Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research.

The beginning of a three part series, which will take you through the weather forecasting process from start to finish.

In this episode, regular podcasters Doug McNeall, Niall Robinson and Claire Witham are joined by ex-observer and current Met Office Observations based research scientist Jeff Norwood-Brown - to delve into a wealth of interesting facts and statistics around how we observe weather.

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

The Met Office website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/