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As flooding effects more and more of UK residents we will give you the help and information to minimise the effects. We aim to provide the latest warnings of severe weather, latest river levels and a forum so users can pass the latest news to each other. In addition we have links to weather related sites and to companies offering the latest innovations to minimise the effects of flooding. We try to cover as many flood events as possible Coastal and tidal flooding Surface flooding Localised flooding River flooding Widespread flooding Landslips Disasters Use the weather rainfall radar to check current rainfall approaching. Check the visible cloud approaching and the weather rainfall stations to check how much rain has fallen today and in last hour. These can be found in Weather Latest.The river webcams are best seen during daylight. They provide the state of the rivers during heavy rain. These can be viewed in the river cam section. Resources that you can use to predict possible flooding.
Floodwarn is provided completely free but the costs of running and hosting this site are not free. It is really appreciated that some users donate towards the running of the site and we have added a donate button to make this easier.
MODERATORS WANTED FOR THE FLOODING FORUM , JOIN & EMAIL US WHY YOU WANT TO BE A MODERATOR We provide the following free services - Weather forum for extreme weather that could cause flooding within the UK. Reports and links regarding flooding, latest river levels and weather forecast latest information. We link to river webcams, mostly river webcams from other web sites. We have a flood forum, where users can keep everyone informed of the latest river levels and submit pictures. We link too reputable companies that supply flood products. We offer flood help and advice. The weather warnings are issued by The UK Meteorological office. Its all here - flood prevention, flood warnings and flood alerts for flooding anywhere in the UK. The Wales, England and Northern Ireland flood warnings are issued by the Environment Agency and in Scotland by SEPA Mission statement: To protect by providing information and weather data sources to inform members of the public and UK emergency response services and resources. Before attempting to make your home flood resilient always seek professional advice. The floodwarn tropical storm hurricane centre is here |
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European snow cover
Below is how charts changed during the December 2010 snow event
looking at changes on the high res NAE charts at each time frame
To use this effectively we look at changes in the model as the timeframe nears.
For snow we are looking to see if more snow is shown or more areas for the time as the date gets closer comparing for instance 6pm thursday
we see the snow is more prominent in the 12 hours away model than the 18 or 24 hours previous showing the models are seeing more snow in this case as the time nears.
18z Thursday 2010
24 hours before
18 hours before
00z Friday
18 HOURS AWAY
06z Friday
36 hours before
30 hours before
06z at 12hrs out
12z Friday
30hrs before
18 hrs before
18z Friday
24hrs before
00z Saturday
06z Saturday
48 hours away
This shows very heavy snow accross the far South of wales with moderate to heavy snow further North
and at just 36hrs out
12z Saturday
18z Saturday
