When Santa loses most of his reindeer to seasonal sniffles on Christmas Eve, Met Office trajectory prediction technology comes to the rescue! 🎄 Our Senior Scientist Dr Jacob Cheung explains how the same system that helps aviation partners navigate complex weather patterns is being put to festive use - calculating the optimal route for Santa's reduced-speed journey from Lapland to London to New York. Discover how our innovative approach to flight planning:   • Processes real-time weather conditions   • Calculates multiple route options   • Reduces environmental impact through intelligent routing   • Supports better pre-flight decision-making Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gj_C7gKs  

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Heavy and persistent rain arrives in the southwest this afternoon and clears for colder weather on Thursday. Some frost and some snow across high ground in the north in the form of showers may affect aviation.   Strong winds in the north and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday could cause some disruption for aviation.   Find out all you need to know in our 10 Day Trend forecast 👇

Our weather is generally unsettled this week, starting mild and turn colder. Spells of wind and rain of weather may impact aviation and land transport. The most significant period of rain is expected across southern Britain later Wednesday into early Thursday. The strongest winds and greatest risk of gales will be on Tuesday for Northern Ireland and Tuesday night into Wednesday for Scotland. Colder weather will arrive later in the week when conditions will be largely business as usual.  Winds could impact land transport at the weekend. Watch our Week Ahead forecast with Honor for feed ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e-nBM3ii

Big changes to the WAFS SIGWX charts: In January 2025 the World Area Forecast System (WAFS) SIGWX charts will be changing as the London and Washington World Area Forecast Centres (WAFCs) introduce multi-timestep SIGWX forecasts for the first time.    These new and improved data sets will contribute towards limiting the environmental impact of air travel, cope with increased traffic and capacity demands and help air traffic management strategies to mitigate against and avoid hazardous weather conditions.           The next generation of WAFS SIGWX forecasts will introduce multi-timestep SIGWX forecasts that span T+6 to T+48 at 3-hourly intervals, and which are produced six times daily. The SIGWX forecasts will span FL100 to FL600.      Benefits of the new SIGWX forecasts:  ▪️ Forecasts that extend out to 48 hours ahead to assist with flight planning and situational awareness  ▪️ The ability to see how features move and evolve at 3-hour intervals  ▪️ Forecasts for the time at which a flight is taking place produced from a more recent model run.  ▪️ SIGWX forecasts that are fully consistent with the WAFS gridded data.  ▪️ Areas of icing that cover the entire globe (instead of only regionally).    For 40 years, the Met Office has been a trusted partner in global aviation, enhancing safety and efficiency through pioneering science. This significant update to WAFS SIGWX charts demonstrates our ongoing commitment to driving innovation and shaping the future of aviation meteorology.    Read more about further information on what the new SIGWX data will contain and what will happen to the existing T+24 SIGWX charts and BUFR files as well as more details about the upcoming changes: https://lnkd.in/eDXmY5eT   #Aviation #AviationIndustry 

High pressure will remain dominant over the next few days, bringing cloudy and sometimes drizzly conditions with some overnight frost & fog. Strong gusts and heavy, persistent rain could affect northern Scotland this weekend. Next week is likely to be mild and windy with some rain. Watch our latest 10 Day Trend with Honor for more ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/ej-bFiyB

High pressure will dominate, leading to a drier week with only slightly below average temperatures. Expect frost and fog impacts, with potential wind impacts early in the week due to a squeeze of isobars. Over the weekend, mild, wetter, and windier conditions will return as high pressure remains to the south, influencing the northern UK. Frost and freezing fog may impact aviation especially in northern areas. By Sunday, wind and rain could become significant, particularly in the north and west. Watch here 👇

Wet and windy weather is on its way over the next few days with multiple warnings in force for wind and rain, particularly affecting Friday into Saturday across a range of areas in the UK. This could impact utilities, aviation and transport. Once this clears, high pressure builds into the following week. Find out more in our 10 Day Trend:

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This week, in general we will see a pattern of a quieter weather day with mostly dry and settled conditions, followed by some wet and windy conditions. Wednesday night, Thursday and Saturday may see heavy rain and strong winds/gales, which will likely bring impacts for aviation. Quieter nights will bring a risk of frost and ice but nothing out of the ordinary for early December. As a result, some impacts are likely for aviation. Find out more in our week ahead forecast 👇