Forecast
Today's Forecast
Saturday 21st December
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Rain radar is showing an area of blue patches moving ESE / SE across the SE
Infrared and visual satellite images are showing cloudy skies over the SE. The cloud is coming in from the WNW / NW.
Inspite of receiving live visual and infrared satellite pictures every 15 minutes it i. The cloud s still sometimes difficult to predict when and by how much the cloud is going to break up
Note. Temperatures are taken at 1.25mtrs above the ground on a north facing wall
A cloudy and wet start to the morning with outbreaks of rain. Rain soon clearing away after mid morning to give some drier spells. By early afternoon clouds are expected to thin and break to give bright / sunny spells but with some short lived blustery showers in places.
Top temperatures eventually reaching 11 to 12C.
Winds from a SSW / SW later WSW / W direction will be light at first but soon increasing to brisk and then brisk to strong.
A mostly dry, windy evening and night with clear spells. Chance of one or two blustery showers in places.
Chilly with minimum temperatures 5 to 4C
Winds from a WSW later W direction will be brisk to strong
The temperature at 08004GMT was 7.6C previously 4.8C, humidity 90% and the barometric pressure1014.4mb's and falling
Top temperature yesterday was 9.5C
Last gust was 14mph SSW
Rain for January was 49.0mm
Rain for February was 97.1mm
Rain for March was 58.9mm
Rain for April was 51.1mm
Rain for May was 68.1mm
Rain for June was 10.9mm
Rain for July was 56.2mm
Rain for August was 16.9mm
Rain for September was103.8mm
Rain for October was 49.2mm
Rain for November was 59.6mm
Rain yesterday was 0.4mm
Rain so far today is 0.9mm
Rain so far for December is 34.0mm
Rain year to date is 674.8mm
Rain for 2023 was 713.4mm which is above average for this area
Rain for 2022 was 572.7mm which is average for this area.
Rain for 2021 was 642.9mm which is slightly above average for this area.
Rain for 2020 was 607.4mm which was about average for this area.
Rain for 2019 was 696.3mm which was above average
Rain for 2018 was 617.8mm which is slightly above average
Rain for 2017 was 707.7mm which is above average for this area.
Rain for 2016 was 586.7mm which is average for this area.
Rain for 2015 was 581.6mm which is average for SW Essex
Rain for 2014 was 881.4mm which is an all time record for this area..
Rain for 2013 was 727.2mm which is above average for SW Essex.
Rain for 2012 was 858.9mm which was high for this area.
Rain for 2011 was 417.5mm which is very low for this area which normally has around 525 to 575mm
Last updated at updated 0800GMT Saturday
Next update at 5.0pm
