Ford, West Sussex Weather
About Ford, West Sussex
Ford maintains a low-slung, utilitarian composure, defined as much by its industrial edges as by the flat, expansive horizon of the coastal plain. It lies 1.9 miles west-north-west of Littlehampton (from Littlehampton: bearing 296°T, OS grid TQ 000 033), and is situated north-north-east of Horsemere Green village. The light here is thin and precise, catching the fuselage of the Hawker Hunter display aircraft that serves as a grounded, metallic sentinel at the edge of the airfield. Beyond the tarmac, the landscape softens into the quiet, reed-fringed path of the Little Tortington Stream, where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate intent. Ford holds a sparse, functional beauty, where the remnants of a military past intersect with the slow, seasonal encroachment of the fields. A short distance away, the Medieval Earthworks E And Se Of St Mary'S Church offer a subtle ripple in the topography, hinting at lives lived long before the hangars were raised. There is no urgency in the air, only the steady, monochromatic hum of a place that prefers to be overlooked. Ford remains a collection of stark lines and open sky, indifferent to the demands of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Ford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ford, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ford, 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 Ford includes coordinates 50.821317, -0.580657, 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 Ford is available on the Ford 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.