Stripes, Cumbria Weather
About Stripes, Cumbria
Stripes emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a modest collection of dwellings defined by the quiet endurance of its stone walls. It lies 4.1 miles south-east of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 126°T, OS grid NY 456 517), and is situated south-east of Cumwhinton village. The morning light here often catches the damp fields with a pale, silver clarity that makes the surrounding pastures feel vast and unburdened. A short walk east reveals the Cotehill Pastures and Ponds SSSI, where the water holds the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that seems to pause the very movement of the day. Stripes keeps a watchful silence, though the distant, rhythmic flow of Moss Ditch persists as a steady pulse in the land to the south. History lingers in the nearby sandstone cliffs, where the ancient, carved echoes of St Constantine’s Cells remain hidden from the casual passerby. The air around Stripes carries the scent of turned earth and the sharp, clean bite of the northern wind. These horizons remain open and wide, offering a perspective shaped by centuries of agricultural patience and the slow turning of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Stripes. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Stripes and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stripes, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stripes, 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 Stripes includes coordinates 54.857608, -2.848402, 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 Stripes is available on the Stripes 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.