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Met Office in the News – BBC weather service update
You may have seen reports in the media that the Met Office has signed a new contract with the BBC to supply their weather services until March 2018. It’s been pleasing to see the public support and response to this, … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged BBC, Channel 5, Instagram, ITV, Met Office, S4C, Sky, Snapchat, Social media, STV, weather forecasts, weather warnings
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Met Office in the news – BBC weather contract
We’ve known for a year that our long-standing relationship with the BBC is going to change and we have been working hard to make sure everyone can access our forecast and warnings on a range of channels – via our … Continue reading
Dreaming of a White Christmas?
UPDATED FRIDAY 19th DECEMBER With less than a week to go before Christmas Day, we are going to look at the likelihood of a white Christmas – will we be waking up to a picturesque covering of snow on the … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Christmas Day, frost, Milder, minimum temperatures, showers, snow, storms, weather forecast, weather warnings, Wetter, White Christmas, White Xmas
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Our change in the weather and how the jet stream is driving it
After a quiet spell of weather courtesy of a slow moving area of high pressure, we are now entering an unsettled period as a series of Atlantic depressions are expected to pass close to the northwest of Britain during the … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Atlantic, Caribbean, flooding, gales, hurricane force winds, Jet stream, Low-pressure area, Met Office, Scotland, severe weather warnings, storms, weather, weather warnings, YouTube
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Met Office mobile weather app wins top industry award
The Met Office and Mubaloo are proud to announce that they have won another award for our weather app, at the “Marketing on Mobile Awards” (MOMAs), in the Public Sector Mobile Strategy category. Since its launch at the beginning of … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, iPhone, kindle, Met Office, MOMA's, mubaloo, weather, weather warnings, Windows Phone 8
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What to do in heavy rain
The next few days will see some heavy rain across the country resulting in possible disruption. Yellow alerts have been issued by the Met Office this week for many areas of the UK. Met Office warnings and what they mean … Continue reading
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Tagged flooding, Floods, Met Office, rain, severe weather, UK, weather warnings
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Video forecast for heavy snow forecast for Friday
A band of snow will push into the west into Friday morning with parts of Wales, the west of England and later Northern Ireland particularly at risk of heavy falls of snow and blizzard conditions in strong winds. Met Office … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media
Tagged disruption, snow, snow depth, snowfall, uk snow, video, weather warnings
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Heavy snow forecast for the UK
A band of snow will push into the west into Friday morning with parts of Wales, the west of England and later Northern Ireland particularly at risk of heavy falls of snow and blizzard conditions in strong winds. Met Office … Continue reading
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Tagged disruption, snow, snow depth, snowfall, uk snow, weather warnings
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Stormy November weekend
As forecast, unsettled weather continues across the UK, with more heavy rain and strong winds expected to affect many areas at times through the weekend and into next week. The Met Office and the Environment Agency are warning the public … Continue reading
Icy conditions follow heavy snow
As expected, heavy snow affected parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Friday night and Saturday, leading to disruption to travel networks and sporting fixtures. The snow in affected parts of southern England is expected to slowly ease this … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Met Office, severe weather, snow, weather, weather warnings
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