Dowlish Ford, Somerset Weather
About Dowlish Ford, Somerset
Dowlish Ford catches the morning light as it spills over the low ridges of the Somerset landscape. It lies 0.8 miles south of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 177°T, OS grid ST 359 135). The land here tilts towards the water, defined by the quiet passage of local brooks that carve through the heavy, fertile earth. To the west, the slopes of Herne Hill rise as a dark, wooded shoulder against the sky, grounding the horizon in a permanent, verdant presence. Dowlish Ford maintains a character shaped by the steady, rhythmic demands of its agricultural past, where stone walls mark the boundaries of fields that have long provided for the valley. A short distance to the east, the rising ground of Pretwood Hill offers a vantage point across the patchwork of pastures and hedgerows. Life in Dowlish Ford moves with the seasons, reflecting a resilience found in the older architecture that keeps watch over the narrow lanes. The air here carries a clean, damp clarity, freshened by the proximity of the hills and the constant, subtle movement of the surrounding water table.
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About This Dowlish Ford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dowlish Ford, Somerset, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dowlish Ford includes coordinates 50.917451, -2.912909, in the county of Somerset, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Dowlish Ford is available on the Dowlish Ford map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Somerset 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.