Forecasts and weather information for the UK, with regional and local detail. Essential information for festival goers
Met Office
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Running supercomputers on sunshine
Fri 18th May, 2012
Work is underway to install a solar panel array at the Met Office which will generate enough energy to power one of our supercomputers.
Torch Relay likely to start under cloudy skies
Thu 17th May, 2012
Forecasters from the Met Office are saying that the weather will be damp and drizzly as the Olympic Torch Relay starts its seventy day journey around the UK in Cornwall this weekend.
Chilly but drier for most over the Bank Holiday
Thu 3rd May, 2012
The weather is set to turn chillier for the Bank Holiday weekend, with colder air spreading from the north, although with a good deal of dry weather in store.