It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Susan Ballard FRMetS on 15th July 2018. Susan had been an active member of the Royal Meteorological Society, serving on Council twice and as Associate Editor of Atmospheric Research Letters.
On the 21st June Sylvia Knight, RMetS Head of Education was in Coleraine, N. Ireland to run our award winning climate negotiations resource with 50 pre-GCSE students from 5 local schools. Each student was assigned to one of 10 countries and then spent the morning learning about their country and attending briefing sessions to learn more about climate science, strategies to address climate finance and potential adaptation and mitigation strategies.
On the 23rd July, the RMetS held a careers information day for young people aged 14-20. It was a splendid day with an exciting mix of high-quality presentations covering early careers in forecasting and academia, as well as more in-depth talks on space weather, sting jets, and storm naming.
The day was advertised widely on social media and through schools and careers services countrywide. This was reflected in the geographical spread of attendees as well as in how they said they had heard of the event.
We are delighted to announce that Alison Brown has taken up the new role of Scientific Publishing Manager at the Society. Alison has been a publishing professional for over 15 years working in both publication and marketing roles for print and digital products. She has a PhD in Agriculture and Environmental Sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Alison will be working on our range of internationally renowned journals. Members of the Society are entitled substantial discounts on these journals which include -
The Society invites applications for a new award, the Malcolm Walker Award, for 2018 that will be presented in 2019. The Malcolm Walker Award is bestowed annually to recognise and encourage emerging researchers who have brought new insights into an aspect of the environmental sciences, which includes elements of meteorology and/or oceanography. The application should demonstrate that the candidate has an understanding of the historical context of his/her research and is able to communicate their work to a diverse audience.
The Society invites nominations for its 2018 awards and prizes, which will be presented in 2019 at our AGM. Completed Nomination Forms should be sent to the Chief Executive by 19 October 2018.
Further details about our awards can be found here >>
We are excited to announce the publication of the 5th Climate Science Briefing Paper on El Niño, as well as an accompanying podcast.
The Society are working on producing more digital content, with the podcast a new way for the Society to communicate topics in meteorology and climate science to a wider audience. Our guest this week is Professor Adam Scaife, who works at the Met Office where he leads their monthly to decadal prediction work while carrying out personal research on climate variability.
Wiley have informed us that the May edition of Weather journal will be distrubuted about a week later than normal, and you can expect it to arrive close to Friday 18th May.
Weather should usually arrive through your post box on, or close to, the 10th of each month. They delay on this occassion is due to technical issues relating to print and distribution.
If you require financial support to attend either the Student & Early Careers Conference or the Atmospheric Science Conference this summer, the Society has a number of grant and legacy funds to help ensure you can attend these events.
There is a short application to complete. The only requirement is that you have been a Society member for at least one year. The grant schemes available are:
Anyone interested in the use of climate data and tools is invited to sign up for this event, taking place at ECMWF on Saturday and Sunday 9–10 June 2018.The challenge is on for developers and data enthusiasts to show what they can do with information from the Copernicus Climate Data Storebeing built as part of the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
This prestigious lecture is on ‘Cloud Physics from Space’ and will be given at the Engineering Meteorology and AGM event on 16th May at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. Read more
On Monday 30th April 2018 a national meeting will be held at the Royal Astronomical Society to celebrate the memory of Raymond Hide (CBE ScD FRS) who was President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1983-1985, and of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1974-76.
Raymond studied at the University of Manchester, where he obtained a first-class degree in Physics in 1950. He then went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he was awarded a doctorate in 1953.
The Society is looking to recruit a Scientific Publishing Manager.
The Society’s strategic plan includes an underpinning priority to ensure the Society has the capacity and capability to achieve its strategic goals. This includes having secure and diverse sources of finance, a skilled and motivated workforce, strong strategic partnerships, sound governance, excellent communication with members and potential members, using technology effectively and an active group of volunteers.
The Royal Meteorological Society’s (RMetS) Climate Change Negotiations for Schools Resource – Simulating a World Climate Conference, has today been accredited with a Silver Publishers’ Award by the Geographical Association.
The aim of the resource is to provide teachers with an accessible and interactive resource to engage pupils in a topical debate on climate change. The judges were very impressed by the high standard of the submission.
The Society is delighted to announce the Awards and Prize Winners for 2017, which will be presented on 16th May 2017 at the Annual General Meeting in London. The Society’s awards for excellence in meteorology are held in high regard across the international community.
Awards and winners for 2017 are detailed below:
Strategic Priority (5): To increase awareness of the importance of weather and climate in policy and decision-making and its relevance to society, and to be an independent voice of authority, advice and advocacy for meteorology and the profession.
The March edition of the ems-message, the newsletter of the European Meteorological Society (EMS), has been issued. It contains articles about the activities of the meteorological societies of Iceland, Germany, Ireland and Croatia amongst others. Also there is an interview with Fernando Aguado, President of AME, Spain.
The newsletter can be found here >>
The RMetS is a founding member of the EMS.
Both RMetS conference abstract deadlines have been extended (strictly) to Thursday 29th March 2018 - click on the links below for more information and to submit an abstract:
Strategic Priority (4): To share our enthusiasm about weather and climate and to extend our reach and impact within the teaching community, the wider public and with strategic partners, to provide informal and formal education in meteorology.
