[rossfloyd Posts: 2025 Status: Offline]

We went to see it at Weston last night and it was almost to the top of Knightstone Slipway. However the fun comes in 2015 - a full meter higher than the one today and 4 feet higher than last night - on a calm day the Weston flood defences might hold that - just. Today was 13.6
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Highest astronomical tide of the century is 14.65 M at Weston 21-2-15  - that's one BIG tide and  I wonder if it hasn't got a lot to do with all the flood defences going up under the guise of global warming.  Don't tell them dear, they might panic sort of thing.

[Ian Brooks Posts: 3553 Status: Offline]

14.4m (47ft) at Beachley....

That would submerge two houses stacked on top of each other, or three double-deck buses piled up, or 959 matchboxes stacked up or....

[rossfloyd Posts: 2025 Status: Offline]

Looks like there will be the highest tide of the year on Monday/Tuesday 1st/2nd Feb.
 
Weston - s Mare
 
1st Feb 08.09 ht 13.06 m
2nd Feb 08.52 ht 13.06 m
 
There is also a possibility of a SW wind.
 
This is a seriously high tide and if there should be a strong wind it will pile water into the Bristol Channel and there could be flooding. By no means certain but ..
 
Wellies out!
 
Ross
 
http://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/hilo.php?port=avonmouth  2015 looks interesting!