Monthly Archives: October 2013

Tracking medium range flow forecasts from day to day

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Richard Maxey

One of the challenges we face in the forecasting service when looking at flow outputs modelled from high resolution rainfall forecasts is knowing when to act – Just because we see a realistic looking peak on a forecast at day … Continue reading →

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Forecasting with higher resolution rainfall forecasts; this winter’s first test

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Richard Maxey

The flood forecasting service has been using Met Office ‘BestData’ rainfall forecasts in its hydrological forecasts since summer 2013. For deterministic forecasts this is a fairly straightforward amalgamation of gridded 1.5km UKV to 36 hours, and 4km Euro4 data out to 120 … Continue reading →

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