30
December 2005
After
recent frosty days the weather has warmed a little and we woke to the sound
of rain on the windows, carried on a southerly wind.
It
was unpleasant, a Strong Breeze (Force 6)
gusting to Gale Force 8 from the SSE, and air temperature of 5.6 ºC
approaching midday which converts to a wind chill of just below zero, and
precipitation of 5.59 mm from about 5:00 am
in the morning to midday which equates to
a continuous heavy drizzle.
In
the afternoon it warmed up and by 3:00 pm
the rain total had reached 9.65 mm.
Shoreham
Beach Weather History
Beaufort
Scale
28
December 2005
The
air temperature recorded on Shoreham
Beach at minus 1.1 ºC at 6:59
am was the lowest of the winter so far. No
further snow fell overnight.
27
December 2005
After
dusk, the whole of the Adur area was covered by a minimal dusting of snow.
Precipitation
was recorded on Shoreham
Beach at 0.25 mm and the air temperature
fell to zero (near Mill Hill) and the dew
point was recorded at a low of minus 2.4 ºC at 5:43
pm on Shoreham Beach. By midnight, the air
temperature rose to 1.2 ºC.
25
December 2005
Christmas
Day
Under
a clear blue sky the air temperature reached 7.7
ºC at 2:09
pm. There was
a Light Breeze from the NNW.
Beaufort
Scale
18
December 2005
The
air temperature fell below freezing for the first time this winter, recorded
at minus 0.8 ºC at 6:25 am.
17
December 2005
It
feels cold with a wind chill of minus 2 C, a dew point of minus 5.2 ºC
(ice in my fish tanks in the garden from dusk onwards) just before midnight,
but an air temperature of 0.5 ºC from dusk to midnight.
11
December 2005
The
Adur Valley by the Toll Bridge was
misty about midnight. The air temperature fell to a low point of 1.3 ºC
at 7:46 am. The
dew point was below zero and there was thin ice on some ponds and puddles.
9 December 2005
In
the late afternoon a extraordinary band of white mist (a fret)
crept over from the
Shoreham Airport and New
Monks Farm area which in the case of about fifteen minutes first of
all obscured the view of the Toll Bridge
from the south-east by the Railway Viaduct
and then the view of Lancing College disappeared under the mist. The mean
humidty for the day was 85%. The air temperature at the time was a high
9.1 ºC, but the mist droplets felt cold. The dominant wind direction
for the day was from the south-east, but the mist appeared to roll in from
the south-west.
Advection
mist or fog occurs when a warm breeze
blows over a cold surface (usually the sea). However, when the sea is warm
the moist sea air can spread over the cold land and then Advection fog
or mist occurs. Fog (by definition) occurs when visibility is under 180
metres (Peter Lafferty).
This was mist. The other type of mist or fog is radiation
fog which also occurs when the land surface
is colder than the air. (J.G. Harvey)
2 December
2005
Cycling
into a SSE Force 7 (38 mph at 3:55
pm), I was nearly knocked from my bike from
a gust of Gale Force 9 (over 50 mph estimated). The largest gust measured
during the day was recorded at 54 mph.
28
November 2005
It
felt cold and the air temperature fell to 1.7 ºC at 9:37
pm. There was frost on the cars and ground
with a dew point of minus
1.2
ºC at 9:14 pm.
The
low temperature was recorded at north-east Worthing (near Sompting) at
0.9 ºC at 6.23 pm and
8:00 pm, and 0.3 ºC at
11:22 pm.
Sompting
Weather Station
25
November 2005
It
was a chilly day with a mean air temperature of 2.2 ºC, a high of
only 4.4ºC but a low still above freezing of 0.8 ºC at 6:52
am. There was
hardly anything more than a breeze to give an wind chill and make it feel
really cold. Precipitation was zero.
24
November 2005
There
was an ominous-looking black low cloud rolling in over the downs from the
north and a flurry of light hail descended at 4:30
pm in Shoreham blown in almost horizontally
in a north-westerly squall of 47 mph Force 9.
Within about three minutes the squall had died down a Moderate Breeze (Force
4).
21
November 2005
The
air temperature fell to a low point of 2.4 ºC at 7:08
am, which means it is getting warmer. Dewpoint:
0.2 ºC at 6:49 am.
The temperature rose to 8.8 ºC during the day.
20
November 2005
The
air temperature fell to a low point of 0.4 ºC at 7:24
am. Dewpoint:
minus 1.8 ºC.
18
November 2005
The
air temperature fell to a low point of 1.0 ºC at 6:00
am and a dewpoint
of minus 2.1 ºC.
17
November 2005
The
air temperature fell to a low point of 2.1 ºC at 7:32
am and a dewpoint of minus 0.1.5 ºC.
The temperature rose to 7.1 ºC during the day and fell to 2.1 ºC
just before midnight.
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The atmospheric conditions beneath fluffy cirrus and a streaked sky produced a purple-red in the east beneath a large Full Moon and an orange sunset in the west.
