At Halcrow we help our clients around the world to be prepared for the worst by offering a comprehensive range of flood forecasting services. The climate is predicted to change, bringing increased frequencies of heavy rainfall and coastal surge events. With changes in population and increased exposure to flooding, being prepared is becoming more and more vital in our modern world.
We have expertise, experience and capability in:
- River and Coastal Flood forecasting model development
- Probabilistic flood forecasting techniques, including operational decision-support frameworks
- Training in forecasting, hydrometeorology and model development
- Forecasting feasibility studies (e.g. probabilistic forecasting feasibility in China)
- Prediction of onset and duration of flood season in tropical zones
- Performance assessment of forecasting models and other forecasting techniques
- Development of operational rainfall triggers and alerting mechanisms for national meteorological centres for flood forecast purposes
- Forecasting meteorology (including NWP model output, ensemble QPF, nowcasting, weather radar)
- Developing forecasting contingency methods
- Station stage-discharge rating development to high return periods
- Systems integration and configuration within the international Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) and National Flood Forecasting System (NFFS)
Our industry leading ISIS software product is used by government departments within national flood forecasting systems and by key infrastructure owners to forecast flooding.
Client testimonials
“I’ve been delighted with the results of the project and consider it a great success. The smart and innovative solutions you’ve found have been very impressive, and I really appreciate your efforts to develop the methodology as the project evolved and expanded”
Ruth Stidson, Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Radar prediction project
“The Halcrow project team works well as a team and strives to use innovative techniques”
Adrian Wynn, Environment Agency
Depth duration alerts project
“We’ve found our experience with Halcrow to be very positive and found this project to have been executed in a very efficient manner. We would certainly find it a pleasure to work with your team again in the future”
Cliff Williams, Environment Agency
Flood forecasting project