NessCottage

Yes, the Dutch are reported to be closing their barriers. I helped close our floodgates this evening for tomorrow's morning high tide which has a 0.48m surge which just takes us into the point where the gates are closed.

Here is a thing - look at the graph for Sheerness and a 1.5m NEGATIVE storm surge which explains why the Thames Barrier will not be closed. Latest surge forecast for Sheerness | National Tidal and Sea Level Facility NTSLF.ORG

Eunice coincides with the Spring Tides on the 18th. Luckily this tidal cycle isn't that high compared to others during the year. Here in S Devon, our morning high tide will coincide with the peak of the winds but the booked tide is only 4.49m which compares with 5.0m on some of the larger cycles. I would expect that we would get around 0.4/0.5m on top of the normal forecast tide. Luckily that takes us below the point where our flood defences are needed to be operated. However, the wind direction and the shape of the Bristol Channel could still cause some problems up there https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-agency-warns-communities-along-severn-and-wye-estuaries-to-prepare-for-flooding-from-storm-eunice For us here the storm surge is nearly always the biggest issue and this counts as a near miss: if a storm like this hits when we are on 5.0m tide there are usually some flooding impacts.

Daily Express has a warning of 120 mph winds! This type of scaremongering should be a criminal offence.

Looks like it is an instrument issue caused by weather/local conditions

Or ice melting underneath .... or an instrumentation issue... or something else? Had just noticed it

Yes, very odd. Often differences in magnitude but normally you can identify the time and location.

Tide gauge at Great Yarmouth appears to have broken

Not qualified to answer that - depends on whole range of factors, shape of the tidal currents, wind direction, depth of water.

The storm surge at Lowestoft appears to be about 2m. http://www.ntslf.org/data/realtime?port=Lowestoft Over the channel in Cuxhaven the surge is about 3m and long lasting.

Here is the data from the River Trent at Keadby

Correct there are High Volume pumps from Staffordshire going there as a RVP

Off to bed now - definitely a possibility for red warning in Norfolk Latest shipping German Bight, HumberSouthwest 7 to severe gale 9, becoming cyclonic severe gale 9 to violent storm 11, perhaps hurricane force 12 later. Rough or very rough. Rain. Moderate or poor

what temperature are you showing?

now 983 mb