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Saturday 24th October 2020.  

Saturday will be windy with gusts PM to 35 mph and some rain will spread eastwards later in the day with some showers ahead of the main rain area. Watch out for some heavy squally rain when it arrives and the gusts of wind will increase to at least 50 mph more or less anywhere and I cannot rule out the odd tornadic occurrence as the active frontal system moves east. With the wind coming in from the south to southwest it will be mild for the time of year with a max of 16C.

The rain will clear by late evening burt some showers could occur in far south later in the night.Tomorrow Sunday will be brighter but expect some heavy and blustery showers especially in counties adjacent to the Channel coast. A little cooler and still brisk winds. A very unsettled week ahead is likely.

Current weather October 24th 2020 at our Heath Common weather station, W Sussex for 13.00 hrs BST.

Temperature  14.0C. Weather- Heavy drizzle.  Rain so far this month - 170mm

Air pressure  1003 mb (hpa). Falling.

Stay safe- stay well.

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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.

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 Above:  Large cumuliform clouds leading to heavy showers building in the distance over the North Downs as seen from the South Downs at Chanctonbury Hill. Taken around 17.00 hrs on the 15th June. It was sunny most of the day on the South Downs and across the south of Sussex, a typical situation in the summer with the Channel preventing showers forming for quite some way inland.

The first issue of Weather eye in 1998.

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Listen out for me on Sunday Nov 1st 2020 on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex, just after 1045 hrs on the 'Dig It' show. I will look back on October's weather and give a forecast for the whole of November. Check the time as shedules could change due to the current medical emergency. 

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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- October 21st 1638

A stormy day over the South-west England with thunderstorms in many places.  One thunderstorm developed a tornado which swept through Widecombe-in-the-Moor. The church stood in its path and there was a full congregation. A storm battered the church with large hail and it received a direct hit from lightning. The tornado then hit and the tower was demolished showering huge blocks of stone onto the church goers leading to many casualties.

Warm tropical maritime air flooded W. Scotland and was uplifted over the mountains. Some 163mm of rain fell at Glen Etive on this day in 1971.

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