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The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind for most of the south coast of England, stretching from Weymouth to Kent. [68] The Met Office had forecast gusts of 50–60 mph (80–97 km/h) with isolated gusts of >70 mph (110 km/h) on exposed coasts.
The 2023–2024 European windstorm season was the ninth season of the European windstorm naming in Europe. It comprised a year, from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. This was the fifth season where the Netherlands participated (through KNMI), alongside the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann in the western group.
Many yellow and amber weather warnings were issued in the United Kingdom for strong winds and heavy rain. As of 21:00 BST, the Met Office reported the maximum rainfall total to be 78 mm (3.1 in) at Liss, Hampshire, with the maximum gust of 71 mph (114 km/h; 62 kn) being recorded at Berry Head, Devon. [14]
The Shipping Forecast was established by Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, the first professional weather forecaster, captain of HMS Beagle and founder of the Met Office. [2] In October 1859, the steam clipper Royal Charter was wrecked in a strong storm off Anglesey ; 450 people lost their lives.
The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps, brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. The map filled the ...
The Met Office, until November 2000 officially the Meteorological Office, [2] is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO [3] Penelope Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so. [4]
An extreme weather warning was issued for southern areas for overnight snowfall which could bring accumulations from 25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 in). [28] BBC Weather and the Met Office also warned that temperatures in the Highlands of Scotland could drop to −20 °C (−4 °F) later in the week.