Current Weather
Drizzle, pressure falling slowly
| Temperature | 2 | °C |
| Pressure | 983 | mb |
| Humidity | 91 | %RH |
| Rainfall | 12 | mm |
| Wind Speed | 2 | mph |
| Wind Direction | E | |
Today's Events
| 04:09 | High tide | |
| 07:09 | Sunrise | |
| 08:00 | Moonrise | |
| 10:19 | Low tide | |
| 16:10 | High tide | |
| 17:30 | Sunset | |
| 18:18 | Moonset | |
| 22:47 | Low tide |
Time
| Local time | 12:50 hrs |
| Time zone | GMT+0000 |
| Day | Monday |
| Date | 24th Feb 2020 |
Air Pollution
| NO | 34 | µg/m³ |
| NO2 | 56 | µg/m³ |
| Ozone | 5 | µg/m³ |
| PM10 | 1 | µg/m³ |
| PM4 | 1 | µg/m³ |
| PM2.5 | 0 | µg/m³ |
| PM1 | 0 | µg/m³ |
Tick Tock, Drip Drop
Short-Term Weather Forecast
| 13:00 | 2°C | Light air, 3mph SE | ||
| 14:00 | 4°C | Light breeze, 7mph W | ||
| 15:00 | 9°C | Fresh breeze, 20mph WSW | ||
| 16:00 | 6°C | Strong breeze, 25mph WSW | ||
| 17:00 | 5°C | Strong breeze, 25mph W | ||
| 18:00 | 4°C | Strong breeze, 26mph W | ||
| 19:00 | 3°C | Strong breeze, 25mph W |
Flood Risk Assessment
| 5.6m | Design level including 0.6m freeboard — minimum residential finished floor level at The Malings |
| 5.0m | Tidal level in 2112 — 0.5% AEP tidal level plus 0.9m climate change over 100 years |
| 4.65m | Riverside Walk at intersection with Maling Terrace — pathway ground levels fall to 4.30m at Ouseburn Barrage |
| 4.35m | 0.1% AEP tidal level in 2012 |
| 4.10m | 0.5% AEP tidal level in 2012 |
| 3.10m | 0.1% AEP fluvial level at spring tide in 2012 |
Environmental Alerts
 | The current air pollution level in North East England is low (index 2) |
 | There are no flood alerts for the local area |
| Yellow warning for North East England Ice between 20:00 (UTC) on Mon 24 Feb 2020 and 10:00 (UTC) on Tue 25 Feb 2020 - Further wintry showers across the north of the UK, with icy patches leading to possible hazardous travel Many areas will be affected by occasional showers of rain, hail, sleet and snow, with clear spells in between leading to frost and icy surfaces. Further snow accumulations of 2-6 cm are expected over parts of Scotland, mainly in the west at elevations above 200 m. 1-3 cm may affect higher routes in Northern Ireland and northern England. | |
 | There have not been any significant earthquakes in the last 30 days |
 | There are no tsunami warnings |
 | Space weather is quiet and likely to remain so for the next few days with only a potential modest enhancement due to some weak coronal hole effects; unlikely to see any significant geomagnetic activity |
 | A pair of white swans with signets, several mallard duck families, numerous pigeons, a few seagulls, a family of moorhens, a pair of kingfishers, a couple of traffic cones, a single blackbird, a lonely crow, and at least one otter |
Celestial Objects
| The Sun's transit occured at 12:19 hrs with sunset at 17:30 hrs; it is currently 25° above the geographic horizon to the S | |
| Waxing crescent moon, 1% illuminated, moonset at 18:18 hrs; the Moon is 24° above the geographic horizon to the S currently | |
 | The International Space Station is passing overhead at:
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 | If there is a clear sky this evening, Venus will be visible |
| No space aliens are expected in Ouseburn today — keep checking here, in case of any last minute visitors |
Seasons and Notable Days
| Vernal equinox | 20 Mar 2020 | 03:49 | End of Winter |
| Clocks change | 29 Mar 2020 | 01:00 | One hour forward |
| Summer solstice | 20 Jun 2020 | 22:43 | Midsummer |
| Midsummer day | 24 Jun 2020 | — | — |
| Autumnal equinox | 22 Sep 2020 | 14:30 | End Summer |
| Clocks change | 25 Oct 2020 | 02:00 | One hour back |
| Winter equinox | 21 Dec 2020 | 10:02 | Midwinter |
More Information
The sources of the presented information are described in the credits. Web pages with related information can be found at:
- Air pollution current levels, definitions, descriptors and forecasts from DEFRA and European air quality index maps from the European Environment Agency
- Daylight saving time by timeanddate.com
- Earthquakes by the British Geological Survey
- Flood warnings, alerts and flood risk map from the UK flood information service
- International Space Station trajectories by the European Space Agency
- Magnetic Declination and Grid Varience by the British Geological Survey, Ordnance Survey and MapTools
- River levels upstream in the Ouseburn at Crag Hall, Jesmond Dene and Gosforth, and the Tyne at Corbridge, Hexham and Ugly Dub by Shoothill and Farson Digital Water Cams
- River tides and explanations from Tide Times, Admiralty EasyTide, Tides4Fishing and the Royal Yachting Association
- Sea tides at North Shields by XTide
- Space weather and index levels from the British Geological Survey
- Tsunami warnings from CWarn
- Weather forecasts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and Ventusky
- Weather warnings by the Met Office.
