The weather

The weather is a very popular topic of conversation in Britain. That's because the weather changes a lot.
Sixty-fiver per cent of all the days in Britain are overcast - dull, grey and often cold. That's 260 dull days.

The seasons in Britain are fairly clear. Winter last from December to February. It's cold and wet but doesn't often snow. Spring is from March to May. It starts to get a bit warmer and there are more sunny days. The summer months are June, July and August when it can be very hot. Then the autumn - September, October, November - often has foggy, cold wet days and the leaves fall from the trees.

It's not surprising that Britain has got one of the most important weather centres in the world. They provide weather forecasts for radio, television and newspapers - and on the Internet.
Two huge supercomputers analyse information from many sources including satellites, This is very different from some of the early weather forecasts. These instruments were used for the earliest weather forecasts.
The Met Office also looks at environmental issues such as global warming and climate change. The computer can predict the tropical storms and hurricanes that cause so much damage around the world.