The Met Office is now engaged in space weather forecasting in partnership with the US’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the British Geological Survey through our Natural Hazards Partnership – more info at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/barometer/features/2012-04/forecasting-space-weather and http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/tag/natural-hazard-partnership/.
The following job advert might be of interest to one of you if you are keen to applying your knowledge to space weather forecasting:http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/jobs/current-vacancies/002398 .