Prior's Norton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Prior's Norton, Gloucestershire
Prior's Norton emerges from the flat, heavy clay of the Severn Vale, a quiet cluster of brick and timber held fast by the slow, seasonal pulse of the river. It lies 4.4 miles north-north-east of Gloucester (from Gloucester: bearing 31°T, OS grid SO 867 245), and is situated east-north-east of Norton village. The land here holds the light with a peculiar, silvered intensity, especially as the sun slips behind the broad shoulder of Windmill Hill to the west. Fields stretch out in long, unhurried lines, their boundaries marked by hedgerows that have long outlived the labourers who first set them. To the north-west, the quiet waters of the Leigh Parish Drain carve a thin, dark vein through the moisture-laden earth. Prior's Norton retains a singular, sparse dignity, eschewing the clamour of busier routes for the steady, rhythmic work of the seasons. The air here carries a faint, sharp tang of damp soil and ancient riverbeds, a reminder of the water that persistently seeks the Severn. Each winter, the horizon seems to dissolve into a grey, watercolour wash, leaving the buildings of Prior's Norton to stand as solitary, solid anchors against the vast and shifting sky.
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About This Prior's Norton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prior's Norton, 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 Prior's Norton includes coordinates 51.919468, -2.193728, 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 Prior's Norton is available on the Prior's Norton 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.