Windy Harbour, Lancashire Weather
About Windy Harbour, Lancashire
Windy Harbour commands the rugged, rising folds of the Lancashire landscape where the wind seems to linger with a persistent, restless energy. It lies 3.0 miles north-east of Chorley (from Chorley: bearing 42°T, OS grid SD 615 213), and is situated south-south-east of Higher Wheelton village. Pale, northern light spills over the exposed slopes, illuminating the quiet grit of the stone walls that define the perimeter of Windy Harbour. To the north-east, the elevation of Pike Lowe watches over the horizon, its silhouette a familiar anchor against the shifting grey of the clouds. Below these heights, the dark, still waters of Boardman's Heights Reservoir offer a stark contrast to the surrounding moorland grasses. The air here carries the faint, metallic scent of damp earth and moving water, a reminder of the proximity of hidden springs and the relentless pull of the hills. Despite its unassuming scale, Windy Harbour endures as a distinct point upon the map, defined more by the open sky than by the reach of any neighbouring industry. The land retains a certain austere elegance, shaped by the passage of weather and the quiet, persistent demands of a rural life lived in the path of the gale.
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About This Windy Harbour, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windy Harbour, 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 Windy Harbour includes coordinates 53.686795, -2.583029, 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 Windy Harbour is available on the Windy Harbour 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.