Great Elm, Somerset Weather
About Great Elm, Somerset
Great Elm holds a quiet gravity, fashioned from the limestone bones of the Mendip hills and the persistent passage of water. It lies 2.0 miles west-north-west of Frome (from Frome: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 746 492), and is situated south-south-west of Buckland Dinham village. The Mells Stream carves a restless path through the limestone, its currents brushing against the roots of ancient trees that lean heavily over the banks. Where the valley deepens into Fordbury Bottom, the air gathers a cool, damp weight, carrying the scent of moss and shadowed earth. Great Elm remembers the industry of iron, its past layered in the silent, moss-covered ruins of edge-tool works that once harnessed the river's mechanical pulse. Above the water, the steep ascent toward the earthworks of Tedbury Camp reveals how the land was shaped by human hands long before the modern age. Sunlight strikes the stone walls of the houses with a pale, sharp clarity, highlighting the texture of the masonry against the encroaching green of the valley slopes. Time moves here with a deliberate, singular pace, mirrored in the way the stream perpetually reshapes the gravel beds beneath the overhanging boughs.
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About This Great Elm, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Elm, 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 Great Elm includes coordinates 51.241473, -2.363998, 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 Great Elm is available on the Great Elm 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.