Frosted Earth

Thursday 20th September 2018.

Sunny intervals- becoming windy- squally later.

It is going to be an increasingly windy day. For much of it it could be dry but there will be some showers in places. Cloud will tend to increase PM and by evening a bamd of rain is going to reach the SE and overnight all places will see some rain and it could be heavy and the wind very squally. Expect gusts of wind from the south to southwest reaching 50 mph and it will veer more to the west by dawn. Gusts may reach 60 mph along the south coast and on the higher parts of the Downs. Still quite mild by day at 20C to 21C.

Friday will be brighter with a brisk and chilly west to north-west wind. There will be a few showers in places during the day.   Max temperature of 16C to 17C. 

For many it was the driest June for at least over 100 years. Storrington in West Sussex had just 1mm of rain. It was drier still in north Surrey and south London. No measurable rain fell in the first 26 days of July in Storrington and it reached 39 consecutive rainless days here. 15 days is counted as a drought. In 57 consecutive days there was just 1mm of rain. July could well be for many the warmest of any month in their records beating July 2006 or August 1995 and July 1983.

Weather eye issue 38.  It is a 30th anniversary edition with much about the 1987 storm and also about the Jan '87 snows plus now 71 years ago when we endured a severe 1947 winter.  

Frosted Earth has now moved to Storrington in Sussex which is why the site had not been updated so frequently but should be better now. It was a very hectic time for us. Weather eye issue 39 has been delayed but I am now working on it and it is about two thirds complete and I will be doing several pages a day this coming week. The Weather station in Coulsdon has shut down after 39 years of recording but Chipstead Valley will continue. A new station has now been set up at Storrington in West Sussex. Subscribers will receive more details soon. Phone number is now 01903 741478.

Frosted Earth would like to point out that due to that new regulations on protection of your personal data comes into force today. Frosted Earth holds only data necessary for posting out Weather eye magazines and corresponding with subscribers. No subscribers' personal data is given to any third party. Any subscriber who decides not to continue with Weather eye has his or her details deleted. Subscribers can contact Frosted Earth at any time about the above or weather matters and we assume that if we do not hear anything to the contrary you are all happy for us to keep sending Weather eye to you.

For a weekly  forecast see page 3 Forecast Section.

 Ian's eye on the Weather. A daily chat.

 Grass has turned to straw here at Shoreham in West Sussex.There had been no rain in July until the 27th and only about half a millimetre in June.No rain has fallen on 39 successive days.

Virtually no rain fell in June. Here in Storrington only a millimetre has been measured but quite a few localities have only recorded half this.We would normally expect around 50mm. Two years ago I recorded in Coulsdon 143mm and this was the wettest June since 1903! Remember though by convention any rainfall up to 10.00 hrs on the 1st of the month during  BST is included into the previous month's total.

 A good idea for a present this New Year is a pack of Weather eye magazines. Special New Year offering of a pack of issues worth £22 for just £5 and £3 post and packing. A great gift and a good  read. Includes the latest issue. Issue 38 is complete and is now out. 

Listen out for me on Sunday 1st September on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex, just after 0945 hrs on the 'Dig It' show giving a look back on August's weather and a forecast ahead for the whole of September. 

 Have you tried Weather eye magazine. Give it a go. I will send you the latest issue post free and at a reduced price of £2.50- that's got to be a bargain.

See Also  'On This Day'  in the Publications section.