One Minute Brief of the Day:

Create posters to highlight that the FREE @metoffice app gives you a personalised weather forecast at your finger tips…helping you be the first to know if a storm is coming, the sun is shining, or whether it’ll be a White Christmas! #WeatherReady

Do it in a visually exciting way while making it unique to the Met Office… and have fun!

Tweet your submissions to @OneMinuteBriefs & @metoffice with the hashtag #WeatherReady

PRIZE:

1ST PLACE: £200 CASH!!

ENTRIES COULD ALSO BE FEATURED ON THE MET OFFICE SOCIAL CHANNELS & HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THE FUTURE!!!

CONTEXT:

Met Office weather app

The latest weather forecasts from the Met Office are available in the palm of your hand with our weather app.

The app is available to download from the App Store (Apple) and Google Play (Android).

The Met Office weather app gives you world-leading weather forecasts direct from the Met Office experts. Know what the weather will do with the most accurate forecasts and local weather coverage from 1 hour to 7 days ahead.

Key features

Quick switch between daily and hourly forecasts for your favourite locations
Interactive rainfall map and text forecast for the next 24 hours, or previous 6 hours (manual scroll or using play feature)
Real time UK National Severe Weather Warnings with the interactive warnings map for your UK saved locations
Instant notification of the official UK National Severe Weather Warnings for your saved locations– including snow, strong winds, ice, fog & rain
Watch the latest video weather forecasts
Dark mode available for compatible devices

Personal, accurate forecasts

Interactive UK rainfall radar map including both 24 hour forecast and 6 hour radar observations
Interactive UK National Severe Weather Warnings map
UK surface pressure map
Probability of precipitation (rain, sleet, snow, hail, and drizzle)
Actual temperature and ‘feels like’ temperature
Official Met Office National Severe Weather Warnings
UK national weather forecast video
Wind speed, direction and gusts
Sunrise and sunset times
Pollen and air pollution forecasts
Pollen push notifications (from March to September)
Local weather forecasts for unlimited locations
The ability to change your unit settings for temperature and wind speed
UV Index, visibility, humidity and pressure

More info here:

Our app:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/what/met-office-weather-app

FAQs:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/what/faqs

Will it be a White Christmas?:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/snow/white-christmas

DO’s

Use the Met Office colour palette and logo;
Keep it simple and impactful;

DONT’s…

No referencing political agendas;
Reference catastrophic weather events
Do not mock up any National Severe Weather Warning content using the Met Office logo

WINNING CRITERIA

Best posters will be unique and not only highlight the new list but also we name storms. The best posters will also clearly position us as weather and climate experts