Hydrological Outlook UK

Working with partners, BGS have developed a forecast for river flows and groundwater levels over the coming months — Hydrological Outlook UK. The outlook will be published monthly and focus on conditions over the coming three months, but also looks further into the future. Forecasts of this type are already produced on an operational basis in number of countries, for example, the USA and Australia. The project has involved bringing together information on current and forecast weather conditions, soil moisture, river flows and groundwater levels, and uses a number of modelling methods to explore possible future hydrological conditions. The work has also inspired other modelling approaches and prompted new lines of scientific research. http://www.hydoutuk.net/