Cosmore, Dorset Weather
About Cosmore, Dorset
Cosmore occupies a quiet corner of the Dorset landscape where the chalk downs begin their long, rhythmic roll toward the coast. It lies 7.2 miles south-south-east of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 161°T, OS grid ST 675 056), and is situated west-north-west of Buckland Newton village. The land here holds the thin, pale light of late afternoon, catching the flinty edges of the fields in a way that makes the horizon feel closer than it truly is. To the west, the slopes of Dogbury Hill rise with a stark, ancient permanence, casting long shadows that stretch toward the modest stone dwellings of Cosmore. A short distance to the south, the two bowl barrows on the ridge above Revels Farm remain as silent sentinels, their rounded silhouettes breaking the line of the sky. The soil is heavy and damp, supporting a patchwork of pasture that has remained largely indifferent to the passing of centuries. Below these elevations, the deep fold of Buckland Bottom captures the mist, keeping the air cool and thick with the scent of wet grass and turned earth. Such geography demands a slow pace, as if the ground itself were reluctant to be hurried by the machines of the modern age.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cosmore, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cosmore, Dorset, 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 Cosmore includes coordinates 50.849372, -2.461919, in the county of Dorset, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cosmore is available on the Cosmore map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Dorset 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.