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Met Office warning for further rain in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

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Monday, October 23, 2023

Met Office warning for further rain in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

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  • Met Office warning for further rain in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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    Flood-hit communities are being warned of further rain, with a fresh yellow weather warning issued for much of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
  • The Met Office said "heavy rain" was expected across the region between 03:00 BST and 16:00 on Tuesday.
  • The Met Office warning states: "There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings.
  • Between 10-20mm of rain is expected to fall "fairly widely" on Tuesday, it added, but some places in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire could see between 30-50mm.

Tornadoes in the UK are surprisingly common and no one knows why

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

You might associate tornadoes with the plains of the central US, but they’re surprisingly common in the UK too – albeit smaller and weaker.

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  • You might associate tornadoes with the plains of the central US, but they’re surprisingly common in the UK too – albeit smaller and weaker.
  • In fact, my former PhD student Kelsey Mulder found that the UK has about 2.3 tornadoes per year per 10,000 square kilometres.
  • That’s a higher density than the US, which as a whole has just 1.3 per 10,000 square km.
  • Nonetheless, a random location in the UK is more likely to experience a tornado than a random location in the US.

England has three ‘tornado alleys’

    • These tornadoes aren’t as violent as the more extreme ones in the US, but the damage can still be substantial.
    • Although the Birmingham tornado was the most damaging tornado on that day, two others were recorded across the British Isles.
    • Indeed, around 70% of UK tornado days have at least two reports, and 13% produce three or more.

What causes tornadoes

    • We do know that “supercells” – rotating thunderstorms tens of kilometres across – form the largest tornadoes in the US but occur less frequently in the UK.
    • Instead, tornadoes in the UK tend to be formed from lines of storms along cold fronts.
    • Our group has been trying to understand what causes some of these parent storms to begin to rotate and eventually spawn tornadoes.
    • Recent advances in computing and our collaborations with colleagues in engineering may yet reveal the secrets of UK tornadoes.

June 2023 was the hottest in England since 1846 – here's why it was so unusual

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Friday, June 30, 2023

Warm or hot weather was persistent in the UK throughout most of June 2023, with temperatures peaking at 32°C in parts of south-east England.

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  • Warm or hot weather was persistent in the UK throughout most of June 2023, with temperatures peaking at 32°C in parts of south-east England.
  • Although well short of last July’s record 40°C, for large parts of England the last time June was this hot was in 1846 – almost 180 years ago.
  • The CET series draws on records from a roughly triangular area bounded by Lancashire, London and Bristol.
  • And with the sun at its highest elevation in the year, plentiful sunshine meant temperatures rose quickly.

Hot Junes were rare during the last 150 years

    • For some reason, very warm or hot Junes have been almost absent within the last 150 years, although they were much more common up to the middle of the 19th century.
    • You have to go back another 170 years to find one as hot, June 1676, when temperatures averaged 18.0°C.
    • The next three hottest Junes tie with a mean CET of 16.9°C: 1762, 1798 and 1976.
    • That last entry was the most recent in the top ten of all-time hottest Junes until this year.
    • June temperatures that year were actually fairly close to average until an exceptional hot spell set in during the closing week.

Will temperatures remain high in July?

    • Of the months with the highest June mean temperature (1676, 1762, 1798, 1822, 1826, 1846 and 1976), only the summers of 1826 and 1976 remained hot.
    • So, if the historical record is anything to go by, we may have already seen the hottest weeks of summer 2023.
    • Every Wednesday, The Conversation’s environment editor writes Imagine, a short email that goes a little deeper into just one climate issue.

BCS launches multimedia campaign to celebrate our digital journey to net zero

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

The Barbican Centre, London played host to the launch of ' Net Zero: A Digital Journey ' on 23 November, and the suite of series content, including interviews, podcasts, short films and a documentary, is now available online .

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  • The Barbican Centre, London played host to the launch of ' Net Zero: A Digital Journey ' on 23 November, and the suite of series content, including interviews, podcasts, short films and a documentary, is now available online .
  • The series meets AI innovators, e-waste pioneers, leaders in sustainable data centres, computer scientists and many others who are driving innovation, collaboration and research in pursuit of net zero.
  • Max Smith, Founder, CWP said: "The IT industry is critical in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
  • This partnership uncovers the challenges we face, but also the solutions we need for a prosperous, sustainable future.

