Porkellis, Cornwall Weather
About Porkellis, Cornwall
Granite outcrops and verdant slopes define the rugged character of Porkellis, where the earth still holds the quiet echoes of a deep, industrial past. It lies 4.2 miles north-north-east of Helston (from Helston: bearing 27°T, OS grid SW 692 333), and is situated west-south-west of Carnkie village. The horizon here is dominated by the rising mass of Carnmenellis, a hill that draws the eye upward toward the wide, restless Cornish sky. Just to the south, the remains of Tyack’s Shaft stand as a sentinel of the old mining complex, its weathered stone offering a stark geometry against the softness of the surrounding gorse. The light in Porkellis possesses a particular clarity, catching the edges of ancient hedgerows and turning the granite walls of local cottages to the colour of pale, winter honey. Beneath the surface, the legacy of tin extraction lingers in the landscape, a silent reminder of the men who once laboured in the dark veins of the earth. Beyond the immediate fields, the expansive reach of Stithians Reservoir catches the clouds, mirroring the shifting moods of the heavens in its dark, obsidian waters. Such geography grants Porkellis a stoic resilience, anchoring it firmly within the wild, undulating heart of the peninsula.
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About This Porkellis, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porkellis, Cornwall, 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 Porkellis includes coordinates 50.155561, -5.231755, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Porkellis is available on the Porkellis map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall 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.