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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

RMetS are hosting a joint Energy & Insurance sector in-person all-day event in partnership with ARUP at their London HQ on the 10th November, based on future climate risk, resilience and extreme events. You can register now and express interest in speaking now! www.rmets.org/event/energy...

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Energy and Insurance Future Climate Resilience Event

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📣 Registration now open for 6th National #Climate Impact, Risk and #Adaptation Meeting 🌡️🥵🌳🔥🌧️🧑‍🌾🌽🏠🥔🛰️💻 🔗 Registration form: tinyurl.com/j5hxnt5p 📅 Deadline: midnight 31st August 2026 🫰 Cost: free to attend! More info: climate.leeds.ac.uk/events/6th-n... @rmets.org @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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6th National Climate Impact, Risk and Adaptation Meeting - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures

The 6th National Climate Impact, Risk and Adaptation Meeting is taking place on 8 - 9 September 2026. The two-day meeting is free to attend and will feature a variety of oral and poster presentations,...

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The gif below shows the exceedance of temperature records in Europe over the past week, especially in France and the UK. As if that's not enough, at 10pm, RAF Valley in Anglesey is still equal the record monthly temp at the site before this year (1976). #UKHeatwave (data/GIF from coolwx.com)

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Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org · 11/06/2026

Some of nature's most powerful stories are told through the weather, shaping the world around us in ways both dramatic and subtle. Now it's your turn to tell that story. Entries are open now until 20 August 2026, images taken within the last 5 years are eligible for submission. zealous.co/rmets

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We're almost running out of ways to say that the weather we're currently having is unprecedented. But this plot shows just how far off the normal distribution things are today in Yeovilton - taken from istheukhotrightnow.com #Heatwave

A frequency distribution plot of temperatures for this time of day, at this time of year at Yeovilton, UK over the observable past. Today's temperature is represented as being beyond the far upper right tail.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Current highest anomalous 14:00 UTC temperatures against expected averages: Hurn: +15.4C Cardinham: +15.3C Wattisham: +14.6C

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The Isle of Portland is currently 14.9C above it's expected 09:00UTC temperature for this time of year. This plot shows how much of an outlier that is compared to the last 50 years of data - nearly 6C higher. (Thanks as always to istheukhotrightnow.com) #UKHeatwave #RedHeatWarning #ClimateChange

A scatter plot of all 09:00utc temperatures for 17th June - 30th June at the Isle of Portland for the last 50 years. Today's temperature is in bold and an exceptional outlier, over 5C higher than anything that has gone before.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The 6th National Climate Impact, Risk & Adaptation Meeting in Leeds has extended it's abstract submission deadline! You now have until 23:59 on 29th June to submit here! tinyurl.com/5n7wp22u See more here: climate.leeds.ac.uk/events/6th-n... #ClimateImpacts #ClimateRisk #UKConferences

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Microsoft Forms

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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The "it's hot in the UK" reminder of the brilliant website, istheukhotrightnow.com, which shows how warm/cold it is compared to the average temperatures for this time of day/year. Current leader is Bodmin Moor, which is 12.5C hotter than average! #UKHeatwave

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Is the UK hot right now?

See live UK temperatures vs average, with detailed stats, daily trends, and historic comparisons from official UK sites.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Causation or correlation? 7th July 2022 - UK Prime Minister resigns 7th July 2022 - Met Office issues a heat warning and UK hits 40C a few days later. 22nd June 2026 - UK Prime Minister Resigns 22nd June 2026 - Met Office issues a red alert heat warning. Does No10 have terrible air conditioning?

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Weather Photographer of the Year competition is now open!

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 26/05/2026

Today is now the hottest day in May on record with Heathrow and Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35°C Until yesterday the highest temperature in May was 32.8 °C, but we've now exceeded that record on consecutive days by a full two degrees Celsius 🌡️

A map of the UK showing the new May record with Heathrow and Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.0°C.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It appears the May overnight record temperature, broken on Sunday night, was smashed last night by nearly 2C. Temperatures are already higher above climatology this morning than yesterday across much of the UK - a comparison of where we were at 6am UTC (taken from istheukhotrightnow.com).

