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. In the Spotlight 2017: the warmest year on record without an El Niño 18 January 2018 Confirmation that 2017 was the warmest year without an El Niño boost has come from the Met Office Hadley Centre and UEA. Weather 65 years since the Great Smog 05 December 2017 In December 1952 a smog event occurred that was so thick and toxic it left thousands dead in London and caused transport chaos In the Spotlight 2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation 15 November 2017 NASA have produced a very impressive visualisation showing aerosols and hurricanes Weather Elvis is alive and well and in Porthcawl 26 September 2017 At the weekend I was in Porthcawl in Wales at an Elvis festival. Citizen Science Temperature extremes in your garden 28 July 2017 Taking temperature measurements in your garden is a great way to start investigating microclimates. We take a look at some maximum-minimum thermometers on the market. Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula. In the Spotlight The jet stream: chicken or egg? 19 June 2017 Does the position of the warm and cold upper air masses determine the route of the jet stream, or does the jet stream determine the position of the cold and warm upper air masses? Which is the chicken and which the egg? Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.
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.
In the Spotlight 2017: the warmest year on record without an El Niño 18 January 2018 Confirmation that 2017 was the warmest year without an El Niño boost has come from the Met Office Hadley Centre and UEA.
Weather 65 years since the Great Smog 05 December 2017 In December 1952 a smog event occurred that was so thick and toxic it left thousands dead in London and caused transport chaos
In the Spotlight 2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation 15 November 2017 NASA have produced a very impressive visualisation showing aerosols and hurricanes
Weather Elvis is alive and well and in Porthcawl 26 September 2017 At the weekend I was in Porthcawl in Wales at an Elvis festival.
Citizen Science Temperature extremes in your garden 28 July 2017 Taking temperature measurements in your garden is a great way to start investigating microclimates. We take a look at some maximum-minimum thermometers on the market.
Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula.
In the Spotlight The jet stream: chicken or egg? 19 June 2017 Does the position of the warm and cold upper air masses determine the route of the jet stream, or does the jet stream determine the position of the cold and warm upper air masses? Which is the chicken and which the egg?
Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.