Met Office

File:Robert_Fitzroy.jpg Robert FitzRoy, founder of the Met Office]] The Met Office was established on 1 August 1854{{cite web |title=Foundations of the Met Office |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/vQXx1dNViS4-JQ |access-date=1 November 2022}} as a small department within the Board of Trade under Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy as a service to mariners. The loss of the passenger vessel, the Royal Charter, and 459 lives off the coast of Anglesey in a violent storm in October 1859 led to the first gale warning service. FitzRoy established a network of 15 coastal stations from which visual gale warnings could be provided for ships at sea.

The new electric telegraph enabled rapid dissemination of warnings and also led to the development of an observational network which could then be used to provide synoptic analysis. The Met Office started in 1861 to provide weather forecasts to newspapers. FitzRoy requested the daily traces of the photo-barograph at Kew Observatory (invented by Francis Ronalds) to assist in this task and similar barographs and as well as instruments to continuously record other meteorological parameters were later provided to stations across the observing network.{{Cite book|title=Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|publisher=Imperial College Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-78326-917-4|location=London}}{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|date=June 2016|title=Sir Francis Ronalds and the Early Years of the Kew Observatory|journal=Weather|doi=10.1002/wea.2739|volume=71|issue=6|pages=131–134|bibcode=2016Wthr...71..131R|s2cid=123788388 }} Publication of forecasts ceased in May 1866 after FitzRoy's death but recommenced in April 1879.

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Following the First World War, the Met Office became part of the Air Ministry in 1919, the weather observed from the top of Adastral House (where the Air Ministry was based) giving rise to the phrase "The weather on the Air Ministry roof". As a result of the need for weather information for aviation, the Met Office located many of its observation and data collection points on RAF airfields, and this accounts for the large number of military airfields mentioned in weather reports even today. In 1936 the Met Office split with services to the Royal Navy being provided by its own forecasting services.

It became an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence in April 1990, a quasi-governmental role, being required to act commercially.

Following a machinery of government change, the Met Office became part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 July 2011,{{cite web|url=http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/122350-uk-met-office-switches-departments-in-whitehall-shake-up.html|title=UK Met Office switches departments in Whitehall shake-up|publisher=Clickgreen.org.uk|access-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040027/http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/122350-uk-met-office-switches-departments-in-whitehall-shake-up.html|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and subsequently part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy following the merger of BIS and the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 14 July 2016.{{cite web|title=Machinery of Government Changes:Written statement - HCWS94|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-07-18/HCWS94|website=Hansard|date=18 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2016}}

Although no longer part of the MOD, the Met Office maintains strong links with the military through its front line offices at RAF and Army bases both in the UK and overseas and its involvement in the Joint Operations Meteorology and Oceanography Centre (JOMOC) with the Royal Navy. The Mobile Met Unit (MMU) are a unit consisting of Met Office staff who are also RAF reservists who accompany forward units in times of conflict advising the armed forces of the conditions for battle, particularly the RAF.

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In September 2003 the Met Office moved its headquarters from Bracknell in Berkshire to a purpose-built £80m structure at Exeter Business Park, near junction 29 of the M5 motorway. The new building was officially opened on 21 June 2004 – a few weeks short of the Met Office's 150th anniversary – by Robert May, Baron May of Oxford.

It has a worldwide presence{{spaced ndash}}including a forecasting centre in Aberdeen, and offices in Gibraltar and on the Falklands. Other outposts lodge in establishments such as the MetOffice@Reading (formerly the Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology) at University of Reading in Berkshire, the Joint Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research (JCHMR) site at Wallingford in Oxfordshire, and there is a Met Office presence at Army and Air Force bases within the UK and abroad (including frontline units in conflict zones).{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/defence/mmu.html |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070705161546/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/defence/mmu.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 July 2007 |title=Met Office defence: Supporting operations |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=30 June 2014}} Royal Navy weather forecasts are generally provided by naval officers, not Met Office personnel.

{{main|Shipping Forecast}}

The Shipping Forecast is produced by the Met Office and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, for those traversing the seas around the British Isles.

