Weather Photographer of the Year 2019

The Royal Meteorological Society is the Professional and Learned Society for Weather and Climate. The Society serves not only those in academia and professional meteorologists, but also those whose work is affected in some way or other by the weather or climate, or simply have a general interest in the weather. The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) is looking for the best photographs from around the world that depict weather in its widest sense. From weather phenomena to the impact of weather, they are looking for stunning images that showcase the sometimes dramatic, often fascinating impact and a story of weather.

Eligibility

For the Royal Meteorological Society’s Weather Photographer of the Year they are looking for images that capture the beauty, power, occasional absurdity and fragility in the face of human activity. This could include:
- clouds;
- precipitation such as rain, snow or hail;
- frost or ice;
- fog;
- optical phenomena such as rainbows, fogbows, halos, sundogs etc;
- lightning;
- tornadoes.

Images can also capture the impact of weather on people and our surroundings, such as:
- wind;
- floods;
- heatwaves;
- droughts.

They would encourage entries which show the milky way and the Aurora Borealis to also include some weather phenomena as on their own they are not weather related and there are other competitions which deal with astronomical subjects.

Benefits

1st Place
Weather Photographer of the Year 2019

GBP 500 cash and HERO7 Go Pro
+ one-year membership with RMetS

2nd place

GBP 250 cash
+ one-year membership with RMetS

3rd place
GBP 100 cash
+ one-year membership with RMetS

Public Winner
One year membership with RMetS

Young winner
Young Weather Photographer of the Year 2019

HERO7 Go Pro
Young runner up
One year membership with RMetS

For more information please visit the following link:
Weather Photographer of the Year 2019