Brendan Jones
Brendan is a meteorologist with 25 years of experience producing forecasts for the winter maintenance industry. He has headed up MetDesk’s meteorologist team for the last 12 years and helps to oversee the provision of winter forecasts to over two-thirds of the UK’s highways and local authorities. His team is also responsible for predicting and monitoring severe weather for the UK’s railway network, where the challenges are year-round, not just in winter.
When he isn’t storm chasing or shouting about road surface temperatures in his sleep, Brendan enjoys taking to the outdoors and loves nothing more than getting out into the weather he has, hopefully, predicted.
My Sessions at Cold Comfort
Thursday 22 May 2025
10:00
RSTs in the Twilight Zone: When Temperatures Aren’t All That They Seem
10:00 - 10:20
- The prediction and subsequent monitoring of road surface temperatures (RSTs) underpins the service that a transport meteorologist provides.
- Weather is the biggest influence on RSTs, with cloud, snow, and wind speeds critical to daily rises and falls of temperature.
- Every so often, RSTs are affected by elements that cannot be predicted (some don’t even originate on Earth).
- This presentation takes a look at the weird and wonderful explanations for when RSTs behave unexpectedly.
