Met Office: Frequently asked questions

	Frequently asked questions

1. Questions about the weather and forecasts
2. Questions about climate change
3. Units of measurement
4. Miscellaneous questions

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1. Questions about the weather and forecasts
	1.1	The weather forecast pictures don't match what's going on outside my window
	1.2	What is the weather like at .....?
	1.3	What do the weather symbols mean?
	1.4	What areas do each region cover?
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2. Questions about climate change
	2.1	How do we know that the climate is changing?
	2.2	Could recent climate change be largely the result of natural variability?
	2.3	Isn't the apparent warming due to urbanisation?
	2.4	Hasn't climate variability been shown to correlate with solar variability?
	2.5	Aren't greenhouse gases like methane much more potent than CO2, particularly if a short time scale is considered?
	2.6	Surely the oceans and the land surface absorb large amounts of man-made CO2?
	2.7	As natural emissions of carbon dioxide are very much greater than those from human activities, surely the effect of man is insignificant?
	2.8	Will aerosols help reduce climate change or even result in cooling?
	2.9	What is global dimming and what relevance does it have to climate change?
	2.10	How reliable are climate models?
	2.11	Weather forecasts aren't accurate for more than a few days ahead, so how can we possibly predict climate over the next 100 years?
	2.12	Shouldn't we wait until the predictions are more certain before taking action to control or prepare for climate change?
	2.13	Will ice sheets melt with climate change?
	2.14	Isn't the evidence of temperature change in the Arctic and Antarctic inconclusive?
	2.15	How likely is the Gulf Stream to stop flowing? Will this make Europe colder?
	2.16	Isn't another ice age due soon? And won't it counteract global warming?
	2.17	Will natural methane emissions enhance man made emissions?
	2.18	Are ozone depletion and climate change part of the same thing?
	2.19	What will the impacts be of man-made global warming?
	2.20	Will increased CO2 in the atmosphere stimulate plant growth?
	2.21	What do the different emissions scenarios driving the climate change predictions represent?
	2.22	Isn't climate change going to be a good thing in the UK?
	2.23	How will climate change impact on our lives in the UK?
	2.24	Which of the UKCIP02 climate scenarios is most likely?
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3. Units of measurement
	3.1	Why do we use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit?
	3.2	How do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
	3.3	How do you convert from millibars to inches?
	3.4	What are hectopascals?
	3.5	What is UTC?
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4. Miscellaneous questions
	4.1	What are hurricanes and how are they named?
	4.2	How do I get a setting for my barometer?
	4.3	How do you define a white Christmas?
	4.4	Are any of the weather folklores correct?
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