Blackcat, Essex Weather
About Blackcat, Essex
Blackcat emerges from the quiet creases of the Essex countryside as a cluster of habitations defined by the patient geometry of field and lane. It lies 4.2 miles north of Chipping Ongar (from Chipping Ongar: bearing 3°T, OS grid TL 554 097), and is situated south-east of Matching Green village. The light here catches the damp earth of the surrounding arable land, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the horizon to the heavy, clay-rich soil. North-north-east of the hamlet, the ancient Rookwood Hall Moated Site serves as a silent witness to the medieval hands that once carved defensive water into the landscape. Blackcat maintains a modest, unassuming rhythm, where the hum of modern machinery occasionally gives way to the stillness of a winter afternoon. Further to the south-south-west, the moated site near Tanner’s Cottage remains a hidden relic, obscured by the encroachment of thick hedgerows and the slow passage of seasons. These remnants of antiquity lend a sense of gravity to the local lanes, where the weight of centuries presses against the modern road surfaces. The air often carries a sharp, metallic clarity that clarifies the distance between the isolated farmsteads and the wider world beyond.
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About This Blackcat, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackcat, Essex, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Blackcat includes coordinates 51.764474, 0.250927, in the county of Essex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Blackcat is available on the Blackcat map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Essex 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.