West Thorney, West Sussex Weather
About West Thorney, West Sussex
West Thorney keeps watch over the tidal margins where the land yields to the shifting moods of the sea. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-east of Emsworth (from Emsworth: bearing 155°T, OS grid SU 766 022), and is situated south-east of Thorney Island village. The flat, salt-washed pastures of West Thorney are defined by the expansive reach of the Chichester Harbour Sssi, where the horizon remains wide and often silvered by the coastal haze. To the south-east, the waters of the Thorney Channel pull rhythmically against the mudflats, dictating the quiet pulse of the local landscape. Ancient field boundaries mark the transition between solid earth and the saline depths of Longmere Point, where the cry of gulls replaces the silence of the inland lanes. History lingers in the architecture of the medieval church, an enduring structure of flint and stone that has weathered centuries of salt-laden gales. The light here possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of the reeds and casting long, austere shadows across the low-lying fields as the tide retreats. West Thorney remains a place of profound stillness, where the boundary between the firmament and the brine is blurred by the constant, patient movement of the water.
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About This West Thorney, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Thorney, 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 West Thorney includes coordinates 50.815074, -0.912926, 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 West Thorney is available on the West Thorney 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.