This shows the latest issued Flood Outlook. This is a longer-range guidance forecast provided by the
Flood Forecasting Centre
to support strategic decision-making over a 6 to 30-day timescale, assessing expected flood likelihood at a national scale for England and Wales. It is typically issued twice a month. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The first page of the latest issued Flood Outlook PDF is displayed below. The full document can be opened or downloaded using the buttons.
Important Note
This website is not operationally supported.
The official Flood Outlook user guide is available here. Supported sign up and delivery of the FGS is here.
A new page checks every rain gauge across Great Britain every 15 minutes against its neighbours, the radar and its own recent readings. The map shows rainfall as usual, and any gauge that has had a second look wears a ring: red for likely faulty, amber for uncertain, green for a real shower the neighbours missed. It also picks out blocked gauges that read nothing while it rains all around them. Open a gauge in the list to see why, with its readings beside the radar.
The Flood Forecasting Centre and the Met Office now share one impact matrix, so Flood Guidance Statements use new names: impact runs Minor, Moderate, Significant, Extreme (was Minimal, Minor, Significant, Severe) and likelihood Low, Medium, High, Very high. The colours and overall risk levels are unchanged, and the whole site, archive included, now uses the new names. Weather warnings are now labelled by their colour (Yellow, Amber, Red) rather than Moderate, Severe and Extreme, which are matrix words now.
The flood warnings map and the homepage now include SEPA's live flood warnings and alerts for Scotland, alongside England and Wales, and the Flood Warning Explorer maps all 346 of Scotland's flood warning and alert areas. Choose Scotland under Location to see it on its own, or scrub the chart to see what was in force earlier.
This application brings together real-time data from multiple sources to help you stay
informed about weather and flood conditions across the UK.
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Important
This application is unofficial and provided for informational, research, and analysis purposes only. Uptime, data completeness, and real-time accuracy are not guaranteed.
To avoid over-reliance during active weather or flood events, do not make safety-critical decisions using this tool. For official warnings and instructions, consult the primary public services directly:
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