Bow, Cumbria Weather
About Bow, Cumbria
Bow remains a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the low, flat horizon of the Solway Plain. It lies 4.2 miles west of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 273°T, OS grid NY 335 561), and is situated south-south-east of Moorhouse village. The light here often feels thin and pale, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant hills. To the east, the waters of Roughton Beck and Greathill Beck move with a deliberate, cold clarity through the heavy clay soil. Bow sits within a landscape that keeps its secrets, marked by the ancient, boggy silence of the nearby Orton Moss SSSI. Farmers tend to the land with a patient hand, working under skies that seem to possess a greater, more expansive weight than those found in the sheltered valleys further south. The wind carries a sharp, clean edge, reminding those who pass through that the sea is not far away. Bow endures as a modest point on the map, grounded firmly in the rhythms of the seasons and the stubborn persistence of the Cumbrian earth.
Flight conditions near Bow. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Bow and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bow, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bow, 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 Bow includes coordinates 54.895294, -3.037612, 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 Bow is available on the Bow 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.