Gauge Lobith — current water level and draft

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Gauge Lobith is on the Rhine at kilometre 862.18, on the km 857–867.5 stretch. The OLR is 733 cm and the fairway depth maintained below it (TuOLR) is 280 cm; after deducting 30 cm of safety margin the official rule of thumb comes out at Lobith -483. In practice Lobith -453 is used here, +30 cm against the official rule. This gauge has 2 forecast sources: the 5-day forecast from Rijkswaterstaat RWsOS (red) and the 14-day forecast from Rijkswaterstaat WMCN (yellow). Upstream lies Emmerich.