North Poorton, Dorset Weather
About North Poorton, Dorset
North Poorton remains a quiet sanctuary of limestone and shadow, defined by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons across the West Dorset hills. It lies 3.2 miles south-east of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 128°T, OS grid SY 520 981), and is situated north of Powerstock village. The land here rises and falls with a muscular grace, forming part of the Mapperton And Poorton Vales SSSI, where rare flora clings to the steep, chalky banks. To the south-east, the imposing rise of Poorton Hill catches the early morning sun, casting long, lean fingers of shade across the pasture. North Poorton breathes in the cool air drifting from the dense, ancient canopy of Hooke Park, which anchors the horizon to the north-east. The soil beneath these fields holds a damp, heavy fertility, supporting a landscape that has long resisted the encroaching noise of the modern world. Every hedge and stony track in North Poorton serves as a reminder of a geological patience, where the earth seems to hold its breath against the changing sky.
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About This North Poorton, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Poorton, 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 North Poorton includes coordinates 50.780569, -2.682087, 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 North Poorton is available on the North Poorton 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.