Socio-meteorologist at Met Office. Passionate about weather, social and behavioural science and comms. CMet and FRMetS. Lover of HIIT - and chocolate! Cat mum.
Exeter, England
Joined February 2012
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Ooh, combining weather and psychology, my favourite 🤩
I’m snow ❄️🌨️☃️what are you?
What’s your precipitype? Are you versatile and dependable, like rain? Or sensitive and loyal, like graupel? Maybe a natural born leader, like hail? Try our precipitation personality quiz to find out: noaa.gov/education/multimedi…
☔❄️☁️ @NOAA @NWS @NOAAclimate
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I’m so looking forward to running some interactive experiments @BritishSciFest this weekend, if you’re in the area do come along to Exeter Cathedral Green to find out how psychology can help with effective communication of weather information britishsciencefestival.org/e…
You can hear me talking about this on BBC Inside Science for which I was interviewed by the incredible @gaiavince
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I’ll also be popping in to @MaketankExeter on Friday to give a short talk and help out with the fantastic interactive climate exhibition by @ExeSciCentre
Find out all the details for the @BritishSciFest 👇
britishsciencefestival.org/
I hope to see you there 😊
Exciting! I was delighted to be on the judging panel for the 2023 Weather Photographer of the Year Competition. The shortlist is now live and the public vote is OPEN! View the shortlist & vote for your favourite here rmets.org/SCWPYvote
#SCWPYvote #SCWPY #Weatherphotographer
I can’t wait for this, such an important topic and area of research
Join us for this free webinar with @Weather_Helen, @lwhitmarsh & @SaffronJONeill, to learn the importance of behavioural change in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, barriers, & how we can overcome these.
📆 Wednesday 4 October
🕛 12.00 - 2.00pm
🖥️ Zoom
rmets.org/event/role-behavio…
Well, I couldn’t have asked for a better start to #ECP2023 My first psychology conference but the weather-themed ☔️ (and super-sparkly) performance from @BrightonGMC has made me feel very welcome 🥰
Great fun being on @BBCMorningLive talking about the pollen forecast with fellow hay fever sufferer @RhysStephenson1 Some useful tips for keeping the worst of the symptoms at bay 🤧 including keeping an eye on @metoffice app
Great fun being part of this feature, but the message is more serious. Our climate is changing, mitigation and adaptation is required. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more impactful. @metoffice is working hard to help people plan, prepare and respond to extremes
Looking for some insightful reading this weekend 🗞️?
We're featured in today's @Telegraph Magazine, with our team of meteorologists and scientists explaining why climate change is making extreme weather in the UK more frequent and how we’re innovating to respond to this change.
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ALT A copy of todays Daily Telegraph Magazine open on the second page of a story about the Met Office. Members of the 'Extreme Team' in the Met Office operations centre in front of a number of screens showing weather model output.
Absolutely fantastic weekend @Eurovision 🇬🇧
#Liverpool did such a brilliant job of hosting on behalf of #Ukraine
Loved every second of it. Crazy and wonderful in equal measure 🥳
I’ve made some fantastic connections with such a wonderfully diverse group of people @_ACCESSnetwork leadership college. And the location of Dartington Hall @DartingtonTrust is stunning - if a little wet ☔️ #environment #leadership #climate #socialscience #connections #science
In this weeks #WeatherSnap @clarenasir and I discuss some impactful weather for the UK and Australia. And we talk about the comfort index, the temperature at which the human body has to do little work to keep the internal body temperature stable. The numbers might surprise you!
In the latest #WeatherSnap podcast @clarenasir discusses Cyclone Ilsa in Australia with @Weather_Helen and the details of the latest climate report on flash droughts with @ASpeciesADay
Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=N5Bb-2XZ…
I really enjoyed this discussion with @DrShepherd2013 who is extremely knowledgeable on the topic. Thanks so much for inviting me on the show
"Oh, a tornado will never hit me"
"I've rode out a hurricane before, I'll be fine"
Why do people think this way? Well, there's a science behind it! 🧑🔬
@Weather_Helen joins the show for a fascinating discussion on the matter!
🗣️: linktr.ee/WeatherGeeks
Looking forward to this and excited to be giving a keynote after this session about the importance of the social and behavioural sciences in meteorology, and how we can empower people to make better decisions in the face of extreme and impactful weather in our changing world
I'll be chairing the afternoon session on 'Impacts' starting 13:40. We have some great talks lined up!
- Air pollution in the UK
- Drought early warning
- Meteotsunami water waves
- Outdoor fungal spores
@vlboult @Clare28Lewis
@RMetS @AtmosScience #science
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20 years ago today was my first day @metofficeUK I met some wonderful people that day, and plenty more along the way. I couldn’t have asked for a more rewarding, fascinating and varied career, or a more supportive employer. Here’s to the next 2 decades! 🥳
It was such a pleasure to be a guest on one of my favourite podcasts @4loveofweather with the fabulous @WeatherAisling and @plumb_pud Thanks so much for the opportunity and the thoroughly enjoyable conversation 🥰
A new episode is now live all about socio-meteorology
@Weather_Helen is the @metoffice first socio-meteorologist working at the intersection between meteorology and social science. In this episode we chat to Helen about her role as a socio-meteorologist and what it involves.
I’m absolutely delighted to be part of this fantastic initiative. So excited to meet my fellow fellows, as well as all involved in the retreat, and learn from such a broad spectrum of emerging leaders in their fields. Roll on April!
We’re delighted to announce our 20 @_ACCESSNetwork Leadership College Fellows!
Our Fellows work across academia, public sector, NGOs and business. They’ll come together for an annual retreat over the next 4 years: to work, learn and grow as leaders in env soc sci. 1 🧵1/5
ALT Dartington Hall venue for the first ACCESS Leadership College
Very excited to be presenting at #ams2023 on Tuesday
'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Resulting from Natural Disasters'
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'Socio-Meteorology at the Met Office'
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If anyone is still looking for a Christmas present for a weather-buff (or me 😂) have a listen 🎁
What do you buy the weather enthusiast in your life for #Christmas?
The #MostlyWeather podcast team @clarenasir @Weather_Helen @JeffNBrown @pennytanter and Catherine Ross have a few suggestions...
Listen here: youtu.be/JWv2zDivqjY
This was a fascinating chat with Prof Adam Scaife about teleconnections and global weather drivers, and how they help us forecast the weather on seasonal timescales
From snow storms to monsoons, what impacts do atmospheric oscillations have on global weather?
Join #MostlyWeather hosts @JeffNBrown, @Weather_Helen and guests to learn all about the power of oscillations.
Listen here 🎧 👇