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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Allt Srath a Ghlinne at Auchinner in Scotland, United Kingdom, built from official government gauge data.
Allt Srath a Ghlinne at Auchinner is a gauged river in Scotland.
The station has 35 years on record, and that gives some useful context for anyone watching levels at a bridge, ford, or intake.
The highest level in the record was 1.47 m (4.82 ft) in January 1993. The lowest was 0 m (0 ft) in November 1997. Those two marks show the range this reach has already seen, from a winter peak to a very low reading later in the year.
The seasonal pattern is modest but real. October is the highest month at 0.48 m (1.58 ft), while June is the lowest month at 0.33 m (1.07 ft). For a cottage pipe, a landing, or a small crossing, that difference is the part of the year that matters most. The typical annual swing is 15.7 cm (6.2 in), so this river often shifts within a fairly tight band even before a storm pushes it outside that rhythm.
The catchment above the station is 15.8 km2 (6.1 sq mi), so this gauge reflects a small upstream area rather than a large basin. That makes local rain matter quickly at this point, and it also means short wet spells can show up in the record without much delay.
The regional pattern here fits a rain-fed coastal and piedmont setting: winter and spring rains do much of the work, and late-season tropical systems can reset the high-water picture. Against that backdrop, the October high and the June low are the main seasonal guideposts for people using the river through the year.
The number on the page is most useful when it is compared with the median for this calendar day across the station record, not when it is read as a stand-alone height. A raw level tells you where the water sits right now; the calendar-day median tells you whether this reading is ordinary for the season or unusually high or low for this date.
That is the better way to judge this gauge because SEPA’s record here spans more than 35 years, including both the January 1993 high and the November 1997 low. For local users, that comparison is the quickest check on what today’s water level means in practice.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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The level right now, in feet or metres, updated as the source agency publishes new readings - for many stations that is every five to fifteen minutes. How today compares to typical: every location carries its own typical-for-this-date band built from its historical record, so a reading is never just a number - it is above, below, or near what this water usually does on this calendar day. Which way it is moving: a measured RISING, FALLING, or STEADY verdict computed from the gauge's own recent readings, with the rate of change - the difference between a flood ending and one beginning. What comes next: level forecasts up to 72 hours ahead, driven by the gauge's recent behaviour, upstream water, and quantitative precipitation forecasts, alongside live radar, lightning, and weather for the surrounding region.
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