Dial Post, West Sussex Weather
About Dial Post, West Sussex
Dial Post emerges from the West Sussex clay as a quiet confluence of lanes where the horizon holds a heavy, expectant stillness. It lies 5.3 miles north-north-west of Steyning (from Steyning: bearing 347°T, OS grid TQ 154 195), and is situated south-west of West Grinstead village. Low-hanging clouds frequently brush the tops of the nearby oaks, casting long, bruised shadows across the damp verges that define the local topography. To the north, the River Adur threads its way through the landscape, a thin, silver vein that drains the surrounding fields with a sluggish, persistent gravity. The water collects in the hollows near Hammer Pond, where the surface remains glass-still, reflecting the skeletal reach of winter branches. Dial Post maintains a sparse, functional elegance, its architecture keeping a watchful, austere silence over the surrounding pastures. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the land rises toward Woodman's Hill, providing a vantage point over the wide, flat basin of the Weald. This geography creates a sense of isolation that feels both intentional and profoundly ancient, grounding the modern inhabitant in the slow, relentless pulse of the changing seasons.
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About This Dial Post, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dial Post, West Sussex, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dial Post includes coordinates 50.963438, -0.35674, in the county of West Sussex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Dial Post is available on the Dial Post map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Sussex weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.