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Met Office

British  
/ mɛt /

noun

  1. (in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Met Office yellow weather warning is in place from 09:00 BST to 19:00 BST and predicts gusts of 45 to 50 mph.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Now, long-range forecasts from the Met Office and MeteoGroup – the latter being providers of BBC Weather data - suggest the summer ahead will bring the risk of additional heatwaves.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The Met Office released its three-month summer outlook on 1 June - the first day of meteorological summer - citing higher-than-normal chances of hotter weather during the month.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The report was produced by Britain's Met Office national weather service and the WMO's lead centre for annual to decadal climate prediction.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The general synopsis at eighteen hundred issued by the Met Office: Fitzroy, mainly northerly, four or five, becoming variable, thundery showers ...

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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