Lopen, Somerset Weather
About Lopen, Somerset
Lopen holds the quiet, amber-hued stillness of a landscape shaped by long-standing agricultural labour and the soft limestone of the Somerset earth. It lies 1.6 miles south-south-west of South Petherton (from South Petherton: bearing 193°T, OS grid ST 425 143), and is situated south-west of Over Stratton village. The land here slopes gently toward the Lopen Brook, a waterway that marks the southern edge of the parish with a persistent, rhythmic murmur through the reeds. High above the fields, the slopes of Eggwood Hill provide a vantage point where the light stretches thin and pale over the patchwork of hedgerows. Lopen retains a certain gravity in its architecture, where the honey-coloured stone of older cottages absorbs the afternoon sun, retaining a warmth that lingers long after dusk. The surrounding fields remain deeply tied to the rhythms of the seasons, echoing with the mechanical hum of harvest rather than the noise of modern commerce. A walk through the lanes reveals a place where the passage of time is measured by the changing hue of the soil and the slow, deliberate growth of ancient trees. Every corner of Lopen reflects a grounded, persistent character, indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its borders.
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Live animated radar for Lopen and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lopen, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lopen, 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 Lopen includes coordinates 50.925715, -2.818267, 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 Lopen is available on the Lopen 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.