The Met Office issues Severe Weather Warnings for the United Kingdom through the National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). These warn of weather events that may affect transport infrastructure and endanger people's lives. In March 2008, the system was improved and a new stage of warning was introduced, the 'Advisory'.{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/guide/colour_warnings.html |title=Met Office warning colours |publisher=Metoffice.gov.uk |date=19 November 2008 |access-date=15 May 2010}}

The Met Office along with Irish counterpart Met Éireann introduced a storm naming system in September 2015 to provide a single authoritative naming system for the storms that affect the UK and Ireland.{{cite news|last1=Ahlstrom|first1=Dick|title=Storm-naming system yet to be put in place as Rachel peters out|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/storm-naming-system-yet-to-be-put-in-place-as-rachel-peters-out-1.2067463|accessdate=17 January 2015|publisher=Irish Times|date=15 January 2015}}{{cite news|title=Met Éireann plans to start naming storms from next year|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/met-eireann-naming-storms-1842107-Dec2014/|accessdate=17 January 2015|publisher=The Journal|date=21 December 2014}} The first named storm under this system, Abigail was announced on 10 November 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2015/storm-Abigail |title=10 November 2015 - The Met Office has named Abigail as the first storm as part of the Name Our Storms project. |publisher=Met Office}} In 2019, the Met Office and Met Éireann were joined by Dutch national weather forecasting service the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).{{cite web |title=Storm names for 2019-20 announced |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2019/storm-names-for-2019-20-announced |website=Met Office |accessdate=13 January 2020}}

The main role of the Met Office is to produce forecast models by gathering information from weather satellites in space and observations on earth, then processing it with a variety of models, based on a software package known as the unified model. The principal weather products for UK customers are 36-hour forecasts from the operational 1.5 km resolution UKV model covering the UK and surroundings{{cite web|url=http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper177409.html |title=Experiences with a 1.5 km version of the Met Office Unified Model for short range forecasting |publisher=ametsoc.org |date=25 January 2011 |access-date=23 February 2011}} (replacing the 4 km model), 48-hour forecasts from the 12 km resolution NAE model covering Europe and the North Atlantic, and 144-hour forecasts from the 25 km resolution global model (replacing the 40 km global model).{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/modelling-systems/unified-model/weather-forecasting |title=Met Office Atmospheric numerical model configurations |publisher=Metoffice.gov.uk |date=5 May 2010 |access-date=15 May 2010}} The Met Office's Global Model forecast has consistently been in the top 3 for global weather forecast performance (in the decades up to 2010) in independent verification to WMO standards.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecmwf.int/publications/library/do/references/show?id=89984 |title=Verification statistics and evaluations of ECMWF forecasts in 2009–2010 – Figures 11–15 |date=October 2010 |access-date=10 February 2011 |publisher=European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts ecmwf.int }}{{Failed verification|date=January 2013}} Products for other regions of the globe are sold to customers abroad, provided for MOD operations abroad or provided free to developing countries in Africa. If necessary, forecasters may make adjustments to the computer forecasts. Data is stored in the Met Office's own PP-format.

{{main|Flood Forecasting Centre}}

Formed in 2009, the Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) is a joint venture between the Environment Agency and the Met Office to provide flood risk guidance for England and Wales. The Centre is jointly staffed from both parent organisations and is based in the Operations Centre at the Met Office headquarters in Exeter.{{cite web|url=http://www.exeterscience.org/news/33/129/Flood-Forecasting-Centre-moves-to-Exeter.html|title=Flood Forecasting Centre moves to Exeter|publisher=Exeter Science|access-date=4 June 2011}}

In Scotland this role is performed by the Scottish Flood Forecasting Service, a joint venture between the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Met Office.{{cite web|url=http://www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/flood_forecasting_service.aspx|title=Scottish Flood Forecasting Service|publisher=Sepa.org.uk|access-date=4 June 2011|archive-date=26 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326071104/http://www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/flood_forecasting_service.aspx|url-status=dead}}

The Met Office makes seasonal and long range forecasts and distributes them to customers and users globally.{{cite web|title=Long-range global and regional forecasts|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/seasonal-to-decadal/long-range/forecasts|website=Met Office|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en}} The Met Office was the first climate and weather forecast provider to be recognised as a Global Producing Centre of long range forecasts by the World Meteorological Organisation and continues to provide forecasts to the WMO for dissemination to other national meteorological services worldwide.{{cite web|title=World Meteorological Organisation GPC outlooks |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/seasonal-to-decadal/gpc-outlooks}}

