Strong winds dropping water level?

Hi there,

We had quite strong winds here in the Uk last night and my pond had gone
down around 1.5 inches over nite. Is this normal?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Hi,
It is conceivable but can depend on many variables. Did you have a fountain
or other water feature running at the time? These can contribute greatly to
water loss in windy conditions. Did anything blow onto any water feature
diverting water such as a leaf? How strong is quite strong in the UK? Has it
ever had a loss like this before or since?
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good

"Steve Ball" wrote in message
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Hi there,

We had quite strong winds here in the Uk last night and my pond had gone
down around 1.5 inches over nite. Is this normal?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "how"
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Strong winds dropping water level?


Hi,
It is conceivable but can depend on many variables. Did you have a
fountain
or other water feature running at the time? These can contribute greatly
to
water loss in windy conditions. Did anything blow onto any water feature
diverting water such as a leaf? How strong is quite strong in the UK? Has
it
ever had a loss like this before or since?
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good


Yes, I had the waterfall and fountain running - it was the first time the
fountain had been run.... The winds gusted upto 45MPH which is quite strong
in my book! I didn't see anything diverting the water this morning. The pond
is only 3 weeks old and I've never seen anything like this..

Steve

"Steve Ball" wrote
[snip]
Yes, I had the waterfall and fountain running - it was the
first time the
fountain had been run.... The winds gusted upto 45MPH
which is quite strong
in my book! I didn't see anything diverting the water this
morning. The pond
is only 3 weeks old and I've never seen anything like
this..

Steve

I have a 150 gallon stock tank with fountain and
learned to turn the fountain way down to keep the
water level from dropping too much during
thunderstorms.

Gail
near San Antonio TX

Depending on wind direction and speed, the water can be blown from
waterfalls and fountains to the surrounding ground causing large losses
during the storm. Also with high winds (think getting out of the shower in
front of a fan), warmer pond temperature than air temperature (think steam
from a coffee cup, rather than condensation on the sides of a beer) and
lower humidities evaporation rates increase significantly.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"Steve Ball" wrote in message
...

----- Original Message -----
From: "how"
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Strong winds dropping water level?


Hi,
It is conceivable but can depend on many variables. Did you have a
fountain
or other water feature running at the time? These can contribute greatly
to
water loss in windy conditions. Did anything blow onto any water feature
diverting water such as a leaf? How strong is quite strong in the UK?
Has
it
ever had a loss like this before or since?
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good


Yes, I had the waterfall and fountain running - it was the first time the
fountain had been run.... The winds gusted upto 45MPH which is quite
strong
in my book! I didn't see anything diverting the water this morning. The
pond
is only 3 weeks old and I've never seen anything like this..

Steve

"RichToyBox" wrote in message
news:YZXCc.96141$Hg2.21117@attbi_s04...
snip
condensation on the sides of a beer
snip

oooh....beer.

BV.