MORECS is the only nationwide service giving real-time assessments of rainfall, evaporation and soil moisture. Results can be automatically faxed or e-mailed to you or data can be supplied on disk for fast input into your own models.

MORECS is plays an important role in our clean water and business and strategy services.

• Provides a reliable UK-wide assessment of general soil moisture status, divided into areas 40 km square
  
• Select the grids relevant to your needs and use MORECS results to assess water resources in that area, helping you to make faster decisions on the best course of action
  
• Analysis can cover different soil, crops and topography, and all variations are taken into account for more reliable results

MORECS is used to:

• Design more reliable river-flow models
  
• Predict actual flows
  
• Predict evaporation losses from open reservoirs
  
• Support other data in tracking and assessing leakage
  
• Enable more effective planning and assessment of drainage catchments
  
• Monitor the effectiveness of drought orders and hosepipe bans

For further information about working with the Met Office on weather solutions please contact our 24-hour Customer Centre or contact water@metoffice.gov.uk.