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to be prepared for the effects of weather and climate change on them and their communities. Find out more at www.metoffice.gov.uk/schools © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office 5 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Extreme weather profile cards Hurricane Hurricanes are very large, rapidly rotating storms

gale 40 45 56.68 66.01 7.873 9.963 Storm 50 75.35 12.300 Violent hurricanes, tempests, etc. 60 80 100 88.02 117.36 146.70 17.715 31.490 49.200 Table 1. Velocities and forces of the wind by Mr Rous. From 1660 onwards, keeping weather records at places on land became increasingly popular, and as early

– a former hurricane – is bringing intense rainfall to the South Western United States. So much rain is forecast that some locations in southern California and southern Nevada could see their average annual rainfall in a single 24-hour period. Hilary crossed the border in southern California earlier

© Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office 5 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Extreme weather profile cards Hurricane Hurricanes are very large, rapidly rotating storms, with very strong winds and thunderstorms. Each year several make landfall and can cause considerable damage to property

safe during impactful storms.   If a storm is named by a different storm naming group and impacts the UK, the given name will be used in communications, as occurred with Storm Malik in January this year. In addition, if the remnants of a hurricane has moved across the Atlantic to impact UK weather

following Harvey and Aileen (which could have primed the public) and during Ophelia and Brian. Hurricane Ophelia (9-20 th Oct) Storm Brian (22 nd Oct) 763 664 Storm Aileen (mid Sept) Hurricane Harvey (late August/early Sept) 258 275 128 w/c 09/10/17 w/c 16/10/17 w/c 23/10/17 w/c 30/10/17 w/c 06/11/17

areas of improvement such as the improvements to the NSWWS which MH and her team have delivered. The group were informed about the Met Office work in forecasting and tracking the Atlantic hurricanes which have plagued the Caribbean this season. The Met Office global model, and a nested high resolution

). Belize is facing frequent and intense weather events, including hurricanes, flooding and droughts 2 (CCKP, 2021). The impacts of these already place significant economic and social pressures on the nation, a trend that can be expected to continue in the future. Therefore, effective meteorological

to Seasonal (S2S): Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS),Global Forecast System (GFS) and Seasonal Forecast System (SFS) ○ Six-way (atmosphere-ocean-ice-waves-land-aerosols) coupled Modeling System with coupled data assimilation ● Hurricane Analysis & Forecast System (HAFS) ○ Regional high

in recent years and which places have been hit by them? Information on the frequency and tracks of recent tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclone facts Who decides what the next name is going to be? What's the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon? Is climate change affecting tropical cyclones? For queries on the Met Office involvement in tropical cyclone forecasting, email [email protected].