Met Office

British

/ mɛt /

noun

(in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service

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The Met Office has three separate yellow wind warnings for Scotland, external, with snow to hit the west Highlands, Argyll and the Western Isles.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Met Office yellow warning overnight and into Friday morning for snow and ice.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Met Office warnings for wind have been issued for northern areas of the UK on Thursday - with the risk of some transport disruption.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

However, the Met Office has crunched the numbers up until 25 February and revealed that southern England has already had its seventh-wettest winter since records began in 1836.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

I told her I was destined for the Met Office.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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