Edithmead, Somerset Weather
About Edithmead, Somerset
Edithmead rests in the quiet, flat expanse of the Somerset Levels, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the salt-tinged sky. It lies 1.4 miles east of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 93°T, OS grid ST 329 491), and is situated north-north-east of Highbridge village. The land here holds the memory of ancient water, a low-lying flatness that grants the light a peculiar, lingering quality as it shifts across the drainage ditches. Traces of the past are etched into the earth just 0.1 miles north-north-east, where the Moated Site At Edithmead remains a silent, grassy witness to medieval domesticity. A short distance away, the imposing bulk of Brent Knoll rises like a green sentinel, its hillfort marking a boundary between the modern road and the deep, geological time of the marshes. Edithmead exists in the slipstream of these landmarks, caught between the encroaching modern transit routes and the stubborn, damp persistence of the wetlands. In the cooling air of late afternoon, one can almost sense the weight of the sea, which once claimed this entire basin before the tides were tamed by human intervention. Such geography bestows upon Edithmead a sense of stillness, as if the village is waiting for the wind to carry the distant, rhythmic pulse of the Bristol Channel inland.
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Live animated radar for Edithmead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Edithmead, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edithmead, 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 Edithmead includes coordinates 51.237304, -2.961771, 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 Edithmead is available on the Edithmead 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.