BARMOUTH TIDAL MONITORING
Did you know - Barmouth is a national tide monitoring site ?
- Following the 1953 floods, the National Oceanography Centre was given the task of monitoring the tides in order to provide warnings and help prevent the loss of life that had occurred in East Anglia and
Essex.
- It now carries out remote monitoring of the tides at 44 coastal sites in Great Britain. See coastal network map.
- Barmouth is the only such site in Cardigan Bay between Holyhead and Fishguard. Indeed, the monitoring station is actually within the picture above See site details.
- It is possible to predict tide heights and times using astronomical data.
- Today's and yesterday's tidal predictions can be compared with actual readings recorded at Barmouth Bridge.
See Barmouth today.
- Weather Effect - Mostly, the predictions are accurate but a low pressure area (eg storm) will drive the sea level higher
- Every 10mbar drop (below 1013mbar) increases the tide level by 102mm
- The Reason - Suck on a straw in a tumbler of water. Observe and think !
- A storm is one of the few things that really does suck.
