Tag: UK Met Office

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 06:56 UTC

  Funding boost for BAS space weather monitoring

  

  Space weather research at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) received a funding boost of around £2M from the SWIMMR (Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk) program.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 07:20 UTC

  UK preparing for the hottest Thursday on record

  

  Temperatures continue to soar around the UK as forecasters anticipate what could be the hottest day on record. The Met Office said the highest temperature reached so far on Wednesday was 33.7C at Cavendish in Suffolk.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:51 UTC

  Last year was the fifth warmest for UK in over a century

  

  Last year was the fifth warmest for the UK in records dating back more than a century, the Met Office has confirmed. Figures show the UK climate is warming, with average temperatures over the last decade around 0.8C above the 1961 to 1990 average, while the country has also seen 8% more rain and 6% more sunshine.

• Monday, January 25th 2016 - 08:24 UTC

  Storm Jonas heading for UK across the Atlantic, with forecasts of torrential rain

  

  The storm that battered America is on its way to Britain, forecasters have warned. But instead of dumping loads of snow, it’s going to bring severe rainfall across large parts of the country. It is expected that the ‘remnants’ of Storm Jonas will hit the UK on Tuesday, with torrential rain and heavy winds on their way.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2015 - 08:40 UTC

  Global temperatures are 1.02C above 1850/1900 average, and climbing, warns UK Met Office

  

  Global temperatures are set to rise more than one degree above pre-industrial levels according to the UK's Met Office. Figures from January to September this year are already 1.02C above the average between 1850 and 1900.

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 10:21 UTC

  El Niño could again disrupt global food markets later this year

  

  A strong El Niño is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa, say scientists. Forecasters agree that the El Niño effect, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific, but they say it is too early to say how severe it will be.

• Friday, December 27th 2013 - 05:01 UTC

  UK Met Office will offer daily forecasts about the weather in space: solar storms the target

  

  The United Kingdom Met Office is to begin offering daily forecasts about the weather in space. The 24 hour service will aim to help businesses and government departments by providing early warnings of solar storms that can disrupt satellites, radio communications and power grids. The first forecast is expected to be available next spring.