Ford, Somerset Weather
About Ford, Somerset
Ford emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Somerset landscape like a secret whispered by the earth itself. It lies 3.3 miles south-west of Minehead (from Minehead: bearing 226°T, OS grid SS 929 426), and is situated south-west of Wootton Courtenay village. The hamlet breathes the bracing, open air of Exmoor National Park, where the light descends in thin, silver ribbons across the rolling slopes. Nearby, the Wootton Courtenay Stream marks its passage through the grass, a clear, persistent vein of cold water that hums against the stones. To the south-west, the dramatic slopes of Hanny Combe rise up, carving deep, shadowed furrows into the horizon that shift with the passing clouds. Ford remains a place where the architecture of the hills takes precedence over the works of man, grounding the spirit in the ancient weight of the moor. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound but a heavy, rhythmic presence that defines the day. Each stone and hedgerow in Ford seems to hold the memory of the wind, standing firm against the vast, changing sky of the West Country.
Flight conditions near Ford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Ford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ford includes coordinates 51.172718, -3.532313, 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 Ford is available on the 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.