Barras, Cumbria Weather
About Barras, Cumbria
Barras claims a quiet sovereignty over the windswept limestone ridges of eastern Cumbria. It lies 4.8 miles east-north-east of Kirkby Stephen (from Kirkby Stephen: bearing 66°T, OS grid NY 844 119), and is situated east of Brough Sowerby village. The landscape here opens into an expansive, bracing terrain, where the pale northern light catches the rugged contours of the Belah Woods And Pastures SSSI. Stone walls slice through the rough grazing land like grey veins, marking out a pastoral history that leans heavily upon the endurance of the soil. To the north, the waters of Mousegill Beck carve a brisk, insistent path through the moorland, humming with a cold, clear resonance. Barras observes the slow transition of seasons across the slopes of Middle Fell, where the shadows stretch long and thin in the fading afternoon. This is a place of hard edges and wide horizons, where the weather dictates the temper of the day and the sky feels closer than the distant roads.
Flight conditions near Barras. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Barras and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Barras, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barras, Cumbria, 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 Barras includes coordinates 54.502772, -2.240984, in the county of Cumbria, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Barras is available on the Barras map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cumbria 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.