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Weather and the brain
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
The psychology of weather forecasts
10 August 2022

What on earth has psychology got to do with forecasting the weather? A lot more than you might think, says Helen Roberts, the Met Office’s first socio-meteorologist.

Low reservoir levels in West Yorkshire
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
A future in droughts?
04 August 2022

​​​​​​​Temperatures broke the 40 ºC barrier for the first time in July 2022. It was also an exceptionally dry month, leading to hosepipe and sprinkler bans in parts of England for the first time in a decade. In our warming world, will such droughts become the norm?

Liz explains State of UK Climate 2021 Report
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
State of the UK Climate 2021
29 July 2022

The latest annual report shows the continuation of warmer than average years and an increasing rate of sea level rise around the UK. RMetS Chief Executive Liz Bentley explains more.

40 ºC written in the sand
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
40 °C in the UK?
07 July 2022

Temperatures in the UK have never reached 40 ºC since records began. But at the end of June 2022, for the first time ever, weather forecast models started to show it as a possibility for mid July. Simon Lee shares his thoughts about what this means for future British summers

Laura Tobin's book
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
Podcast: Everyday Ways to Save Our Planet
30 June 2022

In this MetMatters podcast, Kirsty McCabe grabs Britain's busiest broadcast meteorologist Laura Tobin for a quick chat about her book and get some advice on ways to save our planet.

Sun over Stonehenge
In the Spotlight Weather
Summer solstice and seasonal lag
22 June 2022

Why isn't the summer solstice the warmest day of the year? Kirsty McCabe takes a closer look at the longest day of the year.

Thermometer in the sun
Climate Weather
Heatwaves: how unusual is it to get high temperatures in June?
15 June 2022

The heat is on, and it’s surprisingly warm across much of the UK for this early in the summer. Kirsty McCabe explains how unusual it is to get June temperatures into the 30s and why hot weather is so dangerous.

Misty Rainbow
In the Spotlight Weather
Weather Photographer of the Year 2022: Behind previous winning images – rainbows
09 June 2022

They are probably the most popular optical phenomena, so here is our MetMatters guide to how rainbows form with some stunning examples from last year's competition.

Grey cloudy skies
In the Spotlight Weather
Why do clouds form? Part 3: Large and slow; small and fast
01 June 2022

Cloud formation is beautiful to watch but harder to explain. In the third and final part of a series of articles, Frank Barrow explains the processes behind the formation of clouds in our atmosphere.

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