illusion pot

[amkw]

Hi, I'm with UNCC and we are thinking of doing illusion pot on Sunday. We are aware that it takes a while to drain and are wondering if people would recommend going down tomorrow?

 

[Pitlamp]

Can't directly answer your question but, in case it helps, the west side of the Dales has been a lot drier than other parts of the country lately. Ony 4 mm of rain in a gauge near Clapham spread over the last three days. (Storm Ciaran beforehand didn't really drop that much rain, compared with elsewhere.)

 

[DaveyDubz]

You may be aware of it already but the CDG have a page with the results of several rain gauges on it (Including the one in Clapham). It's a very helpful resource to get an idea of recent rainfall.

https://cavedivinggroup.org.uk/visbot-public/

Hope you had a good trip!

 

[mikem]

Kayakers have a prediction tool for next couple of days, based on current levels & expected rainfall (look back to see last big rise was 1st Nov):

RiverPredictor

riverpredictor.uk

Wharfe showed very similar pattern to Ribble:

RiverPredictor

riverpredictor.uk

EA river levels includes rainfall over last hour / 6 hours / 24 hours (although do check times for last update):

Find river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels - GOV.UK

Find river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels in England. Check the last updated height, trend and state recorded by the measuring station.

check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

They also have a rain gauge near Cold Cotes (you can scroll map for others):

Rainfall at Ingleton High Leys gauge - GOV.UK

Check the latest recorded rainfall at Ingleton High Leys gauge

check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

 

[Pitlamp]

How did you get on amkw?

 

[amkw]

How did you get on amkw?

it was pretty good, only had to bucket out a little bit of water! The cave was great tho