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

For those in the UK wanting to watch temperature anomalies in real time, then istheukhotrightnow.com plots observations anomalies and allows you to look at the past too. So yes - it's roasting today!

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

For those watching the temperatures today in the UK, a quick bit of context. Whilst 33-34C isn't the 40C we saw in 2022, this is May, and the temperature will likely be 15-20C above the average max temp for this time of year, across much of NW Europe. The 2022 heatwave had a similar sized anomaly.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Anyone in the local area (I've seen a few posts on local Facebook groups - sadly I was on the other side of the hill and missed it!!)

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/04/2026

The world is warming. Every country is warming. www.ShowYourStripes.info #ShowYourStripes

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I already get to wear my RMetS hat* when talking about the impact of climate on the energy sector, but now I've joined them full-time and will get to wear a 2nd hat* when talking about the climate impacts on the Agri-food sector on this project too! *Metaphorical hats, but a possible merch idea...

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A good day at the SuperGen Network Risk and Resilience Day. Managed to wear both hats today for once, talking about last years RMetS State Of The Climate for Energy Sector report, and my University of Edinburgh and NGET work on heat extreme impacts!

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A fun evening at the @carbonbrief.org quiz for team @rmets.org - glad to see us avoiding shame with a solid midfield finish (along with beating various ex-colleagues in rival teams as well!) - Congrats and thanks to all for the entertainment!

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The first RMetS Energy Insight online event is this afternoon at 2pm, with 4 talks about the methods we can use to determine the resilience of a future grid and a Q&A after. Feel free to share this amongst anyone who will find this interesting! To register sign up: www.rmets.org/event/lesson...

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Lessons for the Future – Ensuring that a future grid is resilient in the face of climate change

The push towards Net Zero and decarbonisation of the energy system is already marching forward as action on climate change and greenhouse emissions step up, but how do we ensure that this new grid rem...

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Speaking of increased posting of things I've done, as part of my new position, I've been one of the lead authors on the latest RMetS State of the Climate for the UK Energy Sector 2024/25, which was released last week! The summary and full report are now available here: www.rmets.org/publications...

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The Royal Meteorological Society is the Learned and Professional Society for weather and climate. Our mission is to promote the understanding and application of meteorology for the benefit of all.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It's been a while. I should do an update post: I've now taken a part-time Energy Engagement Fellow position with the @rmets.org alongside my University of Edinburgh research. So there may be some more promoting of events, work and reports in the future!!

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Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org · 25/09/2025

Join us for the State of the Climate for the Energy Sector Report launch, 20 October, London. Produced by RMetS and supported by AECOM, the report offers evidence-based insight into how weather and #climate events are affecting the UK’s #energy system. Register here: www.rmets.org/event/state-...

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State of the UK Climate for Energy Sector Report Launch

The State of the UK Climate for the Energy Sector 2024-2025 Report by the Royal Meteorological Society, supported by AECOM, launch event will take place on the 20th of October at AECOM's London office...

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

On the peak of the increasingly shortening time cycle of something frustrating happening in the world and thinking I should probably be more active on various social platforms, before forgetting they exist again...

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Any day in which there is a new @gamechangershow.bsky.social to watch is a good day (yes, I'm 3 days late, but it's been a busy week). It may be because it's one of the few things more chaotic than reality at the moment, and for some reason, that's comforting.

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Am I the only one that cannot find the Google calendar app on their phone at the start of every month because my brain has spent the last 18-21 days being used to the logo having two numbers, and when it changes to one it becomes completely invisible to me?

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Another partial solar eclipse, another cloudy day. Given my luck with them, I'd advise never going on a trip to see a full one with me. Hope it's slightly better for everyone else

A cloudy sky with no visible sun, taken from @DrMollyman's garden

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James Mollard @drmollyman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Officially migrated across (suitably late!) Interesting start, I wonder how BlueSky knew about my nickname as "The Bollard" (AKA The immovable object in defence) from my PhD 5-a-side days when it started recommending accounts to follow...

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