Poynings, West Sussex Weather
About Poynings, West Sussex
Poynings emerges from the folds of the chalk hills as a singular collection of flint and timber, anchored firmly against the rising slope of the South Downs. It lies 4.4 miles north-north-east of Southwick (from Southwick: bearing 20°T, OS grid TQ 264 120), and is situated east-north-east of Fulking village. This landscape falls entirely within the protected expanse of the South Downs National Park, where the sky seems to weigh heavy and bright upon the verdant shoulders of the earth. To the south, the deep, scooped amphitheatre of Devil’s Dyke carves a dramatic shadow into the ridge, reminding the observer of the violent, ancient forces that once shaped this limestone spine. East Hill and North Hill stand as silent, grassy sentinels above the rooftops, their heights marked by the weathered silhouette of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. Sunlight catches the pale, porous stone of the local church, a structure that has watched the seasons turn over the rolling pastures for centuries. Poynings maintains a quiet gravity, indifferent to the hurried pace of the lowlands, drawing its character from the stark, wind-swept transition between the high, open chalk and the clay of the Weald. Each lane in Poynings follows the intuitive path of the land, worn deep by the slow movement of cattle and the persistent, scouring touch of the south-westerly gales.
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About This Poynings, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poynings, 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 Poynings includes coordinates 50.894406, -0.203521, 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 Poynings is available on the Poynings 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.