Category Archives: Research
Surface water flood alerting: project update
In May we started a project to develop a pilot surface water alerting tool to use during the Commonwealth Games and to help inform our future plans for surface water flood forecasting in the SFFS. The first review stage of … Continue reading
High Impact Weather: Working in Partnership
Day 1 at the European Meteorological Society annual conference and one of the key messages from John Hirst’s opening keynote speech was for the need for clear, joined up, communication of the risk of severe weather impacts. This Reading-based EMS event … Continue reading
Hydrometeorological science: forecasting in rapid response catchments
The problem of flash flooding from highland rivers is one with which the village of Comrie is all too familiar. More than 100 homes were evacuated in storms in August 2012 and once again that year in November. Some flood … Continue reading
Surface water flood alerting for the Commonwealth Games
Following the previous posts on flash flood forecasting, the next step is to investigate how recent advances in the science of forecasting heavy rain shower events could be translated into a surface water alerting tool for responders. Surface water (or pluvial) flooding occurs … Continue reading
Conference Season
At the Scottish Flood Forecasting Service we are continually developing our tools and knowledge as we strive to be at the forefront of flood forecasting science. You can hear more about our development work at a number of conferences and … Continue reading
