Mostly Weather

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. The beginning of a three part series, which will take you through the weather forecasting process from start to finish. In this episode, regular podcasters Doug McNeall, Niall Robinson and Claire Witham are joined by ex-observer and current Met Office Observations based research scientist Jeff Norwood-Brown - to delve into a wealth of interesting facts and statistics around how we observe weather. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. The Met Office website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. In this month’s episode we join the Mostly Weather team on a journey through the structure of the atmosphere – from the troposphere to the thermosphere and everything in between. Regular podcasters Claire, Doug and Niall walk/fly you through each layer, stopping off to discuss the characteristics and features along the way - such as how do atmospheric pressure levels work? and the answer to the question "what exactly is space?" The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. The Met Office website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. In this edition the Mostly Weather team are joined by Jonathan Wilkinson to take on the often shocking, sometimes electrifying and usually hot topic that is lightning. Warning: this episode, like the previous sentence, contains multiple lightning puns. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. Did you know that you can use snow as a time machine? or what exactly the 'wrong type of snow' is? Find the answers to these questions and more in this festive episode of Mostly Weather, in which Met Office podcasters Claire Witham, Doug McNeall and Niall Robinson are joined by cloud observations expert Phil Brown, to discuss the topic of snow, from record breaking snowflakes to the Bergeron process. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. What's the official name for a pile of clouds? When does a cloud droplet become a rain droplet? In this edition Met Office podcasters Niall Robinson, Claire Witham and Doug McNeal answer these questions and more as they take on the considerable subject that is clouds – looking at everything from awe inspiring convective clouds in Korea, to the infamous six legged pig. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. Did you know that weather forecasting was once illegal under the sorcery act? or that log books from 19th century Arctic whaling ships are helping us to improve our ability to predict weather and climate? In this the first edition of Mostly Weather, team members Niall Robinson and Claire Witham are joined by Catherine Ross from the Met Office archives, to talk about weather forecasting through time - from the very first weather forecast, to the future of forecasting and some other stuff in between. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk