Forecast
Tonight's Forecast
Saturday 17th May
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Rain radar is clear for all of southern UK
Visual and infrared satellite images are showing mostly clear skies over the SE.
In spite of receiving live visual and infrared satellite pictures every 15 minutes the cloud is 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 dry and warm evening with further sunny periods. Staying dry after dark and overnight with clear skies at first before low cloud returns from the NE coast,
Mild with minimum temperatures depending on cloud cover buy typically 10 to 9C,
Winds from a NNW / N later NNE / N direction will be light moderating to light by mid evening.
Tomorrow will be dry and eventually warm with low cloud slowly thinning and braking to give bright / sunny spells. UV HIGH and Pollen LOW
Top temperatures 18 to 19C
Winds from a N later NNE direction will remain light.
The temperature at 5.08pm was 18.6C, humidity 52% and the barometric pressure 1021.5mb's and falling
Top temperature today was 18.6C
Last gust was 11mph NNW
Rain for January was 68.5mm
Rain for February was 42.2mm
Rain for March was only 3.6mm
Rain for April was 28.8mm
Rain so far for May is 0.6mm
Rain year to date is 143.7mm
Rain for 2024 was 676.7mm which was above average for this area
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 6.08pm Saturday
Next update at 0645BSt
