South Bowood, Dorset Weather
About South Bowood, Dorset
South Bowood emerges from the verdant folds of the West Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the ancient rhythm of the surrounding pasture. It lies 2.7 miles south-west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 231°T, OS grid SY 446 986), and is situated north-north-west of Salway Ash village. The morning light often lingers upon the high slopes of Lewesdon Hill to the north-west, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the hedgerows of South Bowood. Beneath these heights, the land retains a persistent dampness that encourages a lush, emerald vitality in the grasses. A short distance away, the quiet canopy of Luccombe Covert offers a sanctuary of shadowed timber, where the air grows cool and heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp earth. This rural character remains anchored to the earth, undisturbed by the hurried pace of modern industry. The local topography, marked by sharp rises and sudden hollows, ensures that South Bowood maintains an intimacy with its geography that few other places possess. Each lane winding through the landscape seems to follow the natural contours of the soil, revealing the true, unadorned beauty of this corner of England.
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About This South Bowood, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Bowood, 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 South Bowood includes coordinates 50.784756, -2.786851, 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 South Bowood is available on the South Bowood 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.