Space weather at the UK Met Office

The UK Met Office has been providing a 24/7 space weather forecast, alert and warning service since April 2014. This was in response to the UK Government adding solar storms to the National Risk Register in 2011. The Met Office has built upon its terrestrial weather forecasting experience and infrastructure to create a Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC). MOSWOC provides vital information to sectors such as defence and satellite operators. There is also a space weather research group which collaborates with universities and centres both in the UK and internationally. The Met Office provides a platform for space weather models. It is also in a good position to adapt terrestrial weather forecasting verification techniques and methods, to space weather.