Weather Heatwaves and Drought in the UK 18 July 2018 The UK has experienced over 16 consecutive days of temperatures at or exceeding 28°C between June and early July this year. A record breaking series of wildfires have burned across parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Northern Ireland and Wales. Weather Met Office UK Weather Radar Network Upgraded 09 February 2018 The Met Office have completed a £10 million pound state-of-the-art upgrade of the UK’s rainfall radar network. Weather Review of UK Weather for 2017 29 January 2018 2017 was warmer than average for the UK as a whole, with temperatures 0.7°C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, ranking as the fifth warmest year in the historical UK series since 1910. Weather New weather satellite successfully launched into orbit 21 November 2016 The GOES-R satellite will provide improved imagery of earth to help meteorologists better predict severe weather Weather Nacreous clouds 03 February 2016 Several rare sightings of nacreous clouds have been reported over the last few days, delighting cloudspotters, with photographs of the clouds coming from England and Scotland. Weather Measuring Wind Speed: What is an anemometer? 06 March 2014 A device for measuring wind speed is known as an anemometer. Weather Feeling Under Pressure? What are barometers? 03 December 2013 Feeling Under Pressure? Weather What is humidity and how is it measured? 14 August 2013 Damp or dry? Measuring humidity Weather Where did the Galileo thermometer get its name? 12 October 2010 A Galileo thermometer is a sealed glass tube containing a clear liquid, floating in which are five glass balls, each containing a different coloured solution.
Weather Heatwaves and Drought in the UK 18 July 2018 The UK has experienced over 16 consecutive days of temperatures at or exceeding 28°C between June and early July this year. A record breaking series of wildfires have burned across parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Weather Met Office UK Weather Radar Network Upgraded 09 February 2018 The Met Office have completed a £10 million pound state-of-the-art upgrade of the UK’s rainfall radar network.
Weather Review of UK Weather for 2017 29 January 2018 2017 was warmer than average for the UK as a whole, with temperatures 0.7°C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, ranking as the fifth warmest year in the historical UK series since 1910.
Weather New weather satellite successfully launched into orbit 21 November 2016 The GOES-R satellite will provide improved imagery of earth to help meteorologists better predict severe weather
Weather Nacreous clouds 03 February 2016 Several rare sightings of nacreous clouds have been reported over the last few days, delighting cloudspotters, with photographs of the clouds coming from England and Scotland.
Weather Measuring Wind Speed: What is an anemometer? 06 March 2014 A device for measuring wind speed is known as an anemometer.
Weather Where did the Galileo thermometer get its name? 12 October 2010 A Galileo thermometer is a sealed glass tube containing a clear liquid, floating in which are five glass balls, each containing a different coloured solution.