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Pressure likely to have dropped to 935.5 hPa, as the recorder was not able to print the lowest pressure. 937.1 [312] [328] 1989, 29 October CFS reanalysis chart, 921 hPa. [329] 926 [330] 1989, 24 December South west of Iceland Estimated at a little below 920 hPa. 929.5 hPa reported from Stórhöfði, Vestmannaeyjar. [34] 920 [64] 1990, 1 March ...
A weather map, also known as synoptic weather chart, displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time and has various symbols which all have specific meanings. [1]
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth.The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as 101,325 Pa (1,013.25 hPa), which is equivalent to 1,013.25 millibars, [1] 760 mm Hg, 29.9212 inches Hg, or 14.696 psi. [2]
Central England temperature dataset, 1659 to 2014. The Central England Temperature (CET) record is a meteorological dataset originally published by Professor Gordon Manley in 1953 and subsequently extended and updated in 1974, following many decades of work.
A wind gust of 194 mph (312 km/h) was recorded at Cairn Gorm on 19 December 2008 but was discovered too late to be verified by the Met Office. [ 14 ] The highest wind speed in England was a wind gust of 125.4 mph recorded at The Needles , Isle of Wight , on 18 February 2022 during Storm Eunice .
The timeline of meteorology contains events of scientific and technological advancements in the area of atmospheric sciences. The most notable advancements in observational meteorology , weather forecasting , climatology , atmospheric chemistry , and atmospheric physics are listed chronologically.
The global models are run at varying times into the future. The Met Office's Unified Model is run six days into the future, [55] the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model is run out to 10 days into the future, [56] while the Global Forecast System model run by the Environmental Modeling Center is run 16 days into the future. [57]
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]