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Wednesday 5th August 2020.  

Yet another forecast that runs ' it will stay dry across the region especially south of the Thames Valley'. There will be variable cloud and some sunshine and it will feel warmer with afternoon values up to 23C to 25C. The wind will blow moderate from the south west. A warm night to follow with a min of 15C to 16C and this will lead on to a very warm Thursday with plenty of sunshine. The temperature will rise to at least 28C. Very hot on Friday.

 Current weather August 4th 2020  at our Heath Common weather station,W Sussex for 20.45 hrs GMT.

 Temperature  16.1C. Weather- Clear.

 Air pressure 1015 millibars -Steady. Rainfall so far this August- 0mm

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 June 28th 2020 on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex, just after 1045 hrs on the 'Dig It' show. I will look back on June's weather and give a forecast for the whole of July. Check the time as shedules could change due to the current medical emergency. 

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The Coming Week from 

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- August 5th 1945

It is not usually renowned for powerful vortexes but the Orkneys witnessed a violent waterspout. It tore up chunks of soil weighing several hundredweight about 5 miles north west of Kirkwell.  The soil had been torn apart to a depth of some 3 to 4 feet. A funnel cloud was also seen in the vicinity of Fort William, Highland, on the same day.

In 2003 35C was measured in Jersey, Channel Islands.

In  1931  74mm of rain fell in less than an hour at Petersfield (Hants.) and hail was said to have reached the depth of a horse’s fetlocks. In 1957  at Clifford, Herefordshire, 104mm ([4.11 inches) of rain measured.

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