Matt Priestley
@mattpriestley.bsky.social
Weather/Climate Scientist at the University of Exeter focussing on EU Windstorms
Insurance Science Engagement Fellow at RMetS
Insurance Science Engagement Fellow at RMetS
If you work in the intersection between physical climate risk and the insurance/financial sectors please consider submitting/attending our session at next year's #EGU26
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Session link: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If you work in the intersection between physical climate risk and the insurance/financial sectors please consider submitting/attending our session at next year's #EGU26
Details below 👇
Session link: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Session link: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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1°C of global warming does NOT mean that heatwaves 'just' get hotter by 1°C.
Over large parts of the UK, global warming means that heatwaves are 3-4°C warmer, with worse consequences for people and ecosystems.
Over large parts of the UK, global warming means that heatwaves are 3-4°C warmer, with worse consequences for people and ecosystems.
July 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
1°C of global warming does NOT mean that heatwaves 'just' get hotter by 1°C.
Over large parts of the UK, global warming means that heatwaves are 3-4°C warmer, with worse consequences for people and ecosystems.
Over large parts of the UK, global warming means that heatwaves are 3-4°C warmer, with worse consequences for people and ecosystems.
It's the final day of #EGU25 but that doesn't mean all the fun is over.
Our session "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" is this afternoon!
Posters,14.00-15.45,X3.49-60
Orals,16.15-18.00,1.31/32
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Our session "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" is this afternoon!
Posters,14.00-15.45,X3.49-60
Orals,16.15-18.00,1.31/32
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Session NH11.4
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It's the final day of #EGU25 but that doesn't mean all the fun is over.
Our session "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" is this afternoon!
Posters,14.00-15.45,X3.49-60
Orals,16.15-18.00,1.31/32
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Our session "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" is this afternoon!
Posters,14.00-15.45,X3.49-60
Orals,16.15-18.00,1.31/32
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Great new insight into the dynamics of clustering events for western Europe!
Big storms in Feb 2022 linked to the strong polar vortex.
Our research published in @commsearth.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s43..., led by @universityofleeds.bsky.social & @metoffice.bsky.social
For a 'Behind the Paper' read of our work, check out the blog post: go.nature.com/3QSl4bE
Our research published in @commsearth.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s43..., led by @universityofleeds.bsky.social & @metoffice.bsky.social
For a 'Behind the Paper' read of our work, check out the blog post: go.nature.com/3QSl4bE
Unusual stratospheric polar vortex loaded the dice towards disruptive UK and Northern European storms in February 2022
Our attribution study demonstrates the important role of the stratosphere during February 2022 in promoting storm intensification and clustering. A strong polar vortex can serve as an early warning in...
go.nature.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great new insight into the dynamics of clustering events for western Europe!
Reposted by Matt Priestley
What better way to spend three days in July than by coming to Manchester for this year's @rmets.org Annual Weather and Climate Conference? 😁
Please consider submitting an abstract – deadline 14 February.
We look forward to seeing you there! More details: www.rmets.org/annualconfer...
Please consider submitting an abstract – deadline 14 February.
We look forward to seeing you there! More details: www.rmets.org/annualconfer...
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What better way to spend three days in July than by coming to Manchester for this year's @rmets.org Annual Weather and Climate Conference? 😁
Please consider submitting an abstract – deadline 14 February.
We look forward to seeing you there! More details: www.rmets.org/annualconfer...
Please consider submitting an abstract – deadline 14 February.
We look forward to seeing you there! More details: www.rmets.org/annualconfer...
Want to flag (and credit) the original version of this (www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...). With this figure (that I created w/ Dan Bannister@WTW) we wanted to contextualise the potential severity of Éowyn in the ERA5 historical record.
Follow the link to read more about this Exeter/WTW research.
Follow the link to read more about this Exeter/WTW research.
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Want to flag (and credit) the original version of this (www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...). With this figure (that I created w/ Dan Bannister@WTW) we wanted to contextualise the potential severity of Éowyn in the ERA5 historical record.
Follow the link to read more about this Exeter/WTW research.
