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Atmospheric electricity ‘CTR Wilson’ meeting 2023 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Caleb Miller, R. Giles Harrison
On 16 November 2023, UK and international researchers gathered at the University of Bath for the 11th CTR Wilson Meeting on atmospheric electricity. The CTR Wilson Institute for Atmospheric Electricity honours the Nobel Prize winner who also pioneered the global circuit concept and published extensively on atmospheric electrical topics. It is integrated with the Special Interest Group of the Royal
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An appraisal of the severity of the 2022 drought and its impacts Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Lucy J. Barker, Jamie Hannaford, Eugene Magee, Stephen Turner, Catherine Sefton, Simon Parry, Jonathan Evans, Magdalena Szczykulska, Tracey Haxton
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January 2024. A month of considerable variety, mild and unsettled at first and later, with a mid‐month cold sap Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-07
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Persistent convective snowfall in the South Lakes, Cumbria – 2 December 2023 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Dan Holley, Nicholas Silkstone
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The Royal Meteorological Society's Quarterly Journal: celebrating 150 years Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Keith P. Shine, Francesca Morris
The Royal Meteorological Society's (RMetS) flagship publication, the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (QJ), celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2023. This milestone has been celebrated in several ways. A fully open-access special collection1 of 22 classic papers published in QJ highlights key advances in the subject, stretching from 1925 to 2020; these were selected by a group
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ODEÓN workshop: co‐creation of research on climate intervention techniques through citizen engagement Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Juan A. Añel, Celia Pérez Souto, Mario Pansera, Laura de la Torre
Introduction The ODEÓN Project (Limitations and hazards of sulphate aerosol injection: The case of Spain) has been funded by the Spanish Research Agency for the period 2023–2024. Scientists involved in the project organised a 1-day workshop on 10 November 2023, at the Campus of Ourense. The goal of the workshop was to highlight the different research areas related to climate intervention techniques
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The Jersey tornado and hailstorm of 1–2 November 2023 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Paul Knightley, Sarah Horton, Matthew Clark, Matthew Winter
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Identification of solar halo terms in observations recorded in historical Korean documents Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jae Yeon Hyun, Byeong-Hee Mihn, Ki-Won Lee, Sang Hyuk Kim, Uhn Mee Bahk
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No Scottish snow patches survive until winter 2023/2024 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Iain Cameron, Blair Fyffe, Attila Kish
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Tackling climate change through communication and behaviour change Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Regan Mudhar, Hannah Mallinson
Introduction On 4 October 2023, Dr Helen Roberts, a sociometeorologist at the Met Office, chaired a free two-hour Royal Meteorological Society webinar focused on the crucial role of behavioural change and communication in tackling climate change. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh first discussed ‘Public Engagement and Behaviour Change for Net Zero’, followed by Professor Saffron O'Neill, who talked about
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Data rescue: discovery and recovery of historic climate observations Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Richard Cornes
On the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Meteorological Society's History Special Interest Group, a symposium was held on 11 October 2023 to discuss the data rescue and preservation activities that are currently underway in the United Kingdom. The Met Office's National Meteorological Library and Archive is a unique resource and should be the first port of call for anyone engaged
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Extreme weather and safety at the coast Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 David Warrilow
The Royal Meteorological Society teamed up with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to host an online meeting (16 November 2023) on the links between weather and safety at our coastal regions. The meeting reviewed the ways in which weather, including extremes, can contribute to mishaps and deaths, and how bad outcomes can be reduced or avoided. It also considered how climate change might
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2023's Antarctic sea ice extent is the lowest on record Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Ella Gilbert, Caroline Holmes
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Industrieschnee: An overview of some European anthropogenic snowfall events, with a case study from Bern (Switzerland) Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Edward Graham
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Linear snowfall trails during freezing fog in South East England, 23 January 2023: evidence for anthropogenic snowfall Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Julian Mayes
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Surface-based convection inland in winter? A further example Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Jonathan D Webb
An apparent incidence of surface-based winter convection was observed well inland over the south Midlands on 20 December 2020.
