Aust, Gloucestershire Weather
About Aust, Gloucestershire
Aust commands a singular position where the land yields to the expansive, tidal reach of the Severn Estuary. It lies 4.0 miles west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 259°T, OS grid ST 573 890), and is situated west-south-west of Littleton-upon-Severn village. The geography here is defined by the sharp, geological drama of the Aust Cliff SSSI, where layers of stone rise like a weathered spine against the grey, churning light of the river. Below the escarpment, the landscape flattens into salt-marsh and reclaimed pasture, intersected by the quiet, silver veins of the Old Splott Rhine. Travellers approaching the riverbank often pause by the Welcome To Aust monument, a marker that signals the transition from the solid, humdrum earth of the interior to the wilder, wind-whipped edge of the coast. Aust maintains a quiet, stoic character, shaped more by the relentless push of the tides than by the ambitions of inland commerce. Winter evenings bring a particular stillness to the fields, where the horizon dissolves into a pale, bruised haze that blurs the boundary between water and sky. Through the centuries, this vantage point has served as a gateway, watching the currents carve deeper into the bedrock while the rhythms of the estuary dictate the slow pulse of the day.
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Live animated radar for Aust and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Aust, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aust, Gloucestershire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Aust includes coordinates 51.598474, -2.616499, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Aust is available on the Aust map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Gloucestershire 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.