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June 17, 2026

Weather Phenomena: Cirrus Clouds

Cirrus clouds are one of the highest types of cloud, located at around 6 – 12 km above the earth’s surface.

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June 10, 2026

Weather Phenomena: Radiation Fog

Fog is formed by moisture in the air cooling and condensing to form suspended water droplets that reduce visibility to below 1 km.

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June 3, 2026

Weather Phenomena: Hoar Frost

A hoar frost is a specific type of ground/surface frost that mainly occurs on cold and clear nights, especially during winter, and result from surface temperatures being below freezing.

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May 27, 2026

Weather Phenomena: Nacreous Clouds

Nacreous clouds, otherwise known as mother-of-pearl clouds, are a very rare, iridescent type of Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC).

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May 20, 2026

Weather Phenomena: Snow

Snow is one of most transformative weather conditions we have in the UK, making the environment look completely different when it settles.

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May 14, 2026

Weather forecasting: 25 years later

A lot has changed in the forecasting world since WeatherQuest’s inception, including advancements in technology, processes and observations.

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Business and Contracts, Outreach

January 20, 2026

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training

We are pleased to announce that all our staff have completed Citation’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training course!

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Business and Contracts, Outreach

July 21, 2025

Graduation 2025

As the graduation week here on the UEA campus comes to an end, two of our interns at WeatherQuest are part of the class of 2025!

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Outreach, Transport

June 3, 2025

Meteorological Trip to Guernsey

Over the bank holiday weekend of the 23rd – 25th of May, Ruby, one of our Senior forecasters, took a trip to the Private Pilot Instrument (PPL/IR Europe) flying community Spring conference on the Isle of Guernsey.

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