Red sunrises and sunsets are due to dust particles in dry air. As weather systems over the UK move mostly from west to east, a red sunrise indicates dry weather moving away to the east, so rain should be expected soon. Conversely, a red sunset hints of dry weather to come from the west. (Script by the Met Office)
But is this ice? giving an indication of colder weather to come?
The air temperature fell to 4.3 ºC at 7:51 am. Dew point low 2.1 ºC.
13
November 2005
The
air temperature fell to 5.6 ºC at 6:19
am.
3 November
2005
Silver
Birch trees swayed in the
south-westerly winds reached Gale Force 9 and only fell to Gale Force 7.
The highest wind speed measured was 54 mph.
Beaufort
Scale
2
November 2005
16.7
mm of rain recorded.
Shoreham
Beach Weather History
24
October 2005
19.3
mm of rain recorded.
Shoreham
Beach Weather Summary
10
October 2005
Then
the sun came out and the air temperature rose to 19.6 ºC at 12:33
pm.
4 October 2005
27 September 2005
The sun setting over the Adur estuary and Shoreham Airport.
17
September 2005
Th
warm weather has broken and by dawn at 6:00
am the temperature falls to 7 ºC.
16
September 2005
With
a north wind (NNW) and the temperature starts at 17.9 ºC at midnight
and although the temperaure rises to 17.5 ºC at 3:15
pm it falls again to only 10 ºC at midnight.
9 September
2005
As
Australia batted in the Test
Match (cricket) at the Oval (London) the rain stopped play in the late
afternoon (5:45 pm).
However, there was no rain in Shoreham where the highest temperature was
24.6 ºC with a humidity of 73% at 4:15
pm. By 5:45 pm
the temperature had fallen to 22.4 ºC and the humidity had risen to
77%.
6 September
2005
The
average temperature throughout the day was over 20 ºC with an average
humidity of 77%. And there was little or no wind.
It
was 19.2 ºC, 82% humidity and Force 1,
Calm, at 10:30 pm.
By midnight this
was 18.3 ºC at 81 % humidity.
5 September
2005
Thunder
and lightning after midnight but more dramatic than heavy and even then
not anything special with just 2.03 mm of rain. I rose at 9:00
am with an air temperature already of 20.2
ºC and a humidity of 88%. At 8:00 am
it was 19.4 ºC and a humidity of 90%.
4 September
2005
A
sticky warm (> 26.4 ºC, humidity at that time 59%, wind speed 10 mph
at 4:26 pm) hazy
day.
30
August 2005
A
clear blue sky without as much as a single white fluffy cirrus
cloud and the day got warmer and by the late afternoon the shade air temperature
was 26.3 ºC.
22
August 2005
Large
equinoctial spring 6.6 metre tides coincided with
the autumnal weather, in this case warm rain, the temperatures attaining
20 ºC with a 95% humidity, and throughout the day the temperature
exceeded 18 ºC with a minimum 91% humidity.
Rain
was steady in the early morning at 7.37 mm. These are exceptional conditions,
as rarely is the high humidity combined with warm temperatures.
Previous
High Humidity
Shoreham
Weather Station History
16 August 2005
It is harvest time at Old Erringham and everywhere on the South Downs
27
July 2005
It
was a misty moisty morning (especially over the sea) and the heat was energy-sapping
as well, rising from 16.2 ºC and 94% humidity at 8:00
am to 21 ºC and 85% humidity at 3:00
pm. These figures appeared to show exceptional
conditions, as rarely is the high humidity combined with warm temperatures.
Shoreham
Weather Station History
14
July 2005
The
temperature reached 25.1 ºC but the humidity never fell below 59%
which was exceptional for a warm sunny day.
24
June 2005
With
the air temperatures of 28.7 ºC at 4:27
pm, it is the warmest day this year. Suddenly,
thunder rumbled and lightning flashed and the rain started about 5:40
pm. 5.08 mm fell and it was all over by about
6:00
pm. The temperature was down to 20.8 ºC
by midnight.
23
June 2005
The
highest air temperature this year, so far, was 28.4 ºC at 5:16 pm
to 5:40 pm, humidity 52 %.
22
June 2005
High
temperatures continued into the evening, recording 27.2 ºC at
8:45 pm. There was no wind, registering Calm
(Force 0) on the anemometer.
The temperature fell to 26.1 ºC by 9:00
pm. It fell further to 23.7 ºC by sunset
at 9:18 pm. The
temperature at midnight was 20.4 ºC.
The
offshore sea surface temperature in the mid-English Channel was 14.2º
C.
National
Data Buoy Center (English Channel)
21
June 2005
Summer
Solstice
6:36
am GMT 7:36 am BST
Maximum temperature: 25.4 ºC at . The temperature was checked against my own thermometer in town and found to match exactly.
20
June 2005
The
air temperature reached 27.9 ºC a t . Humidity was 62% at the time.
