Over Compton, Dorset Weather
About Over Compton, Dorset
Over Compton holds a stillness that seems to gather the light of the Dorset sky into the pale, honeyed stone of its cottages. It lies 2.3 miles east-north-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 72°T, OS grid ST 590 169), and is situated west-south-west of Nether Compton village. Low, rolling fields of chalk and limestone define the horizon, offering a quiet perspective on the land that stretches toward the horizon. To the east, the waters of Manor Lake catch the morning sun, reflecting the shifting clouds in a mirror of sudden, bright clarity. The nearby Trent Brook winds its way through the verdant floor of the valley, carving a path that has long dictated the quiet habits of the local landscape. Over Compton retains a character defined by its ancient agricultural roots, where the rhythm of the seasons still commands the pace of the day. A sense of geological depth lingers nearby at the Halfway House Quarry Sssi, where the earth reveals the bones of a prehistoric past beneath the modern surface. These features provide a sharp, clean edge to the surrounding countryside, grounding the architecture of the parish in the stubborn reality of the bedrock.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Over Compton, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Over Compton, 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 Over Compton includes coordinates 50.95089, -2.584015, 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 Over Compton is available on the Over Compton 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.