The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2019/2020 thread

[p1stonhead]

PositronicRay said:

scrubchub said:

Not my photo:


Biblins Bridge at Symonds Yat. That's the Wye for those unaware.

Hmm, I'd find another crossing.

Most insane photo I’ve seen on these floods I reckon.

What is that rise like 7-8m maybe?

[Digga]

p1stonhead said:

PositronicRay said:

scrubchub said:

Not my photo:


Biblins Bridge at Symonds Yat. That's the Wye for those unaware.

Hmm, I'd find another crossing.

Most insane photo I’ve seen on these floods I reckon.

What is that rise like 7-8m maybe?

Unreal.

This picture came up on our business Twitter feed:



The main hill there, the sort of 3/4 lumps is called The Breidden and sits on the England/Wales border. (It's the further West landmark I can see from the hill I live on, about 30 plus miles away.) The main A458 to Welshpool is behind the hill, this picture, taken on the North side of the hill, facing West from Shropshire, clearly shows the B4393 disappearing under the flood of the upper Severn.

The village of Alberbury, home of the Loton Park speed hillclimb course, is just out of shot to the left.

Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/UdQQSdTiSPcSY7yt6

[scrubchub]

p1stonhead said:

Most insane photo I’ve seen on these floods I reckon.

What is that rise like 7-8m maybe?

It is measured in Monmouth at 7.2m so I'd say you were bang on.

[p1stonhead]

scrubchub said:

p1stonhead said:

Most insane photo I’ve seen on these floods I reckon.

What is that rise like 7-8m maybe?

It is measured in Monmouth at 7.2m so I'd say you were bang on.

My local (the mole) rose 4m which I thought was a lot!

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p1stonhead said:

scrubchub said:

p1stonhead said:

Most insane photo I’ve seen on these floods I reckon.

What is that rise like 7-8m maybe?

It is measured in Monmouth at 7.2m so I'd say you were bang on.

My local (the mole) rose 4m which I thought was a lot!

I saw that 7.2m metric mentioned elsewhere and had to re-read it several times. It really did not compute.

[Puggit]

A tornado watch has been issued for tomorrow. A particularly large difference in temperature along a cold front will lead to a severe squall line, low chance of tornado...

[Downward]

CTO said:

FiF said:

I should say this unbelievable but sadly it's just par for the course these days.

Rubberneckers in Bewdley are not only getting in the way of evacuations and other work but have moved safety barriers so they can get a better view when the river tops the flood barriers.

Now looking as if may get away with it tonight. Touch and go tomorrow morning though.

Are you in Bewdley? You're very accurate

Yup, morons have decided to move closer to get a good look at their impending death...

Marginally beaten by the tts on Sunday who moved the barriers so they could park closer to the river... which then meant the lorry delivering flood barriers by our house couldn't get through......

Yep, nice one, dheads.

I’ve been visiting Bewdley for many many years so remember the floods and the times before the barriers. Looked at a few houses the road by the cock and magpies. Still looking to move down there sometime. Anyway always kept an eye on river levels over the past 30 years or so and this year it rose extremely quickly in 1 day hence why they were caught out with Beales Corner.
Iron bridge is also really high and Upper Arley it’s about 5 foot under the foot bridge and over the car parks.
Watched the facebook groups last night and this morning as it was very close to the barriers.
Still nice to see the chippy open and people eating outside.

Assume Bewdley Sports club is underwater at the end of Stourport Road ?

[MartG]

Another night of heavy rain here on the Fylde, and my garden has flooded again.

I dread to think of the effect on already flooded areas as this band of rain works its way South

[p1stonhead]

MartG said:

Another night of heavy rain here on the Fylde, and my garden has flooded again.

I dread to think of the effect on already flooded areas as this band of rain works its way South

Bloody hell. Thoughts are with those who just aren’t getting a bloody break at the moment!

[MartG]

Yup - no break

This just arrived by e-mail



I'm guessing it's associated with some of what's going on out in the Atlantic at the moment

[scrubchub]

Looking at the forecast for Gloucestershire and it seems that it may be coming to an end after this band of rain. Hopefully, and good riddance. Really need spring to get a move on.

Edit - and then I saw the post above. Spoke too soon.

[Digga]

scrubchub said:

Looking at the forecast for Gloucestershire and it seems that it may be coming to an end after this band of rain. Hopefully, and good riddance. Really need spring to get a move on.

Edit - and then I saw the post above. Spoke too soon.

Problem for Gloucestershire is quite how far downstream it is from the source of the Severn. The route of the Severn is, frankly, mad, freakish even. 220 miles long.

Dark blue line is Severn and lighter blue lines are tributaries:

[Puggit]

Squall line has formed from Exeter to Bristol.

We're in Axminster, so in the firing line!

[eharding]

Puggit said:

Squall line has formed from Exeter to Bristol.

We're in Axminster, so in the firing line!

Came through here, east of Tiverton, about 15 minutes ago - very intense rain for 5 minutes or so, then back to drizzle.

[Roon205]

Going on what some people have mentioned about rivers and streams being blocked by trees and debris ect is really bang on. I work for a water company and inv pollutions ect so spend a lot of time in watercourses of all sizes and all I’m seeing is flow making its own way wherever is possible.

I’ll look at mapping and compare the difference and it’s sometimes astonishing how far off it is due to it not being able to flow in its usual course.

Trees big and small and so much debris blocking and restricting is a real issue. Not to mention the wonderful human element of putting whatever we want into it. Oil drums tyres and concrete is still the most common thing I see.

[warch]

In the end though it doesn’t matter how open and unrestricted the waterways are, if you have a month and a half’s worth of rainfall overnight, as mid Wales experienced last Saturday.

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warch said:

In the end though it doesn’t matter how open and unrestricted the waterways are, if you have a month and a half’s worth of rainfall overnight, as mid Wales experienced last Saturday.

In Engineering terms, relieving flooding on the upper or middle Severn is incredibly difficult. You'd really need to create huge storm water reservoirs and I'm not sure where you'd locate them.

[ChocolateFrog]

When we had all the flooding earlier on in the winter in South Yorkshire/Lincolnshire I happened to be down south and it barely registered to the people i was talking to. Now the flooding has moved down south it suddenly feels like it's a much bigger issue.

[Huntsman]

Deluge on Isle of Wight....animals went in 2 by 2 hoorah! Hoorah!

[S100HP]

Utterly bored of all this rain. Everywhere is a muddy bog. No fun.