The United Kingdom 's Met Office and Ireland 's Met Éireann issued Expressing_publicly severe weather warnings Warning in anticipation of the snowfall .

The United Kingdom 's Met Office and Ireland 's Met Éireann issued Expressing_publicly severe weather warnings Warning in anticipation of the snowfall .

In Aviemore , in the Scottish Highlands , a temperature of — according to the Met Office , was recorded Recording ; the lowest temperature recorded Recording in the UK since 2003 .

The Met Gala , formally called Name_conferral the Costume Institute Gala and also known as the Met Ball , is an annual fundraising gala for the benefit Earnings_and_losses of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Costume Institute in New York City .

The Met Gala , formally called Name_conferral the Costume Institute Gala and also known as the Met Ball , is an annual fundraising gala for the benefit Earnings_and_losses of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Costume Institute in New York City .

The Met Gala was established Creating in 1948 as a way to raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale money for the newly-founded Costume Institute and mark Recording the opening Openness of its annual exhibit Social_event .

Based upon the legacy left Giving by former `` Vogue '' editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland as `` special consultant '' to the Costume Institute , since 1973 the Met Gala has become Becoming well known Know as a luxurious , blockbuster event Social_event and is considered `` the jewel in New York City 's social crown '' .

The Met Gala is one of the most notable sources of funding Supply for the Institute , with total contributions Giving anticipated to surpass Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale $ 200M USD in total after the 2019 event Social_event since Anna Wintour 's assuming the chairmanship of the Institute in 1995 .

The second batch of flooding Catastrophe struck Attack the South-West of England during the afternoon of 7 July , forcing Causation the Met Office to issue Communication its highest alert Warning , Red ( Take Action ) , due to the significant amounts of rainfall Catastrophe caused Causation by a system travelling Self_motion from Southern Europe , along with the warm , humid air the United Kingdom had seen Traveling in the run-up to the floods Catastrophe , which , like the June floods Catastrophe , caused Causation thunderstorms .

It included Cause_to_be_included the United Kingdom 's coldest December since Met Office records began Process_start in 1910 , with a mean temperature of -1 °C , breaking Destroying the previous record Recording of 0.1 °C in December 1981 .

It was first noted Know over the central North Atlantic Ocean by the Met Office .

The resultant manhunt Scouring was described Statement by the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair as `` the greatest operational challenge Confronting_problem ever faced '' by the Met .

In the late hours of January 1 , Met Éireann issued Creating a national severe weather warning Warning for Connacht and Ulster and forecasters predicting winds speeds up to 87 mph with heavy driving rain .

On January 2 , the Met Office issued Statement an amber weather warning Warning for most of Scotland for heavy snow and strong winds .