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The Met Office, previously known as the Meteorological Office until November 2000, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO Penny Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so. The Met Office makes meteorological predictions across all timescales from weather forecasts to climate change.
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Experts said the El Niño will continue to have ‘far-reaching’ consequences for global weather
El Niño raises the chance of wetter, stormier UK weather, but forecasts do not support widespread snow or a prolonged freeze
Met Office dismisses claims of a 551-mile snow wall and polar vortex, forecasting changeable autumn weather, rain, wind and brief chilly spells across the UK.