Westby, Lancashire Weather
About Westby, Lancashire
Westby emerges from the flat, industrious horizons of the Fylde as a collection of scattered farmsteads and quiet lanes. It lies 2.7 miles west of Kirkham (from Kirkham: bearing 265°T, OS grid SD 384 318), and is situated west-north-west of Wrea Green village. The light here takes on a pale, expansive quality, catching the moisture off the Irish Sea and washing the fields in a cool, silvery clarity. A short distance to the east, the placid waters of The Dub mirror the changing clouds, providing a calm counterpoint to the working rhythm of the surrounding arable land. Westby retains a distinct, solitary character, defined by the low horizons and the persistent, salt-tinged breeze that sweeps across the open Lancashire plain. Beyond the immediate fields, the subtle elevation of Derby Hill breaks the level monotony of the landscape, offering a modest vantage point over the patchwork of hedgerows. This geography dictates a life governed by the turn of the seasons and the slow, deliberate work of the soil. Time in Westby moves with the shifting of the wind, indifferent to the encroaching bustle of more crowded districts.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Westby, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westby, 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 Westby includes coordinates 53.779347, -2.936094, 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 Westby is available on the Westby 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.