The Met Office is the UK’s National Meteorological Service. The Met Office provides critical services to the public, business and policymakers, operating 24/7 and employing more than 1,700 people at 60 locations throughout the world.
The Met Office is recognised as one of the world's most accurate forecasters, using more than 10 million weather observations a day, an advanced atmospheric model and a high-performance supercomputer to create 3,000 tailored forecasts and briefings a day. Find out more about the fascinating and vital work of the Met Office here |
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Learn more about Climate and Climate Change:
The main difference between weather and climate is that they each refer to a different timescale. Weather describes the conditions of the atmosphere over hourly or daily measurements such as temperature, rainfall, cloudiness, sunshine, and wind speeds. Climate, on the other hand, is the average of these conditions over longer time periods ranging from years to decades.
Past weather events:
Case studies of past severe weather events in the UK
Weather;
The earth's atmosphere exhibits an extraordinary variety of weather phenomena. The world's weather is perpetually on the move, pushed and shaped by air currents in the atmosphere.
How weather forecasts are created:
Creating forecasts is a complex process which is constantly being updated.
There are three important stages to a weather forecast:
Resource for schools:
Discovering maths, science and more through weather and climate.
Weather and climate affect everything, from the way we live, to what we eat, to our personal safety. We want to help young people understand the wide-reaching impacts of weather and climate change locally and globally, for people, places and businesses.
Learn about ... section which contains a wealth of information on the areas listed below:
(Click on the titles)
Learn more about Climate and Climate Change:
The main difference between weather and climate is that they each refer to a different timescale. Weather describes the conditions of the atmosphere over hourly or daily measurements such as temperature, rainfall, cloudiness, sunshine, and wind speeds. Climate, on the other hand, is the average of these conditions over longer time periods ranging from years to decades.
Past weather events:
Case studies of past severe weather events in the UK
Weather;
The earth's atmosphere exhibits an extraordinary variety of weather phenomena. The world's weather is perpetually on the move, pushed and shaped by air currents in the atmosphere.
How weather forecasts are created:
Creating forecasts is a complex process which is constantly being updated.
There are three important stages to a weather forecast:
- Knowing what the weather is doing now
- Calculating how this will change in future
- Using meteorological expertise to refine the details
Resource for schools:
Discovering maths, science and more through weather and climate.
Weather and climate affect everything, from the way we live, to what we eat, to our personal safety. We want to help young people understand the wide-reaching impacts of weather and climate change locally and globally, for people, places and businesses.