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A good deal of cloud at times but there will be sunny intervals at times and it is going to feel quite warm.

Monday 20th August 2018.

Monday will be similar to recent days- a good deal of cloud a few sunny intervals fairly mild with warm nights.So it looks mostly dry with the temperature topping out at 23C to 24C. The airstream is fairly moist so a good deal of cloud but sunny intervals especially in the lee of any high ground upstream of the moderate south west wind. Overnight the temperature will not fall much below 16C. Tuesday looks similar perhaps rather warmer with just a little more sunshine.

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 a bout a third done and i will be doing several pages a day this week and next. 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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 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.

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Weather Saying for April

''The uncertain glory of an April day'. Shakespeare

With sea temperatures still low around the British Isles and much arctic ice during April winds from the north can be very chilly. On the other hand the Continent is warming up and southerly winds can bring real warmth. So April has seen many snowstorms such as in 1981 and more recently heavy snow fell on the 6th in 2008. However real heat waves  have occurred such as in 2011 with values above 27C.  Convective showers are likely na ny unstable air due to the warming sun and its high altitude but the atmosphere is still chilly hence often steep lapse rates leading to convective showers and quick fire changes.

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