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The Unified Model is a numerical weather prediction and climate modeling software suite originally developed by the United Kingdom Met Office from 1990, [1] [2] and now both used and further developed by many weather-forecasting agencies around the world. [3]
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 Plain English Campaign objected to the Met Office's use of the phrase "probability of precipitation" in 2011. [14] [15] The Met Office explained that the proposed alternative, "chance of rain", would not describe all the forms of precipitation included in the forecast. [16]
The Met Office is monitoring the developing weather situation and Yellow means to keep an eye on the latest forecast and be aware that the weather may change or worsen, leading to disruption of plans within the next few days. Amber: Be Prepared. There is an increased likelihood of severely or extremely bad weather affecting people in the area ...
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
Estonian Weather Service until 1. June 2013 EMHI (Estonian Meteorological and Hydrometeorogical Institute) Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia; Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Finland; Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro; Met Éireann Ireland; Météo-France (MF) France
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.
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