Met Office

British

/ mɛt /

noun

(in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service

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The Met Office said this season for Cornwall, Devon and Dorset ranks in the top five of the wettest winters since records began.

From BBC

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that is not the case, with rainfall so far this season, for the UK as a whole, just 9% above average overall - wet, but far from the wettest.

From BBC

However, the Met Office has crunched the numbers up until 25 February and revealed that southern England has already had its seventh-wettest winter since records began in 1836.

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Storm Bram brought widespread impacts but was described by the Met Office as a "notable but not exceptional Atlantic winter storm".

From BBC

A rare Met Office red warning was issued triggering an emergency alert to be sent to thousands of mobile phones.

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