Frosted Earth

Monday 17th February 2020  

A day of sunny spells but expect some showers and they could have some hail in them. It will be windy too with gusts to 35 mph or 40 mph and along the South Coast they could peak at 50 mph from the west- southwest. Although the temperature will reach  9C to 10C, very respectable for the time of year, the wind will make it feel cooler. Overnight clear spells and down to 3C to 4C with perhaps some grass frost in sheltered valleys and Tuesday will be similar to Monday's weather.I think Wednesday will be the best day of the week for dry conditions, light winds and some sunshine.

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 Weather eye Issue 40 is now out and has been posted.Sorry for the delay. It was due to a number of my key contributors having passed away this year. They were the lifeblood of Weather eye and will be sadly missed. There is an article of mine about 'Ice' currently featured in the November Issue of 'Landscape magazine'.

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I recorded a wind gust of 60 mph early evening on Saturday 10th August 2019 at Rottingdean, just east of Brighton. Huge seas were pounding the walls of the Brighton Marina. This is the illustration on the front cover of Issue 40 of Weather eye magazine- Out today.

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 Above: The busy A29 shut due to flood water from the river Arun at Swan Corner,Pulborough,West Sussex.Sunday 22nd Dec. 2019.

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 on Sunday Jan 5th 2020 on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex, just after 0945 hrs on the 'Dig It' show giving a look back on December and a look ahead through January 2020. 

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.

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Weather Centre

The Chipstead Valley weather station lies within a dry, chalkland valley on the dip slope of the North Downs. The valley is around 60 metres deep.

Read about the Chipstead Valley Station

On This Day- February 17th 1892 

A great snowfall  up to 18 inches deep at Cork in Eire.

In London the snow was only a few inches deep but the temperature fell to minus 8C (17F) and rose to just minus 1C.

In 1895 during what was known as the great  skating winter the mercury fell to minus 23.9C (-11F) at Aviemore [Highland].

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