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John Gadbury's 32-year record of daily London weather (1668–1700) Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Keith John Tinkler
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Sunnier climes in the UK Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Greg Spellman, Danielle Bird
Even in the United Kingdom, with its mid-latitude oceanic climate, solar energy is of increasing importance for maintaining energy supplies and moving towards net zero. Quantification of the solar resource therefore is critical. Measurements of sunshine duration, which are strongly correlated with insolation, indicate a continuation of a brightening trend first identified for other locations 20 years
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Automatic cumulonimbus and towering cumulus identification based on the Italian weather radar network data Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Patrizio Ripesi
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The history of UK weather forecasting: the changing role of the central guidance forecaster. Part 8. Operational forecasting in the twenty-first century: enhanced capabilities from nowcasting to extended range Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Martin V. Young, Nick S. Grahame
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Global and regional climate in 2022 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Robert J. H. Dunn, Caroline Sandford, Mike Kendon, Colin P. Morice, John J. Kennedy, Nick A. Rayner
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The history of UK weather forecasting: the changing role of the central guidance forecaster. Part 7: Operational forecasting in the twenty-first century: graphical guidance products, risk assessment and impact-based warnings Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Martin V. Young, Nick S. Grahame
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Marc Dechevrens, Jesuit meteorologist 26 July 1845 – 6 December 1923 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Jim Galvin, Frank Le Blancq
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An atmospheric river and a quasi-stationary front lead to heavy rainfall and flooding over Scotland, 6–8 October 2023 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Edward Graham, David Smart, Simon H. Lee, Dan Harris, Andrew Sibley, Dan Holley
Long, narrow filaments of intense water vapour transport, known as atmospheric rivers, dominate the poleward transport of water vapour in the mid-latitudes (Nash et al., 2018). Although perhaps more well-known for their role in extreme precipitation along the west coast of North America, atmospheric rivers are also a key driver of high precipitation events in western Europe (Lavers and Villarini, 2015)
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Energy-meteorology education workshop at the International Conference on Energy and Meteorology Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Matthew Wright, Juan A. Añel, Hannah Mallinson
Introduction As part of the World Energy and Meteorology Council's (WEMC) seventh International Conference on Energy and Meteorology (ICEM), Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) Energy Science Engagement Fellow Matthew Wright was involved in organising a workshop on Energy and Meteorology Education. Matthew co-organised this with Juan A. Añel, from the Universidade de Vigo and Spanish Royal Physics
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Aircraft observations of Typhoon Nesat (2022) over the northern part of South China Sea Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Betty Mak, C. W. Choy, P. W. Chan, Junyi He, Q. S. Li
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Mountain meteorology: climate change and forecasting perspectives Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Massimo Bollasina, Ioana Colfescu
A meeting, titled ‘Mountain meteorology: Climate change and forecasting perspectives’, was held at the Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, on 22 April 2023, hosted by RMetS in association with the RMetS Scottish local centre. The meeting sought to bring together various and complementary perspectives on mountain weather and climate, their links, as well as their importance for daily activities and the public
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Pen portraits of Presidents – Prof. Henry Charnock, CBE, FRS Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 W. John Gould
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Mesoscale cyclonic storms associated with tornadoes and localised wind damage in frontal rainbands Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 M. R. Clark
Ten cases are identified of an unusual type of mesoscale windstorm in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2021. The windstorms, which occurred in association with frontal rainbands, produced wind damage swaths no more than 20–30km wide, but sometimes extending for several hundred kilometres, often with embedded tornadoes. Storm structure and evolution are explored for two cases using radar data, surface
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A synoptic analysis of hazardous weather at Heathrow 2005–2022 and its impact on airport operations Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Ross M. Mitchell
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Cover Photograph Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-12
Front cover: Rapidly-varying low orographic cloud below more extensive medium and high cloud over Kirkjufell (463m) in the Snaefellsnes peninsula of western Iceland. Photographed at 1050 utc on 16 June 2023. (© Stephen Burt.)
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Deciphering extreme rainfall and historical floods at Easkey on the west coast of Ireland Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 A. J. Kettle, C. Murphy
A written account of two flood events in 1844 and 1877 at Easkey in Co. Sligo on the west coast of Ireland is explored with several meteorological datasets and historical newspaper accounts. Gridded daily precipitation fields for Ireland for the late twentieth century are analysed to assess rainfall extremes and most probable month of the annual maximum. Historic rainfall datasets are analysed to corroborate
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South African extreme weather during the 1877–1878 El Niño Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Yuri Brugnara, Stefan Brönnimann, Stefan Grab, Jessica Steinkopf, Angela-Maria Burgdorf, Clive Wilkinson, Rob Allan
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Heatwaves and physiological discomfort: the strange case of the year 2022 on the ‘Kiss Pass’ of Portofino Natural Park, Italy Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Andrea Ferrando, Stefania Mangano, Pietro Piana, Francesco Faccini
Due to its cultural and landscape attractions, Portofino Natural Park attracts thousands of hikers per year. In the Park’s trail network, the path between Batterie and San Fruttuoso (known as ‘Passo del Bacio’, which translates to ‘Kiss Pass’) is one of the most popular because it is located on the edge of high rocky cliffs. Due to slope exposure and meteorological features, interventions by the National
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Cover Photograph Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-08
Front cover: The Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University, New York City, shrouded in orange skies due to smoke from wildfires in Canada, yielding hazardous air quality (PM2.5 concentrations ˃400µgm-3) and visibility down to ~1km. Taken at 1402 EDT on 7 June 2023. (© Simon Lee.))
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Hydrometeorological observations from the Upper Kentucky headwaters flash floods, 26–29 July 2022 Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 C. A. Day, J. Chen
In late July 2022, heavy rains resulted in localised flash flooding across the Upper Kentucky River. To quantify the scale of this event, we analysed hydrometeorological activity using radar, precipitation and stream gauge data for three unregulated watersheds within the headwater forks of the Kentucky River Basin. The July 2022 event resulted from warm-season elevated thunderstorm activity generating
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Reconstructing radar reflectivity by integrating GPM and INSAT-3D observations for near real-time monitoring of convective storms over India Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Anoop Kumar Mishra, Chander Singh Tomar, Gajendra Kumar, Subhash Chander Bhan
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Spotlight on the Youth and Early Career Special Interest Group Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Daniel Skinner, Hannah Mallinson
Over recent years, there has been a growing focus on engaging young people in meteorology and climate science. Recent United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) events in Glasgow (2021) and Sharm El-Sheikh (2022) have highlighted the need to bring the leaders of tomorrow into today's discussions so that progress can be made towards securing their futures. The United Kingdom (UK)
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The impact of heat on London Underground infrastructure in a changing climate Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Sarah Greenham, Emma Ferranti, Rebecca Powell, Katherine Drayson, Andrew Quinn
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Large-scale driving mechanisms of the lowest and highest annual temperatures in northwestern Iran Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Omid Alizadeh, Parvin Ghafarian
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An application of the Kentucky state Mesonet system to explore spatial and seasonal characteristics of erosive storm activity Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 C. A. Day, Q. Long
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Strong surface winds in Storm Eunice. Part 2: airstream analysis Weather (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Ambrogio Volonté, Suzanne L. Gray, Peter A. Clark, Oscar Martínez-Alvarado, Duncan Ackerley