Forton, Somerset Weather
About Forton, Somerset
Forton rests where the quiet lanes of Somerset narrow into a tapestry of ancient, layered earth. It lies 1.3 miles south-east of Chard (from Chard: bearing 136°T, OS grid ST 336 070), and is situated north-east of Tatworth village. The landscape around Forton holds the stillness of an unwritten history, where hedgerows mark the slow passage of seasons against a low, pale sky. A short distance to the south-east, the weathered concrete of WW2 Anti Tank Blocks remains, half-submerged in the grass like the bleached vertebrae of a forgotten giant. These remnants of a darker century provide a stark contrast to the verdant expanse of Stowell Meadow Sssi, a small, protected pocket of biodiversity that hums with the life of marsh and field. Sunlight here has a way of catching the wet stone of older walls, turning the ordinary texture of local rock into something luminous and fleeting. Forton maintains a steady, solitary composure, indifferent to the encroaching bustle of the nearby market town. The horizon is defined not by grand monuments but by the honest, hard-won rhythm of the rural South West.
Flight conditions near Forton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Forton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Forton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forton, 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 Forton includes coordinates 50.858873, -2.9445, 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 Forton is available on the Forton 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.