Met Office research has broken new ground in seasonal forecasting for the extratropics and has demonstrated its abilities in its seasonal predictions of the North Atlantic Oscillation and winter climate for Europe and North America.{{cite journal | title=Seasonal Predictions of the North Atlantic Oscillation | doi=10.1002/2014GL059637 | volume=41 | issue=7 | journal=Geophysical Research Letters | pages=2514–2519| bibcode=2014GeoRL..41.2514S |year = 2014|last1 = Scaife|first1 = A. A.| last2=Arribas | first2=A. | last3=Blockley | first3=E. | last4=Brookshaw | first4=A. | last5=Clark | first5=R. T. | last6=Dunstone | first6=N. | last7=Eade | first7=R. | last8=Fereday | first8=D. | last9=Folland | first9=C. K. | last10=Gordon | first10=M. | last11=Hermanson | first11=L. | last12=Knight | first12=J. R. | last13=Lea | first13=D. J. | last14=MacLachlan | first14=C. | last15=Maidens | first15=A. | last16=Martin | first16=M. | last17=Peterson | first17=A. K. | last18=Smith | first18=D. | last19=Vellinga | first19=M. | last20=Wallace | first20=E. | last21=Waters | first21=J. | last22=Williams | first22=A. | url=https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/10871/34601/1/Scaifeetal_2014.pdf | hdl=10871/34601 | s2cid=127165980 | hdl-access=free }}{{cite news|last1=Knapton|first1=Sarah|title=The Met Office can now predict winter weather one year in advance|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/17/met-office-can-now-predict-winter-weather-one-year-in-advance/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/17/met-office-can-now-predict-winter-weather-one-year-in-advance/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|date=17 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}

One of the main media companies, ITV produce forecasts for ITV Weather using the Met Office's data and animated weather symbols.

The BBC used to use Met Office forecasts for all of its output, but on 23 August 2015, it was announced that the BBC would be replacing the Met Office with MeteoGroup, a competing provider, as part of the corporation's legal obligation to provide best value for money for the licence fee payers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34031785|title=Met Office loses BBC weather contract|date=2015-08-23|access-date=2019-06-07|language=en-GB}} The BBC still uses some Met Office data for certain forecasts, particularly severe weather warnings and the Shipping Forecast.

{{main|World Area Forecast Centre}}

The Met Office is one of only two World Area Forecast Centres or WAFCs, and is referred to as WAFC London. The other WAFC is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and known as WAFC Washington. WAFC data is used daily to safely and economically route aircraft, particularly on long-haul journeys. The data provides details of wind speed and direction, air temperature, cloud type and tops, and other features.

{{main|Volcanic Ash Advisory Center}}

As part of its aviation forecast operation the Met Office operates the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC).{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/index.html |title=London VAAC |publisher=Metoffice.gov.uk |date=19 November 2008 |access-date=15 May 2010 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070108144933/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/index.html |archive-date=8 January 2007}} This provides forecasts to the aviation industry of volcanic ash clouds that could enter aircraft flight paths and impact aviation safety. The London VAAC, one of nine worldwide, is responsible for the area covering the British Isles, the north east Atlantic and Iceland. The VAAC were set up by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, as part of the International Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW).{{cite web|url=http://www.icao.int/anb/iavwopsg/ |title=International Airways Volcano Watch |publisher=Icao.int |date=26 March 2010 |access-date=15 May 2010}} The London VAAC makes use of satellite images, plus seismic, radar and visual observation data from Iceland,[http://sacs.aeronomie.be/workshop/talks1/Witham_VAAC_Oct2006.ppt Overview of VAAC Activities presentation]{{Dead link|date=May 2010}} the location of all of the active volcanoes in its area of responsibility. The NAME dispersion model developed by the Met Office is used to forecast the movement of the ash clouds 6, 12 and 18 hours from the time of the alert at different flight levels.