BCS launches multimedia campaign to celebrate our digital journey to net zero

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

The Barbican Centre, London played host to the launch of ' Net Zero: A Digital Journey ' on 23 November, and the suite of series content, including interviews, podcasts, short films and a documentary, is now available online .

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  • The Barbican Centre, London played host to the launch of ' Net Zero: A Digital Journey ' on 23 November, and the suite of series content, including interviews, podcasts, short films and a documentary, is now available online .
  • The series meets AI innovators, e-waste pioneers, leaders in sustainable data centres, computer scientists and many others who are driving innovation, collaboration and research in pursuit of net zero.
  • Max Smith, Founder, CWP said: "The IT industry is critical in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
  • This partnership uncovers the challenges we face, but also the solutions we need for a prosperous, sustainable future.

Meteorological Service Singapore Advances Weather Forecasting with New Supercomputer from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that it has built a new supercomputer for the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) to advance weather forecasting and tropical climate research for Singapore and the broader Southeast Asia region.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that it has built a new supercomputer for the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) to advance weather forecasting and tropical climate research for Singapore and the broader Southeast Asia region.
  • The new supercomputer replaces MSS existing system, delivering nearly twice as much performance and advanced capabilities across compute, storage, software and networking.
  • As climate modelling becomes increasingly complex due to new seasonal patterns, it requires faster, more sophisticated supercomputing capabilities.
  • HPEs supercomputing solutions accelerate weather forecasting across the globe to provide real-time analysis by delivering significant computational performance and end-to-end capabilities to model and simulate climate data.

Totara Wins Two Coveted Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards 2022

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Monday, September 12, 2022

BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Totara, a leader in learning, engagement and performance management technology won two coveted Brandon Hall Group bronze awards for excellence in the Best Results of Blended Learning and Learning Program categories.

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  • Totara has won two bronze awards at the Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards 2022.
  • BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Totara, a leader in learning, engagement and performance management technology won two coveted Brandon Hall Group bronze awards for excellence in the Best Results of Blended Learning and Learning Program categories.
  • The excellence awards come shortly after Totara introduced its breakthrough solution for Talent Experience.
  • These two Excellence in Technology award wins follow Totara's 2021 Excellence in Learning awards for their Totara Community implementation and their work with Deloitte Belgium.

Paragon DCX merges agencies to help brands do business, better

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Monday, September 5, 2022

The re-launched DCX offering will combine the power of data with compelling creative and digital technology to helps brands connect better with their customers and deliver better commercial outcomes.

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  • The re-launched DCX offering will combine the power of data with compelling creative and digital technology to helps brands connect better with their customers and deliver better commercial outcomes.
  • Commenting on the merger, DCX CEO James Goldhill, said, "Paragon DCX is changing.
  • We combine the power of data with compelling creative and digital technology to help brands connect better with their customers to deliver better outcomes.
  • We help brands do business, better.

The Worldwide Weather Forecasting Services Industry is Expected to Reach $4.19 Billion by 2030

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

DUBLIN, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Weather Forecasting Services Market by Forecasting Type and End-use Industry: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Weather Forecasting Services Market by Forecasting Type and End-use Industry: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • According to this report the global weather forecasting services market size was valued at $1.63 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $4.19 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 10.3% from 2021 to 2030.
  • The weather forecasting services market is segmented based on forecasting type, end-use industry, and region.
  • The key players profiled in the weather forecasting services market analysis include AccuWeather, Inc., BMT Group, ENAV, Fugro, Global Weather Corporation, Met Office, Precision Weather Services, Skymet Weather Services Pvt., Ltd., Skyview Systems Ltd., and The Weather Company.

Global Weather Forecasting Services Market to 2030 - Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecasts - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The "Weather Forecasting Services Market by Forecasting Type and End-use Industry: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Weather Forecasting Services Market by Forecasting Type and End-use Industry: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Weather forecasting services use software, tools, and models to undertake strategic analysis of atmospheric data, to anticipate weather conditions for a specific place within a given time frame.
  • The weather forecasting services market is segmented based on forecasting type, end-use industry, and region.
  • The key players profiled in the weather forecasting services market analysis include AccuWeather, Inc., BMT Group, ENAV, Fugro, Global Weather Corporation, Met Office, Precision Weather Services, Skymet Weather Services Pvt., Ltd., Skyview Systems Ltd., and The Weather Company.