Stockwood, Dorset Weather
About Stockwood, Dorset
Stockwood emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings where time seems to hold its breath. It lies 5.8 miles south-south-east of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 160°T, OS grid ST 587 070), and is situated east-south-east of Melbury Osmond village. The terrain here falls within the Melbury Park Sssi, where ancient trees cast long, deliberate shadows over the limestone soil. To the south-east, the rise of Bubb Down Hill provides a natural boundary, catching the pale morning light before it reaches the valley floor. Stockwood maintains a modest presence, defined more by the slow turning of the seasons than by the clamour of modern industry. The lanes surrounding Stockwood are narrow and hemmed by thick, moss-covered hedges that seem to preserve the silence of the past. Farmers still work the heavy clay fields, their labour dictated by the temperamental cycles of rain and sun that define this corner of the South West.
Flight conditions near Stockwood. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Stockwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stockwood, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stockwood, 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 Stockwood includes coordinates 50.861667, -2.587375, 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 Stockwood is available on the Stockwood 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.