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1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:

any insurance company would tell you to sod off if a claim resulted in loss entering a river on red boards.

Probably true - never gave it a thought when the red boards were up on the Thames.  I was just a bit more careful near the weirs.

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No red boards or any other boards on the Trent below Nottingham. 

But flood gates shut at Newark and Torksey lock shut are  clues that it may be advisable to stay put.

I just arrived at Rugby and must admit its wet out there.

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1 hour ago, MartynG said:

No red boards or any other boards on the Trent below Nottingham. 

But flood gates shut at Newark and Torksey lock shut are  clues that it may be advisable to stay put.

I just arrived at Rugby and must admit its wet out there.

And the boards at Beeston no longer accurate as the hydro electric scheme affects the levels. 

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10 hours ago, Rob-M said:

The thing with rivers is knowing where the water catchment area is as it isn't generally the local weather that causes the flooding. 

Indeed - I've been out on the Severn for decades, including when it's in full on flood (in a kayak, not a NB) and possibly the longest lag between weather and river levels here, it takes about 3 days for the rain in mid Wales to reach Worcester.

10 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

The forecast for Colwick is for levels to rise.

 

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Interesting - not because I even know where Colwick is, but I didn't realise they did predictions - we don't get that here https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/2039 - though it is easy enough just to check the upstream stations to get an idea of what's coming, surprised to find it seems to have peaked a bit upstream, but then we have this coming in a couple of days: https://rloi.naturalresources.wales/ViewDetails?station=2068

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Have just been out for a walk

The Trent at Farndon certainly has a good flow on . I don't think I would want to tackle it in a narrowboat.

However as the  gauge suggests, there remains plenty of  freeboard before there is any risk of flooding .

 

Can't see much on a photograph of course 

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22 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

Ok we will pick Farndon. The current river level is 0.78m taken at 8am.

 

By the end of the day it will be higher.

 

That is not a probably. It is a certainly.

The river level was not higher than 0.78m by midnight ......

????

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/2185

..................But it  is higher this morning,

 

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2 minutes ago, MartynG said:

The river level was not higher than 0.78m by midnight ......

????

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/2185

..................But it  is higher this morning,

 

Just goes to show - very few things in life are certain..... and when it comes to weather/nature..... well

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2 hours ago, MartynG said:

The river level was not higher than 0.78m by midnight ......

????

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/2185

..................But it  is higher this morning,

 

No it was bang on 0.78m. An hour later it was higher and continuing to climb.

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2 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

No it was bang on 0.78m. An hour later it was higher and continuing to climb.

You said it was certain to be higher than 0.78 by the end of the day and it was not.

Your certainty was proven to be wrong.  

 

The river level is well up now though !

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50 minutes ago, MartynG said:

You said it was certain to be higher than 0.78 by the end of the day and it was not.

Your certainty was proven to be wrong.  

 

The river level is well up now though !

It wasn't lower than either though. 

 

Oh for an extra mm.

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10 hours ago, MartynG said:

It does look like yet another wave of water is on its way downstream.

This time it may well be there will be some flooding .

 

There won't be any let up on the rain coming downstream for another few days. There is plenty more heavy rain in the forecast.

 

The Farndon monitoring station is now amber on the EA website showing that flooding is possible.

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