Make the most of today's weather because, for a change, it's going to be better than the rest of the week!
According to the Met Office, this morning's mist and cloud should clear through the morning. It will then be a largely dry and fine day with very warm, sunny spells and light winds and a maximum temperature of 26 °C.
Any isolated showers will clear quickly, to leave a mainly dry night with clear spells, which may allow some mist and fog patches to form. The minimum temperature will be 11 °C.
On Tuesday mist and fog patches will again clear leaving a mostly dry...
Award-winning South West Photographer Tim Pestridge is helping the Met Office to create a series of short films about photography and the weather to feature as part of its new ‘Get Ready for Summer’ campaign. This is a particularly prestigious opportunity for Tim as he joins a list of high profile organisations and companies helping the campaign such as the RNLI, Cancer Research UK and the Forestry Commission.
The Met Office #loveukweather campaign has recently been launched, with the content from different partner organisations offering the public safety advice and things to do,...
The Met Office issued a severe weather warning on Monday 22 July with thunderstorms anticipated in the South West in the next few days.
The recent prolonged spell of high pressure and heat is likely to give way to cloudier conditions with the risk of isolated thunderstorms or longer spells of thundery rain and some torrential downpours in places.
The Met Office said: "The public should be aware of the risk of localised disruption to travel, and more generally to summer holiday activities, due to (for example) surface water flooding.
The Met Office has issued a revised heatwave warning for the South West, raising the level from two to three, meaning action is required.
Where a level two heat health grading should prompt an alert and readiness for action, a level three warning requires social and healthcare services to target specific actions at high-risk groups.
The Met Office forecasts a 90% probability of heatwave conditions on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 July in the region.
Temperatures in Exeter are expected to reach 26 or 27 degrees once again and other parts of the region may see the mercury...
Despite poor weather, Met Office solar PV has generated more than estimated in first year.
A year after a 250 kW solar PV array was installed at the Met Office HQ Exeter, and – despite some terrible weather over the past 12 months – the system has still out-performed initial estimations.
The sun may be in full view now (with the Met Office predicting below average rainfall and above average temperatures throughout July) but official statistics show that 2012 was one of the wettest years on record for the UK and June 2012 was the least sunny in records dating back to 1910....
Devon County Council is backing a call for the Government to provide more funding for road repairs.
The Local Government Association is warning that underfunding of highway maintenance and the impact of severe weather could make roads across Britain unusable and further undermine economic recovery.
The LGA, which represents more than 370 councils across England and Wales, is calling on the Government to provide greater capital funding for road maintenance. It has written to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, asking him to begin this process in next week's...
The Met Office has issued an Amber warning for the South West, reporting that rain is expected to become heavy and prolonged tonight, persisting through much of Friday.
The Chief Forecaster reported that "Frontal bands pushing northeastwards during the latter part of Thursday and during Friday will find their progress slowed up by a blocking area of high pressure located northeast of the United Kingdom.
"This will result in the associated rain-bearing systems becoming slow-moving over southwestern parts of England and Wales leading to heavy and, at times, prolonged rainfall...
An Exeter business leader has urged other bosses from the city to go for glory in an award scheme that thrust him into the spotlight last year.
Rob Varley, Exeter-based operations and services director of the Met Office, was a winner in the 2012 IoD South West Director of the Year Awards – and nominations are now open for the 2013 programme.
The awards highlight the best in South West leadership and some winners go on fly the flag for their country at the UK-wide IoD Awards.
Rob said: “The IoD Awards are a celebration of boardroom excellence, and in such a strong...
Innovation is the life-blood of all successful business, large or small. The ability to embrace change, to develop new products, to identify new markets is essential – “standing still is not an option“.
Business owners and leaders in Devon are invited to attend one of two high profile “Business Spark” events. The events are aimed at helping organisations find out how to access the benefits of knowledge and innovation – without jargon and without breaking the bank.
The Exeter Business Spark is being hosted by the Met Office on 28 March with the support of Devon County...
Since its move to Exeter, the Met Office's partnership with the University has made Exeter an international hub of expertise in weather and climate research.
Together the two organisations have developed collaborative ideas with a potential value of over £30 million.
Collaborative initiatives currently in development are worth over £17 million, of which over £12 million have successfully gained funding, and four professors are employed jointly.
Together our scientists are working to improve weather and climate prediction models and researching many key environmental...
