Lower Swell, Somerset Weather
About Lower Swell, Somerset
Lower Swell occupies a quiet corner of the Somerset landscape where the heavy, iron-rich clays of the region meet the sky. It lies 4.5 miles west-south-west of Langport (from Langport: bearing 237°T, OS grid ST 359 229), and is situated east of Fivehead village. The land here holds a particular stillness, broken only by the thin, insistent wind that draws itself across the open fields toward the slopes of Swell Hill. To the north-west, the sprawling terrain of Fivehead Woods And Meadow Sssi offers a sanctuary for ancient flora, marking the transition from the manicured pastures to the wilder, unkempt edges of the parish. Life in Lower Swell follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the agricultural calendar, with the earth turning under the plough in rhythmic, dark furrows. A short distance away, the elevated rise of Fivehead Hill acts as a silent sentinel, watching over the low-lying moisture that gathers in the hollows after the winter rains. The architecture remains modest, built of local stone that absorbs the grey, diffused light common to this part of the South West. Here, the boundary between the managed garden and the untamed hedgerow dissolves, leaving Lower Swell to exist in a state of honest, unadorned endurance.
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About This Lower Swell, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Swell, 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 Lower Swell includes coordinates 51.002262, -2.914872, 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 Lower Swell is available on the Lower Swell 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.