Chris Ewokor

And so that's led to a much more joined-up approach, and we're much better at forecasting floods these days. So there could well be questions about how we go about forecasting floods in other parts of the world in the future.

And so that's led to a much more joined-up approach, and we're much better at forecasting floods these days. So there could well be questions about how we go about forecasting floods in other parts of the world in the future.

And so that's led to a much more joined-up approach, and we're much better at forecasting floods these days. So there could well be questions about how we go about forecasting floods in other parts of the world in the future.

I read reports of people actually getting notified on their mobile phones about the flooding. when it was happening, when the rain was already coming down. But from a meteorological point of view, at least there were red-level weather warnings, top-level weather warnings that were issued the morning that day, so actually hours before the flooding event hit.

I read reports of people actually getting notified on their mobile phones about the flooding. when it was happening, when the rain was already coming down. But from a meteorological point of view, at least there were red-level weather warnings, top-level weather warnings that were issued the morning that day, so actually hours before the flooding event hit.

I read reports of people actually getting notified on their mobile phones about the flooding. when it was happening, when the rain was already coming down. But from a meteorological point of view, at least there were red-level weather warnings, top-level weather warnings that were issued the morning that day, so actually hours before the flooding event hit.

A lot of the stuff that we do starts off with the computer models that model the atmosphere. And the numbers involved in these computers are truly staggering. The UK Met Office supercomputer that crunches all the numbers can do 14,000 trillion sums a second, taking in 215 billion weather observations every day. That's enough for 2 million sums for every man, woman and child on the planet.

A lot of the stuff that we do starts off with the computer models that model the atmosphere. And the numbers involved in these computers are truly staggering. The UK Met Office supercomputer that crunches all the numbers can do 14,000 trillion sums a second, taking in 215 billion weather observations every day. That's enough for 2 million sums for every man, woman and child on the planet.

A lot of the stuff that we do starts off with the computer models that model the atmosphere. And the numbers involved in these computers are truly staggering. The UK Met Office supercomputer that crunches all the numbers can do 14,000 trillion sums a second, taking in 215 billion weather observations every day. That's enough for 2 million sums for every man, woman and child on the planet.

So the numbers are immense. There are a million lines of code that go into these computer programmes and what comes out is a simulation of what we think the weather's going to look like. But even after all of those calculations, we all know that sometimes the weather doesn't quite go to plan.

So the numbers are immense. There are a million lines of code that go into these computer programmes and what comes out is a simulation of what we think the weather's going to look like. But even after all of those calculations, we all know that sometimes the weather doesn't quite go to plan.

So the numbers are immense. There are a million lines of code that go into these computer programmes and what comes out is a simulation of what we think the weather's going to look like. But even after all of those calculations, we all know that sometimes the weather doesn't quite go to plan.

And so one of my jobs as a forecaster is to look at the computer model outputs, take a look at things like satellites or weather observations, and I have these available to me right the way around the world. and actually go and have a look.

And so one of my jobs as a forecaster is to look at the computer model outputs, take a look at things like satellites or weather observations, and I have these available to me right the way around the world. and actually go and have a look.

And so one of my jobs as a forecaster is to look at the computer model outputs, take a look at things like satellites or weather observations, and I have these available to me right the way around the world. and actually go and have a look.

OK, so what we're looking at here is the Mediterranean basin. So we can see the satellite picture. The white is the cloud here. And this particular area of cloud is actually a named storm. It's been named by the Italian meteorological authorities. And if I zoom in, I can see the structure of the cloud, not just that, but I can actually see these weather observations.

OK, so what we're looking at here is the Mediterranean basin. So we can see the satellite picture. The white is the cloud here. And this particular area of cloud is actually a named storm. It's been named by the Italian meteorological authorities. And if I zoom in, I can see the structure of the cloud, not just that, but I can actually see these weather observations.

OK, so what we're looking at here is the Mediterranean basin. So we can see the satellite picture. The white is the cloud here. And this particular area of cloud is actually a named storm. It's been named by the Italian meteorological authorities. And if I zoom in, I can see the structure of the cloud, not just that, but I can actually see these weather observations.

Now, these come to us from right the way around the world. The ones we're looking at here are actually on the north coast of Algeria. And the numbers here tell me that we've got some very, very heavy rain at the moment across northern Algeria. And this is one area we're watching to see if there might be some flooding over the next few days.

Now, these come to us from right the way around the world. The ones we're looking at here are actually on the north coast of Algeria. And the numbers here tell me that we've got some very, very heavy rain at the moment across northern Algeria. And this is one area we're watching to see if there might be some flooding over the next few days.