Green Ore, Somerset Weather
About Green Ore, Somerset
Green Ore commands a high, windswept ridge of the Mendip plateau, where the horizon feels vast and brittle under the shifting Somerset skies. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-east of Wells (from Wells: bearing 33°T, OS grid ST 578 502), and is situated north of West Horrington village. The earth here holds the deep memory of lead mining, a legacy that once scarred the soil but now leaves the land open to the scouring winds. Ancient earthworks ripple across the nearby fields, where the Three Bowl Barrows at Green Ore stand as silent, grassy sentinels guarding the secrets of a prehistoric horizon. The light in Green Ore has a singular, piercing clarity, often catching the pale limestone walls of the local architecture before the shadows stretch long and thin toward the Mendip Forest. Travellers passing through might notice the quiet hum of the landscape, a stark contrast to the heavy, stone-laden gravity of the nearby cathedral city. Despite the encroaching silence of the countryside, the spirit of Green Ore remains tethered to the rugged, exposed character of the high Mendip plateau.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Green Ore, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Green Ore, 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 Green Ore includes coordinates 51.24952, -2.605286, 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 Green Ore is available on the Green Ore 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.