Weather Snap 22 Oct 2021

The Met Office takes a weekly look at the science behind the UK and global weather headlines. In this week’s edition, as the Thames Barrier is lowered for the 200th time, we hear about the barrier’s design and the conditions that bring it into operation. We also hear about plans to extend atmospheric weather models further out to space, we have the UK weather outlook for the next few days and last week’s weather observation records Presenter: Alex Deakin Editor: Adrian Holloway 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, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk