Stour Meadows, Dorset Weather
About Stour Meadows, Dorset
Stour Meadows rests where the heavy, loam-rich earth of the Blackmore Vale bows to the patient, winding currents of the River Stour. It lies 1.8 miles east-north-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 64°T, OS grid ST 812 154), and is situated west-south-west of Manston village. Here, the low-lying pastures hold the morning mist until the sun burns it into a pale, translucent ghost of the night’s damp. To the east, the waters of Manston Brook carve a silver thread through the clay, feeding the reeds that sway in quiet conversation with the wind. The landscape around Stour Meadows is defined by this fluid geography, where the soil remains soft and yielding under the weight of winter rains. Further south, the ancient stone of the Medieval Standing Cross 30M South Of The Church Of St Paul watches over the stillness, a silent marker of centuries that have drifted past like clouds. The light in this corner of Dorset possesses a sharp, clean clarity that catches the edges of the hawthorn hedges, turning common leaves into glinting blades of emerald. Even as the seasons turn, Stour Meadows retains a grounded, singular composure, tethered to the rhythmic pulse of the river and the vast, unshadowed sky above the vale.
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About This Stour Meadows, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stour Meadows, 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 Stour Meadows includes coordinates 50.938004, -2.268717, 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 Stour Meadows is available on the Stour Meadows 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.