8:40am: Pevensey Bay woke to wind rain and a filthy morning that took us back to the gloom of winter.—Bay Life, 5 March 2017
Wind speeds with gusts of up to 42.7mph were recorded on the Pevensey Bay live weather display.
The force of the rain combined with the wind pushed at doors making those slightly unnerving whistling sounds as the wind moved fast. Sudden drops of both wind and rain with a calmness taking over as the Sun tried to poke through the gloom, and then a burst of strong sunlight at 10:00am.
In a report from Normans Bay, by Jane Ranger, wind speeds were recorded at 8:54am a 43.2mph wind,. with at 9:10am a 52.6mph gust.
Another crazy micro weather pattern today as we wait for Spring to arrive.
The BBC got it right with their forecast, Dry, bright start. However, a band of rain, locally heavy, moving east this morning followed by showers this afternoon. The showers becoming locally heavy and blustery, with some strong and gusty winds, but they could have added “and very heavy over Pevensey Bay, moving at speed”.
The Met Ofice forecast for Pevensey Bay was the most accuracy with the gusts of wind locally heavy and blustery, with some strong and gusty winds
And then the wind drops completely and the seagulls start to circle and soar again in pattern formation overhead.
Looks like the crazy weather will be a mixture of much the same. through the day, not a Sunday to write home.
