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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 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]
The stations are listed in the order they are read in the forecast, the numbers in brackets refer to the map on the right. Weather reports included in the forecasts are issued at 2300 local time for the late broadcast and 0400 for the early one, although reports issued at other times may be included if for some reason, the most recent weather ...
The weather warnings are expected to come to an end on Tuesday, with a wind warning lifted at 6am, a rain warning across southern England coming to an end at 10am, and the remaining rain warning ...
Three people are confirmed dead, and another is missing, amid a powerful storm named Babet, which will continue to bring significant wind and rain to Ireland and portions of the United Kingdom ...
Humid air moving northwards to bring thunderstorms over weekend
The BBC's Shipping Forecast page containing the latest forecast when it is released (i.e. 0015, 0505, 1130 and 1725). The Meteorological Office's Shipping Forecast page Archived 11 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine contains the same forecast as the BBC site. The BBC's forecast for inshore waters. Rules on the format of the UK Shipping Forecast
BBC national and regional weather forecasters, current, former and retired. Pages in category "BBC weather forecasters" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.