Scarness, Cumbria Weather
About Scarness, Cumbria
Scarness emerges from the quiet margins of the northern fells as a collection of dwellings held fast against the shifting moods of the Cumbrian sky. It lies 5.2 miles north-west of Keswick (from Keswick: bearing 326°T, OS grid NY 219 305), and is situated south-west of Bassenthwaite village. Enfolded within the protective boundaries of the Lake District National Park, Scarness maintains a stoic stillness that seems to absorb the very light filtering through the nearby Wythop Woods. To the south, the surface of Bassenthwaite Lake acts as a dark, polished mirror, reflecting the heavy clouds that roll in from the Solway Firth. The air here holds a distinct, sharp clarity, carrying the faint, cold scent of water moving over ancient stone. Scarness watches over the intersection of land and lake, where the terrain loses its rugged ambition to meet the flat, reed-fringed water. Throughout the seasons, the silence is punctuated only by the occasional cry of a bird or the rhythmic pulse of the wind brushing against the slopes. Life in Scarness remains tethered to these elemental rhythms, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond the peaks.
Flight conditions near Scarness. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Scarness and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Scarness, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scarness, 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 Scarness includes coordinates 54.663961, -3.211737, 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 Scarness is available on the Scarness 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.