{{Main|UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau}}

The Met Office issues air quality forecasts made using NAME, the Met Office's medium-to-long-range atmospheric dispersion model. It was developed as a nuclear accident model following the Chernobyl accident in 1986, but has since evolved into an all-purpose dispersion model capable of predicting the transport, transformation and deposition of a wide class of airborne materials. NAME is used operationally by the Met Office as an emergency response model as well as for routine air quality forecasting. Aerosol dispersion is calculated using the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols model.

The forecast is produced for pollutants and their typical health effects are shown in the following table.

Decadal Predictions

The Met Office coordinates the production and collation of decadal climate prediction from climate centres around the world as part of its responsibilities as World Meteorological Organisation [https://hadleyserver.metoffice.gov.uk/wmolc/ Lead Centre for Annual to Decadal Climate Prediction]. These predictions are updated each year and a summary, the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update is published each year.

{{main|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change}}

Until 2001 the Met Office hosted the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group, chaired by John Houghton, on climate science. In 2001 the working group moved to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Pearce, Fred, The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming, (2010) Guardian Books, {{ISBN|978-0-85265-229-9}}, p. XVI.

Due to the large amount of computation needed for Numerical Weather Prediction and the Unified model, the Met Office has had some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. In November 1997 the Met Office supercomputer was ranked third in the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.top500.org/site/49064|title=United Kingdom Meteorological Office {{!}} TOP500 Supercomputing Sites|publisher=Top500.org|author=Mark Twain, Kevin McCurley|df=dmy-all}}

Since 2012 the Met Office Contact Centre (known as the Weather Desk) has been part of [https://www.topcustomerservice.co.uk/ Contact Centre Panel's] 'Top 50 Companies for Customer Service' programme.{{Cite web|title=Met Office wins top Customer Service Awards {{!}} Met Office|url=https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/news.nsf/articles/Met+Office+wins+top+Customer+Service+Awards+05112015152500?open|access-date=2021-11-16|website=www.wired-gov.net|language=en}}

In 2015 the Met Office won awards in the following categories:{{cite web|title=Met Office Scoops Top Customer Service Awards|url=http://www.igovnews.com/#!/news/view/563b805d8d525b311292b26b|website=iGov News|access-date=27 September 2016}}

• Rated 1st Overall for Combined Channels
• Most Improved Overall for Social Media
• Rated 2nd Overall for Call Service
• Rated 1st Overall for Email Service
• Best in Public Sector
• Best Extra Small Centre

Reports (observations) from weather stations can be automatic (totally machine produced), semi-automatic (part-machine and part manual), or manual. Some stations produce manual observations during business hours and revert to automatic observations outside these times. Many stations feature "present weather" sensors, CCTV, etc. There is also a network of 'upper air' stations, using radiosondes. The six main radiosonde stations in the UK are Camborne, Lerwick, Albemarle, Watnall, Castor Bay and Herstmonceux.

Some stations have limited reporting times, while other report continuously, mainly RAF and Army Air Corps stations where a staffed met office is provided for military operations. The "standard" is a once-hourly reporting schedule, but automatic stations can often be "polled" as required, whilst stations at airfields report twice-hourly, with additional (often frequent in times of bad weather) special reports as necessary to inform airfield authorities of changes to the weather that may affect aviation operations.

Some stations report only CLIMAT data (e.g. maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall totals over a period, etc.) and these are usually recorded at 0900 and 2100 hours daily. Weather reports are often performed by observers not specifically employed by the Met Office, such as Air traffic control staff, coastguards, university staff and so on.

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• Eskdalemuir Observatory
• Lerwick Observatory
• Penkridge weather station
• Prestatyn weather station{{cite web|url=http://www.prestatynweather.co.uk |title=Prestatyn Weather website |publisher=Prestatynweather.co.uk |access-date=15 May 2010}}
• Stonyhurst
• Sutton Bonington
• Wye weather station
• RAF Benson
• RAF Brize Norton weather station
• RAF Coningsby
• RAF Cottesmore
• RAF Cranwell weather station
• RAF Kinloss weather station
• RAF Leeming weather station
• RAF Leuchars weather station
• RAF Linton-on-Ouse weather station
• RAF Little Rissington weather station (supported by RAF Brize Norton)
• RAF Lossiemouth weather station
• RAF Lyneham weather station
• RAF Marham weather station
• RAF Northolt weather station 51.55 N 0.417 W
• RAF Odiham weather station
• RAF Shawbury
• RAF Waddington weather station
• Wattisham Flying Station weather station
• RAF Valley
• Middle Wallop Flying Station weather station

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{{main|RAF Cardington}}

Meteorological Research was carried out at RAE Bedford with instruments being carried by barrage balloons until the RAE facility closed in the 1980s.

