Balcombe Circular via Ardingly Reservoir walk

Met Office Forecast

South East England

Warm overnight, with clear skies. Hot and sunny Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

• Temperatures only slowly cooling off during the evening, leading to a warm night for most.
• Clear skies also persisting overnight along with the light winds.
• Minimum Temperature 15C.

Friday:

• Another dry, hot and sunny day is expected.
• Winds will remain light, with perhaps just the odd patch of fair weather cloud possible during the afternoon.
• Maximum Temperature 34C.

Saturday to Monday:

• Sunny, dry and hot over the weekend, with light winds.
• Perhaps a little breezier along English Channel coasts.
• Cloud perhaps increasing later Sunday, with isolated heavy thundery showers possible Monday.

UK Day 6-7 and week 2

• This period will see the breakdown of the sunny and dry weather of recent days, with conditions becoming more unsettled across the UK.
• Showers are likely in places, sometimes heavy and thundery, though drier periods with sunny spells are still expected between them.
• Stronger winds are possible in the north and northwest, with the potential for some more persistent rain at times.
• At the same time, temperatures becoming closer to normal for August, but still feeling warm for many, especially in the southeast.
• Towards the end of the period, it's expected to remain changeable for most with further showers or longer spells of rain.
• Still feeling warm or very warm for much of England and Wales.

UK Week 3 and 4

• Following a period of unsettled weather, we may see generally more settled conditions towards the end of August.
• As we head into September, spells of rain or showers are likely, with the most widespread of these in the north and west.
• However, periods of dry and sunny weather can still be expected in between.
• Temperatures are likely to be above average, with the occasional chance of very warm spells.

Met Office : South East England : 2022-08-11T12:48:42

Daylight : West Sussex

Day length is dusk to dawn. Times will vary a little if there is a hill on the horizon.

It should still be light enough to read at dawn and dusk, so there will be enough light for walking even earlier (later).

Moonlight : West Sussex

Notes

• The moon's phase or fracillum (percentage of the moon illuminated) doesn't vary much with location.
• A full moon is not just bigger, its much brighter. A half moon ('50%') give less than 5% of the illumination of a full moon. You can walk with a half moon if its high in the sky (after dusk for a growing moon, before dawn for a shrinking moon).
• Sky glow (light reflected by air or clouds) from nearby cities, and especially snow on the ground also effect light levels.
• Times will vary a few minutes, as (i) these figures are for the centre of the county the walk is in, (ii) if there are hills on the horizon, and (iii) if you are on a hill
• Of course, you need a cloudless night as well!