Pleased to say that my latest paper, with Adam Scaife and Prof James Screen, has now been published! We used HighResMIP models to assess how the simulation of ENSO and its teleconnection to the Aleutian Low change with increased ocean resolution 1/5 rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interested in climate or weather and looking for a friendly, welcoming conference in which to present your work, look no further! The RMetS annual Early Career and Student Conference is now open for abstract submissions (until 29th February). 👇For more details 🌦️

Come join us at the sunny* University of Bath CAER (Uni of Bath) BathEngAndDes for the National Climate Dynamics workshop this June. Registration is open via rmets.org/event/9th-uk-c… and is free of charge; please contact me, Marwa or Neil if you have any questions. (* may not be sunny)

Sign that my thesis hand-in is approaching: it's March but it seems to be getting darker every day when I leave the office.

At my parents for Easter. I'm used to and understand there being a lot of cars parked on nearby roads during major match days, but this time Weymouth FC and Yeovil Town FC fans seem to think pavements and drop kerbs are for cars...

Pleased to say that from June I'll be at MPI-M in Hamburg, working on decadal prediction of heat extremes as part of the "A Coming Decade" project. I will miss Exeter greatly but I'm looking forward to moving/starting!

Members of the Royal Meteorological Society can now brush up on their science communication skills via exclusive access to a new video series, offering practical advice on communicating science through traditional and social media. 📖 Read more at rmets.org/news/communica….

🆕paper day! My first paper looks at the correlation between yearly wind & rain hazards from extratropical cyclones. Read it here: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/we…

Tired: Summer begins on the Summer Solstice Wired: Summer begins on the 1st June Inspired: Summer begins when derek146842 starts shouting at the Met Office for reporting on the weather

Even when procrastinating from work by reading Twitter threads about the UK General Election, it's hard to avoid thinking about regions where prediction models do and don't agree.

It's now possible to travel from Land's End to John o'Groats by surface public transport without passing through a single Conservative constituency:

I no longer use Twitter; I'm on LinkedIn if anyone wants to keep in touch about science! (as much as I dislike LinkedIn it's the only alternative that actually seems to get used)

Also now where the sky is blue!