Weather Snap 15 August 2019

The Met Office takes a weekly look at the science behind the UK and global weather headlines. This week disappearing global ice and a look back at the 1979 Fastnet Yacht race disaster. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. The Met Office website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/