On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 20:49:08 +0100, sacha wrote:

Now up to 37 mm @ 2000. Still raining... 7 C, wind F4 to F5, chill
between 0 and -5 C.

South Tyne level up to the "flooding is possible" point at 1830.
So
risen about 3'6" in the 4.5 hours since 1400 when it really
started
to rise.

Raymond just came in and told me about this. What IS it about us that
we can't manage what we know is likely to happen.

That's the level at the gauging station down in town(*). ie the river
is full but with depth of the channel and the fall it really has to
chuck it down for quite a while before places get flooded.

44 mm @ 2300. Wind has dropped to F1, temp 6 to 7 C.

(*) It's now
dropping:

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ds/riverlevels
/120691.aspx?stationId=8007

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Cheers
Dave.