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Graph of minimum and maximum monthly air pressure values in the UK. [needs update] For the United Kingdom, the Met Office record the record figures for atmospheric pressure (which are nominally since 1870) as: Highest air pressure: 31 January 1902, Aberdeen Scotland 1053.6 hPa. Lowest air pressure: 26 January 1884, Ochtertyre Scotland 925.6 hPa.
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met 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 2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season was the second instance of the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann naming extratropical cyclones. Substantially less active than the previous season, the season succeeded the 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season and preceded the 2017–18 European windstorm season.
The Met Office's North Atlantic and European model (NAE) model had 70 levels with a 12 km resolution. [11] It is run out to 48 hours from start. Because the UK is at a northern latitude the computer transposes the model area to an equatorial location so the grid points give an area that is more square.
The UK is set to have another unsettled week with more showers forecasted by the Met Office, as large parts of the country are still recovering from the impact of Storm Ciarán.. Parts of the UK ...
In 2015, the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a pilot project to name storm warnings as part of the Name our Storms project for wind storms and asked the public for suggestions. The meteorological offices produced a full list of names for 2015–16 and 2016–17, common to both the UK and Ireland.
Met Office predicts when snow will hit the UK. Monday 27 November 2023 12:32, Joe Middleton. The Met Office has predicted when snow will hit the UK this week as the first cold snap of the year ...
The 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season was the first instance of the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann naming extratropical cyclones. The season started on 10 November with the naming of Storm Abigail and ended on 28 March with the dissipation of Storm Katie. With a total of eleven named storms, the 2015–16 season ...