Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire Weather
About Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire
Grey slate and salt-crusted stone define the quiet character of Lee-on-the-Solent, where the horizon meets the churning currents of the English Channel. It lies 3.4 miles west of Gosport (from Gosport: bearing 277°T, OS grid SU 564 003), and is situated south-south-west of Peel Common village. Low tides pull the water back from the shore, exposing the rugged, shingled expanse of Lee on the Solent (Beach) where the air tastes sharply of iodine and cold spray. Inland, the landscape softens into the verdant, sheltered corridors of the Alver Valley Country Park, providing a quiet refuge from the relentless maritime wind. The light here has a piercing clarity that catches the white hulls of passing yachts, casting long, stark shadows across the promenade. History lingers in the machinery of aviation at the nearby Hovercraft Museum, where the skeletal remains of past engineering remind onlookers of the relentless pursuit of speed over water. Lee-on-the-Solent remains a place of shifting tides and open skies, where the permanence of the earth is constantly measured against the rhythm of the sea.
Flight conditions near Lee-on-the-Solent. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lee-on-the-Solent and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, 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 Lee-on-the-Solent includes coordinates 50.800212, -1.20027, in the county of Hampshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Lee-on-the-Solent is available on the Lee-on-the-Solent map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Hampshire 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.