Helen Roberts

Socio-meteorologist at Met Office. Passionate about weather, social and behavioural science and comms. CMet and FRMetS. Lover of HIIT - and chocolate! Cat mum.

[Helen Roberts @Weather_Helen]

@_ACCESSnetwork @DartingtonTrust @anikanhaque @JayaGaj @SarahBell85 @curiousways @ElysiaScarlett @Asterinidae @RuthALamont @DrSusannPower @jruddchemist Can’t wait!

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@Petagna Ah, programming Ceefax weather maps used to be one of my jobs when I worked at BBC Weather Centre with @weathergil

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@metofficece @metoffice Huge congratulations. What a day!

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@RoostWeather Wow, huge congratulations Dan. What an awesome achievement. And to finish with a half marathon! 🤯

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@metofficece @StottPeter Huge congratulations Penny. What an amazing achievement richly deserved for your incredible career so far

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@StottPeter @BBCDevon Massive congratulations Peter, fantastic news!! Hugely deserved

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@TeignmouthSkies @MetOffice_Sci @esriuk @GIS4HE @ramsey_v @BeniSpatial @TheKatieHodge OMG, this is one of best things I ever ever seen! 😆

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Ooh, combining weather and psychology, my favourite 🤩

I’m snow ❄️🌨️☃️what are you?

[NOAA Education @NOAAeducation]

What’s your precipitype? Are you versatile and dependable, like rain? Or sensitive and loyal, like graupel? Maybe a natural born leader, like hail? Try our precipitation personality quiz to find out: https://t.co/OEw9T21Ue2
☔❄️☁️ @NOAA @NWS @NOAAclimate

[Helen Roberts @Weather_Helen]

@jimmcquaid @metoffice @MOAPLeeds Thanks Jim. Hopefully we dispelled a few myths and highlighted the opportunities that ensembles and probabilistic forecasts can bring 😊

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@BNerlich @FlissLiggins … this was later debunked, or at least flaws were demonstrated in the study. But there isn’t much research on storm names, I’d love to see more

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@BNerlich @FlissLiggins What a great article, thanks for sharing. Fascinating topic! There was a study in the US that suggested hurricanes with female names cause more deaths, the hypothesis being that people take them less seriously and are less likely to take mitigative action. However …

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@PaulMoxyMoxham @gaiavince 😁

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I’m so looking forward to running some interactive experiments @BritishSciFest this weekend, if you’re in the area do come along to Exeter Cathedral Green to find out how psychology can help with effective communication of weather information https://t.co/7a4ZWGk1Th

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@ExeSciCentre @MaketankExeter Well done on such a fantastic, interactive exhibit. Loving the earrings! ⚡️ 😍

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@gaiavince I’ll also be popping in to @MaketankExeter on Friday to give a short talk and help out with the fantastic interactive climate exhibition by @ExeSciCentre

Find out all the details for the @BritishSciFest 👇
https://t.co/5Gv6z4sPbB

I hope to see you there 😊

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You can hear me talking about this on BBC Inside Science for which I was interviewed by the incredible @gaiavince

https://t.co/bsDTnBiTR4

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Exciting! I was delighted to be on the judging panel for the 2023 Weather Photographer of the Year Competition. The shortlist is now live and the public vote is OPEN! View the shortlist & vote for your favourite here https://t.co/P3fJXmGPRU
#SCWPYvote #SCWPY #Weatherphotographer

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I can’t wait for this, such an important topic and area of research

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Join us for this free webinar with @Weather_Helen, @lwhitmarsh & @SaffronJONeill, to learn the importance of behavioural change in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, barriers, & how we can overcome these.

📆 Wednesday 4 October
🕛 12.00 - 2.00pm
🖥️ Zoom

https://t.co/MzLBNDmmeC

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@alexdeakin OMG this is amazing. Fabulous job Alex, they really got into that quiz 🌈

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Well, I couldn’t have asked for a better start to #ECP2023 My first psychology conference but the weather-themed ☔️ (and super-sparkly) performance from @BrightonGMC has made me feel very welcome 🥰