Mossy Lea, Lancashire Weather
About Mossy Lea, Lancashire
Mossy Lea emerges from the undulating farmland of West Lancashire as a quiet anchor of stone and hedge, holding fast to its agricultural heritage. It lies 2.3 miles north-west of Standish (from Standish: bearing 315°T, OS grid SD 535 127), and is situated south of Wrightington Bar village. The light here often gathers in long, slanted ribbons across the fields, illuminating the damp earth with a clarity that seems to sharpen the very edges of the stone walls. Only a short distance to the north-east, the Wrightington Bar Pasture Sssi preserves a rare fragment of meadow, where the grasses sway with a rhythmic intent that mirrors the slow pulse of the local seasons. Mossy Lea maintains a character defined by this proximity to the wild, where the horizon is dominated by the gentle, dark rise of Harrock Hill looming to the west. The local roads follow the ancient contours of the land, avoiding the hubris of modern straight lines in favour of paths that respect the natural drainage of the soil. Throughout the colder months, the air carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, a reminder that the North West is a country of wind and water. Such surroundings ensure that life in Mossy Lea remains tethered to the physical realities of the terrain, far removed from the clamour of larger industrial centres.
Flight conditions near Mossy Lea. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Mossy Lea and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mossy Lea, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mossy Lea, Lancashire, 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 Mossy Lea includes coordinates 53.609424, -2.703255, in the county of Lancashire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Mossy Lea is available on the Mossy Lea map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lancashire 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.