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Thursday 13th December 2018.
Broken cloud and sunny intervals. Windy. Feeling very chilly.
With high pressure to the east there will be a flow of air from off the Continent over our region.With a very brisk east wind with gusts along the Channel coast of 30 to 35 mph it is going to feel very cold with a max temperature of 4C to 5C. Ovenight variable cloud and clear intervals with the temperature falling close to freezing so a grass frost at least. It will feel cold on Friday too though with a less brisk east wind. On both days it should remain mostly dry with just a small chance of a light shower along the Essex and north Kent coast..An air frost is quite likely overnight.
Still cold on Saturday and later in the day the possibility of some rain or sleet moving eastwards across the Southeast.Sunday though will be much milder as Atlantic air wins out and takes charge for the coming week.
Weather eye has now been going for 20 years. Issue 1 came out in 1998. I have now finished issue 39. It has been posted to subscribers. See below for the latest front cover-The Singing Ringing Tree, a sculpture that reacts to the wind.
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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 now complete.Just finalising the proof and it will be printed. Note the change of cover. 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.
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This day ( 12th) was a Saturday in December 1981 with an opalescent sun shining onto a deep snow cover. It was bitterly cold in an arctic air stream. At Shawbury in Shropshire the mercury did not rise above minus 12C after a min. of minus 23C[-9F]. The following night was to break records at minus 25.6C. It fell to minus 17C in the Chipstead Valley, Surrey.A deep low reached England and Wales the next day and brought blizzard like conditions. Even Her Majesty was forced into a Cotswold pub a given a babycham when her vehicle became stuck in a snowdrift.
At the moment temperatures on the Continent are only around freezing in nearby areas such as Holland and Germany so the current easterly is not too severe and nor will it be and then it turns milder on Sunday.The North Sea and Channel are relatively warm at this time of year. In 1739 the temperature was around minus 20C as it left Holland and led to probably the coldest blast we have records of and the wind chill on the 28th was collosal as a gale blew in London.
The first issue of Weather eye in 1998.
A good idea for a present this New Year is a pack of Weather eye magazines. A pack of issues worth £22 for just £6 and £3 post and packing. A great gift and a good read. Includes the latest issue. Tel-01903 741478.
Listen out for me this Sunday 2nd December on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex, just after 0945 hrs on the 'Dig It' show giving a look back on November's weather and a forecast ahead for the whole of December.
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The Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley Lancashire. This is the front cover of Weather eye issue 39.
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