Follow the link to read more about this Exeter/WTW research.
The UK windstorm season 2024/25 has seen a fairly active start (Bert, Darragh).
In the future we expect these storms to be more frequent and intense, but by how much?
Well in a new paper, we've tried to answer this...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In the future we expect these storms to be more frequent and intense, but by how much?
Well in a new paper, we've tried to answer this...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Forced trends and internal variability in climate change projections of extreme European windstorm frequency and severity
This study provides an assessment of changes to European windstorm severity and frequency in a warming climate. The results show increases in storm average and aggregate severity for western Europe, ....
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The UK windstorm season 2024/25 has seen a fairly active start (Bert, Darragh).
In the future we expect these storms to be more frequent and intense, but by how much?
Well in a new paper, we've tried to answer this...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In the future we expect these storms to be more frequent and intense, but by how much?
Well in a new paper, we've tried to answer this...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Matt Priestley
Fully-funded PhD positions @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social as part of new NERC CDT 'UNRISK'. Projects at intersection of climate/data/decision science, all info and list of projects + supervisors found at unrisk-cdt.ac.uk Deadline to apply 13th January
Understanding Uncertainty to Reduce Climate Risks – NERC Centre for Doctoral Training
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Fully-funded PhD positions @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social as part of new NERC CDT 'UNRISK'. Projects at intersection of climate/data/decision science, all info and list of projects + supervisors found at unrisk-cdt.ac.uk Deadline to apply 13th January
Great read and agree with the message entirely. Especially when you consider that for some regions the highest EffCS models offer the most realistic representation of the historical climate (esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/... @tammy-minnie.bsky.social )
December 8, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Great read and agree with the message entirely. Especially when you consider that for some regions the highest EffCS models offer the most realistic representation of the historical climate (esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/... @tammy-minnie.bsky.social )
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How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US.
Across all US counties, those in the top fifth for climate-driven disaster risk saw home premiums leap by 22% in just three years to 2023, compared to an overall average of a 13% rise in real terms. https://buff.ly/49vomdl
Across all US counties, those in the top fifth for climate-driven disaster risk saw home premiums leap by 22% in just three years to 2023, compared to an overall average of a 13% rise in real terms. https://buff.ly/49vomdl
December 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US.
Across all US counties, those in the top fifth for climate-driven disaster risk saw home premiums leap by 22% in just three years to 2023, compared to an overall average of a 13% rise in real terms. https://buff.ly/49vomdl
Across all US counties, those in the top fifth for climate-driven disaster risk saw home premiums leap by 22% in just three years to 2023, compared to an overall average of a 13% rise in real terms. https://buff.ly/49vomdl
Please consider submitting to our session on "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" for #EGU25
Details in here 👇👇
Details in here 👇👇
🔔🔔 Call for abstracts for a new session at EGU 2025
"Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" (NH11.4). Co-organised with @mattpriestley.bsky.social , Natalie Lord, @pjyng.bsky.social, and Nikolaos S. Bartsotas.
Submit here: lnkd.in/e6MR69gk
"Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" (NH11.4). Co-organised with @mattpriestley.bsky.social , Natalie Lord, @pjyng.bsky.social, and Nikolaos S. Bartsotas.
Submit here: lnkd.in/e6MR69gk
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November 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Please consider submitting to our session on "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" for #EGU25
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Details in here 👇👇
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Meteorological eye-candy. Close-up view of the 955mb low deepening this afternoon off the PacNW coast.
November 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Meteorological eye-candy. Close-up view of the 955mb low deepening this afternoon off the PacNW coast.
Reposted by Matt Priestley
Natural hazards friends! Ever thought about working in insurance but no idea where to start? I’ve put together a beginners guide to the insurance industry with the Royal Meteorological Society: www.rmets.org/news/atmosph...
Atmospheric Science in the Insurance Industry
By Ruari Rhodes, Senior Climate Change Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance.
www.rmets.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Natural hazards friends! Ever thought about working in insurance but no idea where to start? I’ve put together a beginners guide to the insurance industry with the Royal Meteorological Society: www.rmets.org/news/atmosph...