Moorside, Dorset Weather
About Moorside, Dorset
Moorside rests as a quiet collection of dwellings upon the rolling Dorset landscape, where the earth holds a muted, ancient composure. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 12°T, OS grid ST 796 190), and is situated south of Todber village. The horizon here is dominated by the rising bulk of Quarry Hill, a stony sentinel that watches over the fields with an indifferent, jagged grandeur. During the softer hours of the evening, the light catches the incline of White Way Hill, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the damp pastures like ink spilled upon a map. Moorside derives its character from this proximity to the high ground, where the wind carries the faint, sharp scent of rain-washed limestone. The residents maintain a rhythm dictated by the cycle of the seasons, far removed from the clamour of the modern world. Small tracks wind between the hedges, leading travellers toward the quiet waters of Key Brook, where the stream murmurs secrets to the reeds. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, inevitable deepening of the green in the valleys.
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Live animated radar for Moorside and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Moorside, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moorside, 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 Moorside includes coordinates 50.970558, -2.29068, 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 Moorside is available on the Moorside 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.