station RAF Leeming weather station RAF Leuchars weather station RAF Linton-on-Ouse weather station RAF Little Rissington weather station (supported by RAF Brize Norton) RAF Lossiemouth weather station RAF Lyneham weather station RAF Marham weather station RAF Northolt weather station 51.55 N 0.417 W RAF Odiham weather station RAF Shawbury RAF Waddington weather station AAC Wattisham weather station RAF Valley AAC Middle Wallop weather station Meteorological Research Unit and the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) Meteorological Research was carried out at RAE Bedford with instruments being carried by barrage balloons until the RAE facility closed in the 1980s. The Met Office association with Cardington continues by maintaining a Meteorological Research Unit (MRU). This is responsible for conducting research into part of the atmosphere called the boundary layer by using a tethered balloon which is kept in a small portable hangar. FAAM The Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, is based at Cranfield Airport. It is a collaboration with the Natural Environment Research Council. The FAAM was established as part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), itself part of NERC, to provide aircraft measurement for use by UK atmospheric research organisations on worldwide campaigns. The main equipment is a modified BAe 146 type 301 aircraft, registration G-LUXE, owned and operated by BAE Systems on behalf of Directflight Limited. Areas of application include: Radiative transfer studies in clear and cloudy air; Tropospheric chemistry measurements; Cloud physics and dynamic studies; Dynamics of mesoscale weather systems; Boundary layer and turbulence studies; Remote sensing: verification of ground-based instruments; Satellite ground truth: radiometric measurements and winds; Satellite instrument test-bed; Campaigns in the UK and abroad. Directors General and Chief Executives Sir William Napier Shaw 1905–1920 Sir Graham Sutton 1954–1965 Sir Basil John Mason 1965–1983 Sir John Houghton 1983–1991 Julian Hunt 1992–1997 Peter Ewins 1997–2004 David Rogers 2004–2005 Mark Hutchinson 2005–2007 John Hirst 2007–2014 Rob Varley 2014–2018 Penelope Endersby 2018– See also Climatic Research Unit hacking incident Climate of the United Kingdom Climate change in the United Kingdom Burns' Day storm Eskdalemuir Observatory European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Great Storm of 1987 Met Éireann, the Irish meteorological service, which separated from the UK Met Office in 1936. North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System Winter storm naming in the United Kingdom and Ireland References Further reading Hunt, Roger, "The end of weather forecasting at Met Office London",