The Met Office association with Cardington continues by maintaining a Meteorological Research Unit (MRU). This is responsible for conducting research into part of the atmosphere called the boundary layer by using a tethered balloon which is kept in a small portable hangar.{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/science/creating/first_steps/atmos_aircraft_data.html/ |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090224131122/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/science/creating/first_steps/atmos_aircraft_data.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 February 2009 |title=MET Office Research facilities (website accessed: 12/08/10) |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=30 June 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/areas/observational-studies/boundary-layer/ |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100618232928/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/areas/observational-studies/boundary-layer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 June 2010 |title=Met Office – Boundary layer (accessed: 12/08/10) |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=30 June 2014}}

{{main|Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements}}

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The Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, is based at Cranfield Airport. It is a collaboration with the Natural Environment Research Council.

The FAAM was established as part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS),[http://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=107 National Centre for Atmospheric Science] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215230949/http://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=107 |date=15 February 2012 }} itself part of NERC, to provide aircraft measurement for use by UK atmospheric research organisations on worldwide campaigns. The main equipment is a modified BAe 146 type 301 aircraft, registration G-LUXE, owned and operated by BAE Systems on behalf of Directflight Limited.{{cite web |url=http://www.directflight.co.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304162200/http://www.directflight.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2000 |title=Directflight Limited official website |publisher=Directflight.co.uk |date=1 April 2014 |access-date=30 June 2014 }}

Areas of application include:[http://www.faam.ac.uk/public/updates.html FAAM web reports page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009072025/http://www.faam.ac.uk/public/updates.html |date=9 October 2006 }}

• Radiative transfer studies in clear and cloudy air;
• Tropospheric chemistry measurements;
• Cloud physics and dynamic studies;
• Dynamics of mesoscale weather systems;
• Boundary layer and turbulence studies;
• Remote sensing: verification of ground-based instruments;
• Satellite ground truth: radiometric measurements and winds;
• Satellite instrument test-bed;
• Campaigns in the UK and abroad.

• Sir William Napier Shaw 1905–1920
• Sir Graham Sutton 1954–1965
• Sir Basil John Mason 1965–1983
• Sir John Houghton 1983–1991{{cite news |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200605150065 |magazine=New Statesman |title=Reason and Light |access-date=22 April 2008 |first=Caspar |last=Henderson |author-link=Caspar Henderson |date=15 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209151459/http://www.newstatesman.com/200605150065 |archive-date=9 December 2006}}
• Julian Hunt 1992–1997
• Peter Ewins 1997–2004
• David Rogers 2004–2005
• Mark Hutchinson 2005–2007
• John Hirst 2007–2014
• Rob Varley 2014–2018
• Penelope Endersby 2018–{{cite news |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/2018/new-appointment |title=Professor Penelope Endersby to be new Met Office Chief Executive |work=Met Office |access-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201757/https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/2018/new-appointment |archive-date=18 October 2018}}

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• Climatic Research Unit email controversy
• Climate of the United Kingdom
• Climate change in the United Kingdom
• Burns' Day storm
• Eskdalemuir Observatory
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• Great Storm of 1987
• Met Éireann, the Irish meteorological service, which separated from the UK Met Office in 1936.
• North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System
• Weather system naming in Europe

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• Walker, Malcolm (J M), History of the Meteorological Office (December 2011) [http://www.cambridge.org/9780521859851 Cambridge University Press] {{ISBN|978-0-521-85985-1}}

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• [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ BBC Weather Centre]
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/shipping_forecast/ BBC Shipping Forecast page]
• [https://archive.today/20121222200906/http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb261nationalmeteorologicalarchive Met Office (National Meteorological) Archive]
• [https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/research/research-groups/metofficereading/ MetOffice@Reading at University of Reading]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416134401/http://www.jchmr.org/ Joint Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research]
• [http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/ Met Office news blog]
• {{YouTube|user=TheMetOffice}}

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