WW) Denise Harker (DH) Mike Gray (MG) Paul Riches (PR) Sarah Jackson (SJ) Alessia Morris (AM) John Irvine (JI) Colin Hord (CH) Nathan Travis (NT) Ben Fletcher (BF) Andy

Office. • Rob Woodward welcomed Clare Barclay (UK CEO, Microsoft) and Michelle Lancaster (Director of Sustainability, Microsoft) to the meeting. They outlined and the Board discussed the opportunities, particularly in the light of COP26, they saw in the sustainability arena and what type of partnerships

and showers moving north and east through the day. Some of these showers will be heavy at times, particularly in southern and eastern areas. However, there will also be drier and brighter intervals, offering some respite from the wet weather. Winds will be light to moderate for most but could become

humidity levels. Highs across most of the UK will reach the high teens to low 20s, with mid 20s expected in the south.  Thursday will begin on a cool note, especially in the northeast of Scotland, where light showers may persist. Elsewhere, dry and bright conditions will dominate. Temperatures

. Elsewhere, the night will be largely dry, though a few fog patches may develop in the south under clear skies and light winds. Temperatures in southern and south-western England could dip to mid-single figures in a few spots, making for a cooler night here. Outlook for Thursday Thursday

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