Southwaite, Cumbria Weather
About Southwaite, Cumbria
Southwaite maintains a quiet, steady rhythm as the Cumbrian landscape stretches out towards the horizon in long, muted shadows. It lies 7.1 miles south-south-east of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 156°T, OS grid NY 448 452), and is situated west-south-west of Low Hesket village. The light here often feels thin and clear, catching the pale stone of local architecture before it slips across the open fields. Only a short distance away, the waters of Raughton Gill run with a persistent, cold clarity that defines the character of the nearby terrain. To the south-south-west, the rise of Sceugh Hill breaks the flat expanse of the pastures, offering a subtle anchor to the distant skyline. Southwaite exists as a collection of dwellings that seem to have grown out of the earth rather than being placed upon it. The air carries the scent of damp grass and the faint, metallic tang of the nearby railway line, which cuts a straight, purposeful path through the greenery. Each morning, the mist clings to the low-lying meadows, softening the edges of the world until the sun clarifies the geometry of the fences and hedgerows.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southwaite, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwaite, 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 Southwaite includes coordinates 54.798982, -2.859415, 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 Southwaite is available on the Southwaite 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.