RMetS East Anglia

18/11/2025

Thankyou to everyone that attended our talk last week! It was inspiring to see what Zoë has achieved in such a short period of time and brilliant to gain further insight into another direction Meteorology may take you.

Our next event will be at 6pm on December 1st with Chris and Morrie, where they will show some media from their storm chase earlier this year. The talk will be in Lecture Theatre 0.01 of the Julian Study Centre. ⛈️

There will be drinks, snacks and a photo competition, so please come along and get involved if you can! 📸

For more info on the event and photo competition, see the link and poster below.

https://lnkd.in/eBfP5pXS

17/10/2025

Thankyou to everyone that attended our talk with Brian last week! The turnout was fantastic and it was great to see some new faces.

Our next event will be at 6pm on November 10th with Zoë Johnson, where she will be speaking about her move from Operational Meteorology to Journalism! This talk will be in Room 0.05 of the Enterprise Centre, UEA.

The talk will be in person and online, but snacks and drinks are available, so please be sure to come along in person if you can.

For more info on how to attend, please click the link below, see you then! 😄

3 years ago, Zoë Johnson left the comforting and familiar world of weather to step into the newsroom, a career change that forced her to rethink everything she thought she knew about weather and climate communication. Zoë will talk about making the leap from forecasting to journalism, and how she ...

30/09/2025

Be sure to join us in Room 0.05 of the Enterprise Centre on Monday for a great talk and pizza! ⛈🍕

Rapid onset flooding from summer thunderstorms is a growing threat that will undoubtedly result in multiple fatalities at some point in the future, as has happened in other countries. The challenge of effective warnings requires attention both to the needs of those at risk and to our forecasting cap...

09/09/2025

We are back! On Monday 6th October at 6pm, we will be hosting our first RMetS event of the 2025/26 academic year. This will be held in the Enterprise Centre at UEA 🎓

Professor Brian Golding, the president of the Royal Meteorological Society, will be presenting a talk on the forecasting of summer thunderstorms and how this may change in the future ⛈

This talk will be in person only, so if you want to meet Brian and ask questions, be sure to attend on the day. In case you needed another incentive, there will be free pizza on offer!🍕

For more info on how to attend, please click the link below, we look forward to seeing you all there 😁

Rapid onset flooding from summer thunderstorms is a growing threat that will undoubtedly result in multiple fatalities at some point in the future, as has happened in other countries. The challenge of effective warnings requires attention both to the needs of those at risk and to our forecasting cap...

12/05/2025

On Monday 19th May at 6pm, we will be hosting our final RMetS event of the academic year! This will be held in the large lecture theatre at the Enterprise Centre.

Emma and Amelia recently graduated from UEA with Environmental Science degrees, and will be chatting about their career paths since then, as well as what their current jobs entail.

This is a particularly interesting talk for anyone that is graduating this summer, giving a different perspective into how the job market may be navigated.

For more info, and how to sign up, please click the link below:

Emma and Amelia will discuss how they got into their careers, in both the public and private sector, after completing their Environmental Science degrees. They will discuss what pathways were available to them and what their job entails on a day-to-day basis. Emma will discuss how the Northeast are....

20/02/2025

On Monday 3rd March at 6pm, we will be hosting our second talk of the year, and there will be free pizza!🍕

Marcus Krumins from WeatherQuest and Geoff Darch from Anglian Water will be presenting a talk on how very large weather systems may impact water resources in the Anglian region during winter periods.

For more information, and how to register to attend, please visit the RMetS website here:

https://www.rmets.org/event/how-do-teleconnections-affect-water-resources-east-england

20/01/2025

On Monday 3rd February, we will be holding our first event of 2025!

We will be joined by Aisling Creevey, where she will discuss her love of the weather, and how she finally became a Meteorologist!

All the details can be found below, we hope to see you then🌦

Aisling Creevey RMetS FRMetS is Meteorologist and weather presenter for ITV Anglia. She also works behind the scenes on creating climate change explainers as well as visiting schools to talk about the importance of weather and climate. Her journey into weather was far from straightforward and she is...

08/11/2024

Before our next event on December 2nd, we will be holding a weather photo competition! Details and rules can be found below, and the winner will be announced at the end of the talk. Good luck everyone!🏆

In case you missed it, more info about our next event can be found using the following link⬇️

https://www.rmets.org/event/interpreting-data-hunt-aurora

04/11/2024

Be sure to join us this evening at 6pm to hear about James and Bernadette's pathways into Operational Meteorology!

This event will be held in room 3.02, Julian Study Centre @ University of East Anglia. If you cannot attend in person, the talk will also be live-streamed on Zoom!

To sign up to attend in person or online, visit:

James and Bernadette will discuss how they got into operational meteorology and the processes by which they did so. They will also discuss their current employer and other career options that are out there. They will give advice about how to pursue a career in Meteorology and answer any questions yo...

15/10/2024

Want to know more about becoming a Weather Forecaster?

Or are you looking into potential employment pathways in the Weather Industry after you graduate?

Join us on Monday 4th November 2024 at the University of East Anglia where Operational Meteorologists Bernadette McCaffrey and James Lester discuss how they got into their current careers and the steps they took to get there. They will also discuss what other employment options there are in the weather industry and answer any questions you may have.

Unable to join us in person? This talk will also be live-streamed on Zoom via RMetS!

For more information and to sign up to talk, visit:

James and Bernadette will discuss how they got into operational meteorology and the processes by which they did so. They will also discuss their current employer and other career options that are out there. They will give advice about how to pursue a career in Meteorology and answer any questions yo...

11/10/2024

Miss out on the Aurora last night? Or want to know more about photographing the phenomenon...

Join us on Monday 2nd December at the University of East Anglia (UEA) where photographer James Rowley-Hill will share his tips to hunt and take stunning pictures of the Aurora.

More info can be found here:

What was once a hobby turned into a passion now 20 years later, putting Norfolk on the map for aurora hunting. In this talk James will cover the basic knowledge of reading and the interpretation of the solar wind and how it is used to predict aurora. He will also talk about some basic camera setting...

08/10/2024

Thankyou very much to everyone that attended our talk yesterday and a special thanks to our speaker Chris Bell!

Our next events are:

Monday 4th November - Interested in Weather and Climate? A pathway into Operational Meteorology. More info about this talk can be found on the RMetS website very soon.

Monday 2nd December - Interpreting data to hunt the Aurora. More info about this talk can be found here: https://www.rmets.org/event/interpreting-data-hunt-aurora

Both of these talks will be held at the Julian Study Centre, University of East Anglia. We look forward to seeing you there!

What was once a hobby turned into a passion now 20 years later, putting Norfolk on the map for aurora hunting. In this talk James will cover the basic knowledge of reading and the interpretation of the solar wind and how it is used to predict aurora. He will also talk about some basic camera setting...