Weather update

[dipsydoodle]

UK floods: Thousands face more flood misery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19739732

The bit which caught my eye was this :

"The River Ouse at York, which flooded riverside car parks on Wednesday, has now reached its peak at 5.06m above normal level."

That's over 16 feet !

Whilst I obviously sympathise with everyone affected I hope nobody here is personally affected. It completely missed the south east I think : Monday and Tuesday were more or less bright and sunny.

[T_i_B]

1. The Ouse does get very high quickly

Although there are plenty of DUer's in New York, I don't think there are any in old York. I must admit though that York is one of my favourite places in the UK.

The weather where I am was shite all day Monday, most of Tuesday, and some of the day yesterday. Usually this week it's been constant drizzle.

[madrchsod]

2. this might be a common occurrence in the upcoming years for the uk

[dipsydoodle]

3. Actual cause here

Storm caused by most intense low to cross UK in September in 30 years. http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/

Such things happen here from time to time.

The worst possible scenario is actually a very low pressure area of the north west coast of Scotland coinciding with a spring tide - the combination raises the level of the North Sea. That's why the Thames Barrier was built.

Worst incident in modern history was probably this which also led to the Dutch developing what may be the the most sophisticated flood defence system in the world :

North Sea flood of 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953

The worst ever was 1703: The worst storm in British history http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/nov2008/great-storm-1703.html

[Ghost Dog]

4. Flood defences hold fast in York as River Ouse nears its peak

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9952450.Flood_defences_hold_fast_as_River_Ouse_nears_its_peak/?ref=rss



NE Atlantic weather does get interesting this time of year.



There's explosive genesis of torrential rain in S Spain (gota fría).