High High Wtaer

With some big spring tides together with combined atmospheric pressure and southerly winds  have forced recent high water up by as much as three quarters of a meter above predicted levels (that's almost two and a half feet in old money).

 There was no one sitting on the town quay benches over in Lymington on Saturday morning. The flood gates were closed and when we went past they were holding back the water.

 

 

We heard that further west in Keyhaven, the water had reached the war memorial in the village (photo courtesy HCSC members).

 

 

 Down by the Royal Lymington YC the tide was up to the bottom of the wall and just staring to spill over.

No doubt there will be speculation that global warming is involved, but the levels were well below the 2007 big HW, plus there are many other examples such as this and this.