Other Notes
The actual water level in the Ouseburn at The Malings is dependent upon many additional factors including River Tyne flowrate, Ouseburn flowrate, Ouseburn Barrage gate position and weir level, air pressure, wind-driven storm surges, silt scouring, and any storm drain surcharge. For more information see the Environment Agency's Tyne Catchment Flood Management Plan (2009)/ (2012) and Ouseburn Surface Water Management Plan (2015), and Newcastle City Council's Local Flood Risk Management Plan (2016).
Reservoirs often help reduce flooding. Gateshead City Council have also published Inundation Map (Kielder) which illustrates the largest area that might be flooded if a reservoir like Kielder Reservior were to fail and release the water it holds (explanation and more). See also online flood risk map.
About www.malmanac.uk
This is The Malings Almanac (Malmanac):
- Version 1.24
- 27 Dec 2019
Malmanac was launched on 29 January 2018. It is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License and was made from a local Raspberry Pi with camera module, an internet-hosted Apache HTTPD web server, several open data providers, a little design, and lots of software written in Python.
Malmanac at www.malmanac.uk is a personally created and maintained website, and information is provided in good faith for reasonable use.
Lower Ouseburn
The Lower Ouseburn Valley Conservation Area is defined in the Character Statement and Conservation Area Management Plan. It spans both Ouseburn and Byker wards. The area has a medium-term the Regeneration Plan, and an Urban Design Framework which sets out generic design principles and general land-use planning and transportation issues for the redevelopment of the valley.
The Ouseburn Trust aims to achieve a vibrant, diverse and sustainable future for the Ouseburn Valley, delivering the objectives of the Regeneration Plan.
Three organisations particularly active with matters relating to the river, surface water run-off and flooding are:
The Malings
The Malings, a housing development by Carillion-Igloo, is situated on the east bank of the Lower Ouseburn (in ONS output area E00042114), between Ouseburn Bridge (Byker Bank) and Glasshouse Bridge (Walker Road) near the Tyne. It is part of Byker Ward in the City of Newcastle, located on the site of the former Malings Ford A Pottery. It is within the Lower Ouseburn Valley Conservation Area.
Homes at The Malings lie between Hume Street/Maling Street and Riverside Walk, and include the postal addresses of:
- Maling Terrace (1-10 NE6 1LZ)
- Luxor Row (1-12 NE6 1LG)
- Rosalind Place (1-10 NE6 1LJ)
- Kingfisher Place (1-16 NE6 1LT)
- Peony Place (1-9 NE6 1LU)
- Riverside Walk (1-8 NE6 1LX)
- Maling Street (14-27 NE6 1LP).
People of The Malings
The homes are inhabited by diverse people whom you can listen to at peopleofthemalings, a web project by the architects of The Malings Ash Sakula.
Contact
For any queries, comments or compliments about Malmanac, please use @MalingsAlmanac on Twitter. This tweets environmental, astronomical, tidal and river data throughout every day.
Credits
Weather, air quality and astronomical data: Current weather and air pollution conditions from Newcastle University's Urban Observatory REST API feeds for the sensors PER_AIRMON_MESH1759150_AIR (St Mary's Place, NE1) and PER_EML_EML_SENSORS3_164118_WEAT (Claremont Tower, NE1). Regional air pollution level from DEFRA via @UKAirQuality. Short-term weather forecast from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. International Space Station visibility data for Newcastle from NASA. Weather alerts from the MetOffice. Tsunami warnings from CWarn Tsunami Early Warning System. Celestial calculations performed using the PyEphem library.
Tide times and river level data: Primary source for tide data from Tide Times for Newcastle upon Tyne based on data from the UK Hydrograph Office for Newcastle upon Tyne. Current level estimate interpolated using a formula provided by New Zealand Nautical Almanac 2017. Tyne Estuary and Ouseburn at Byker flood warnings provided by the UK Environment Agency.
Address data: Postcodes from Royal Mail, 3 word address from the What3Words, and walking route map self-created.
Ground level data: Ouseburn Barrage design drawings from the Newcastle Photos Blog and additional information from the Ouseburn Trust River Users Group. Flood levels from the risk assessment for The Malings development (planning application 2012/1277), by AMEC Environmental and Infrastructure UK.
Earthquake data: Records from British Geological Survey.
Space weather: Geomagnetic disturbance alerts from British Geological Survey.
Declination data: Calculated using maptools.com and bgs.ac.uk.
Clock change data: Times from gov.uk.
Icons: Moon phases and weather forecast icons by Erik Flowers. Current weather icons created by Peter Schmalfeldt from Ashley Jager's designs. All other icons from the Noun Project: air pollution based on smog by Yu luck; flooding based on flood by Arthur Shlain; space weather by BomSymbols, tsunami based on tsunami by H Alberto Gongora, earthquake by abdul karim; kingfisher by Connor Fowler; Low/high tide and moonrise/moonset by Xinh Studio; sunrise/sunset by Bryn Taylor; space station by Lucid Formation; solar system by lastspark. Noun Project icons are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License.