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Tag Archives: Met Office
What’s happening as the world gets warmer
If you don’t believe in climate change, you might as well not bother reading what I’m about to say. You might live long enough to find out the hard way. In fact, the evidence is sure already. We know climates … Continue reading
A Global Perspective on the Recent Storms and Floods in the UK
Our United Kingdom Met Office shows us a Global Perspective on the Recent Storms and Floods that have been battering parts of our islands. ‘As yet, there is no definitive answer on the possible contribution of climate change to the … Continue reading
Posted in knowledge transfer, weather and climate
Tagged climate, farmer, flood, gardener, Met Office, rain, storm, weather, wind
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UK Weather: How stormy has it been and why?
Originally posted on Official blog of the Met Office news team:
Since the start of December the UK has seen a prolonged period of particularly unsettled weather, with a series of storms tracking in off the Atlantic bringing strong winds…
Wind and rainfall data 29 to 30 December 2013
Originally posted on Official blog of the Met Office news team:
As forecast gales and heavy rain are again affecting the UK. Below you can see the highest gusts of wind and rainfal totals recorded at Met Office observing sites…
Posted in weather and climate
Tagged climate, data, flood, Met Office, rain, weather, wind
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Our change in the weather and how the jet stream is driving it
Originally posted on Official blog of the Met Office news team:
After a quiet spell of weather courtesy of a slow moving area of high pressure, we are now entering an unsettled period as a series of Atlantic depressions are…
Coldest March for the UK since 1962
The Met Office says that this ‘March is set to be the coldest since 1962 in the UK in the national record dating back to 1910’. Looks like the Government’s outgoing Chief Scientific Advisor, Prof Sir John Beddington, was right … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, weather and climate
Tagged allotment, Beddington_John, breeding, climate, farm, farmer, frost, garden, gardener, livestock, mammal, Met Office, plant_dicot, potato, sheep, snow, vegetable, vertebrate, weather
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