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Michael Cranston

@michaelcranston

Flood Forecasting Lead 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Multi-Hazard Early Warning System Programme Manager @scottishepa | Volunteer @scotfloodforum @walkingfootscot

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linkhttps://floodforecastingservice.net calendar_today23-01-2010 16:27:55

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⚠ NEW: Due to heavy rain flooding the railway at Glenfinnan all lines are closed. Our services between Mallaig and Fort William / Glasgow Queen Street will be cancelled, delayed or revised.

⚠ NEW: Due to heavy rain flooding the railway at Glenfinnan all lines are closed.

Our services between Mallaig and Fort William / Glasgow Queen Street will be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Michael Cranston (@michaelcranston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another busy day for our SEPAFlood Met Office - Scotland forecasting teams. Significant flooding is now likely with the worst of the conditions tomorrow. Concerns for the #Spey ⚠️ 24 Flood Warnings in force 📲 Over 15k have been sent SMS messages 💻 Updates at beta.sepa.scot

Another busy day for our <a href="/SEPAFlood/">SEPAFlood</a> <a href="/metofficeScot/">Met Office - Scotland</a> forecasting teams. Significant flooding is now likely with the worst of the conditions tomorrow. Concerns for the #Spey
⚠️ 24 Flood Warnings in force
📲 Over 15k have been sent SMS messages
💻 Updates at beta.sepa.scot
Michael Cranston (@michaelcranston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lots of impacts today across the AMBER risk area. Great partnership working preparing for floods SEPAFlood Met Office - Scotland Network Rail Scotland Traffic Scotland 🚧Flood gates closed in Inverness The Highland Council ⚠️ Rail restrictions in place 📲 Over 17k notified by SMS warnings

Lots of impacts today across the AMBER risk area. Great partnership working preparing for floods <a href="/SEPAFlood/">SEPAFlood</a> <a href="/metofficeScot/">Met Office - Scotland</a> <a href="/NetworkRailSCOT/">Network Rail Scotland</a> <a href="/trafficscotland/">Traffic Scotland</a> 
🚧Flood gates closed in Inverness <a href="/HighlandCouncil/">The Highland Council</a> 
⚠️ Rail restrictions in place 
📲 Over 17k notified by SMS warnings
Michael Cranston (@michaelcranston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Incredible! For days our SEPAFlood team have been trying to provide accurate forecasts of the height of this river, this shows the extent of the challenge… thanks for sharing Network Rail Scotland

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⏰Two days to go for that #EGU25 ABSTRACT! 🔴 Innovating in forecasting and warning? 🟠 AI, impact-based systems, early warning? 🟡 Want to share with international community? 🟢 Submit now 👉 egu25.eu EGU Hydrology European Geosciences Union

⏰Two days to go for that #EGU25 ABSTRACT! 

🔴 Innovating in forecasting and warning?
🟠 AI, impact-based systems, early warning?
🟡 Want to share with international community?
🟢 Submit now 👉 egu25.eu

<a href="/EGU_HS/">EGU Hydrology</a> <a href="/EuroGeosciences/">European Geosciences Union</a>
Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters (@crew_waters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

EXTENDED deadline to apply for Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters call for proposals Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence for #floodforecasting in Scotland! Extended deadline to apply: 18th February 2025, 12:00 noon. For full details see: tinyurl.com/3nm2v9ww FAQs: tinyurl.com/2j2yappm

EXTENDED deadline to apply for <a href="/CREW_waters/">Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters</a>
call for proposals Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence for #floodforecasting in Scotland!   Extended deadline to apply: 18th February 2025, 12:00 noon. For full details see: tinyurl.com/3nm2v9ww
FAQs: tinyurl.com/2j2yappm
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GUEST BLOG: Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office blogs with lessons learned from the introduction of SEPA’s Future Flood and Incident Messaging Service. Read more: tinyurl.com/3skwswa8

Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters (@crew_waters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵1/5 Could AI help #FloodForecasting in Scotland? At a recent CREW project workshop, experts from across the globe gathered to explore how #ArtificialIntelligence could support flood forecasting. Here's what we learned. 👇 University of Strathclyde Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Environment Agency Scottish Government

🧵1/5 Could AI help #FloodForecasting in Scotland?

At a recent CREW project workshop, experts from across the globe gathered to explore how #ArtificialIntelligence could support flood forecasting. Here's what we learned. 👇

<a href="/UniStrathclyde/">University of Strathclyde</a> <a href="/ScottishEPA/">Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)</a> <a href="/EnvAgency/">Environment Agency</a> <a href="/scotgov/">Scottish Government</a>
Michael Cranston (@michaelcranston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Forecasting shift Day 2. Looks like Scotland might miss the worst of Saturday's thunderstorms, NSWWS no in force for England. We're closely watching how this develops though 👀 SEPAFlood Met Office - Scotland

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Forecasting shift Day 3. Possibility of some thunderstorms creeping into the Scottish Borders this evening, so we've escalated the risk. SEPAFlood Alert now in force floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/

Forecasting shift Day 3. Possibility of some thunderstorms creeping into the Scottish Borders this evening, so we've escalated the risk. <a href="/SEPAFlood/">SEPAFlood</a> Alert now in force floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/
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Phone line down near Tullibardine, Perthshire BT BTCare I can’t report it as I don’t have a BT line. There’s a potentially live cable loosely flapping across the road #StormAmy

Phone line down near Tullibardine, Perthshire <a href="/bt_uk/">BT</a> <a href="/BTCare/">BTCare</a> I can’t report it as I don’t have a BT line. There’s a potentially live cable loosely flapping across the road #StormAmy
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Can you update us please gigaloch your “update” from this morning does not include PH3 postcode and you don’t have any out of hours contact! Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks have restored power but fibre is still not back… surely those batteries are charged 🤔

Can you update us please <a href="/gigaloch/">gigaloch</a> your “update” from this morning does not include PH3 postcode and you don’t have any out of hours contact! <a href="/ssencommunity/">Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks</a> have restored power but fibre is still not back… surely those batteries are charged 🤔