Although the warmest day this year, it was
not yet quite as hot as June
2004.
19
June 2005
White
cirrus
clouds
and vapour
trails crossed the azure blue sky as the air temperatures attained
27.7 ºC in a Gentle Breeze (Force 3) the
warmest day of the year so far. Humidity fell to 50 %.
Butterfly
List for the Day
18
June 2005
At
26.6 ºC it was the warmest day of the year so far without a cloud
in the blue sky. Humidity varied from 90% before dawn to 64% in the heat.
4 June
2005. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Adur
World Oceans Day
Despite
the overcast day and the near gales that battered the marquee, Adur
World
Oceans Day 2005 was a success.
Adur
World Oceans Day 2005
1 April
2005
Mist
turned to fog
as visibility fell to under 200 metres (by definition)
and in Shoreham town at midnight at the turn
of the month the visibility was under 50 metres.
recorded
the following just after midnight:
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Afternoon
Mist at Shoreham Grammer School, Kingston Buci
Visibility
was about 200 metres
Taken
on 28 March 2005
18-19
March 2005
As
the night fell a dense mist came down and restricted visibility to 25 metres.
the lowest air temperatures was 6.8 ºC at dawn but for most of the
time it would have been higher than the sea temperature which is about
7 ºC at this time of the year.
4 March
2005
Looking
from the Grinstead Lane bridge, Lancing, towards the north-east, a thin
coating of snow has settled on Truleigh Hill on the far side of the Adur
valley gap. The distant hills backing Brighton are all coated in white.
3
March 2005
There
was no sign of snow in Shoreham town but on
looking out of my window, there was a thin layer of snow on the downs
above Shoreham. This snow was only on the high ground north of the A27
By-pass, and the pastures from Slonk Hill
westwards to Mill Hill were green. The
ice in my garden pond was 3 mm thick with just
a small amount of open water at the edges of the pond. The precipitation
for today was recorded at nil, so the snow must have fallen yesterday,
obscured by the rain in town. The air temperature is above zero throughout
the day, but it was -0.1 ºC at dawn.
2 March
2005
I
awoke to 6 cm (measured) of lying snow in Ring Road, North Lancing. The
last few hours have seen much wintery precipitation, a mixture of hail,
rain, and snow.
1 March
2005
The
snow of yesterday had all melted, the breeze had changed to the south-west
and it rained 5.08 mm.
27
February 2005
Snow!
Although it appeared more like horizontal sleet at first from the east,
it actually begins to lay first on the pavements and roads and then on
the grass. Although, only a thin layer, this is the first proper snow of
the winter. The snow did not lay in Steyning and seems to have been confined
to the flat urban area by the coast.
11:00 am
Snow at the bottom of Stoney Lane
Photograph by Pete Weaver
27
February 2005
A
slight sprinkling of snow occurred but in only the morning and did not
lay.
If you knew Who sits beside you, you could never
fear
I am where the fire cannot burn, and the cold
cannot freeze
Lancing
Clump
Photograph
by David Nicolas
25
February 2005
A
thin layer of ice floated on the surface of my garden pond
in
Corbyn Crescent (TQ
224 055) for the first time ever as
the air temperature fell below freezing for the first time this winter,
recorded at -0.2 ºC just before 7:00 am.
23
February 2005
A
small flurry of snow, scarcely enough to warrant the name, descended before
dawn; it laid only in a thin layer on hard surfaces like pavements and
roads, but not on the grassy bits in Shoreham town. By daybreak the snow
had all melted and the air temperature did not fall below freezing, although
the dew point fell to -3.1 ºC at 3:26 am and approaching midday it
was still -2.2 ºC.
21
February 2005
A
slight flurry of snow occurred in the afternoon, but there was not enough
snow to settle. The temperature was well above freezing but dew point fell
below zero. The precipitation was only recorded at 0.25 mm which is the
reason the flurry did not lay.
2 February
2005
Just
after midday, the first burst of sunshine of the year felt warm in a shade
temperature of 9.7 ºC.
23 January 2005
The
full moon rose at 3:15 pm
and could be seen large in the eastern sky before dusk. The weather vane
was pointing north.
Shoreham
Beach Weather History (New Millennium)
5
August 2003
It
was the hottest day
of the new millennium when the air temperature
(unofficial, certainly too high) reached
30.6°
C at 5:54 pm
with a gentle breeze. Humidity fell to 39% so it was quite pleasant outside.
11
August 1999
Partial
Eclipse at Shoreham-by-Sea, figures (unofficial):
The difference between 40000 Lux and 5000 Lux is about 4 aperture stops on camera settings. There was still enough light to take a photograph, like an overcast day, like a prelude to a thunderstorm.
9.30 am 40000 Lux 10.00 45000 ¤ 10.38 35000 10.48 32000 10.54 30000 11.02 21000 ¤ 11.07 13000 11.09 11000 ¤ 11.10 10000 11.13 5000 11.16 4000 ¤ 11.20 11.25 6000
