Flood Forecasting and Early Warning: An Example from the UK Environment Agency - Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems for Climate Change - page 183

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River Level Sites

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Fig. 10.3 River level sites in England and Wales (EA 2013a ) (Contains Environment Agency
information © Environment Agency and database right)

10.5 Moving Towards Forecasting

10.5.1 Weather Forecasting

The UK Met Offi ce is the UK's national weather service and also a world leader in
providing weather and climate services, with a history tracing back to 1854 (Met
Offi ce 2013a ). The Met Offi ce measures thousands of meteorological conditions