This dataset contains Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) meteorological data produced by the operational UKV (United Kingdom Variable-resolution) configuration of the Met Office Unified Model. The files in this dataset have been processed into a form suitable for use in the Met Office NAME (Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment) dispersion model. NAME uses the Met Office Numerical Weather Prediction model outputs as its source for weather data to be able to predict movement of atmospheric parcels forwards and backwards in time.

The files contain a basic collection of model-level fields (3-d winds, temperature, etc.) and a selection of single-level fields including mean sea level pressure, cloud and precipitation from the inner, fixed-resolution domain of the UKV model (this covers the UK area at a spatial resolution of 1.5 km). The UKV model uses a rotated-pole coordinate system. Fields are split into various geographical regions (referred to as "parts" or "PTs" in NAME) with separate files for each "part". Data are provided at hourly resolution for the period Feb 2015 - Jul 2017. All files are in packed PP format.

The NWP data used by NAME is different from other forms of Met Office NWP as follows:
- It has been split into spatial partitions (i.e. different parts of the world/domain are in different files)
- It has been reformatted into PP format

However, from the perspective of the raw data, this dataset of UK gridded NWP meteorological data is generically useful for a whole range of scientific research and applications.