Porlock Weir, Somerset Weather
About Porlock Weir, Somerset
Porlock Weir holds the salt-rimed memory of a hundred tides against its ancient, stone-walled harbour. It lies 6.5 miles west of Minehead (from Minehead: bearing 277°T, OS grid SS 864 477), and is situated west-north-west of Porlock village. Enfolded by the vast, bracken-strewn expanse of Exmoor National Park, the harbour basin catches the grey-blue light of the Bristol Channel, reflecting a sky that seems perpetually restless. To the west, the dense, sheltered canopy of Yearnor Wood presses close to the shoreline, contrasting sharply with the wild, exposed character of the coast. Low tide reveals the rugged, shifting shingle of The Gore, where the sea retreats to leave behind a landscape of bleached timber and polished stone. Porlock Weir functions as a quiet threshold between the vertical drama of the moorland hills and the cold, rhythmic push of the Atlantic. The architecture here remains low and sturdy, constructed to deflect the gales that sweep in from the north-west with unrelenting force. Each building in Porlock Weir carries the patina of a working history, where the transition from maritime trade to the stillness of the present day has left the air feeling heavy with Atlantic damp and the scent of drying kelp.
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About This Porlock Weir, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porlock Weir, 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 Porlock Weir includes coordinates 51.217726, -3.626881, 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 Porlock Weir is available on the Porlock Weir 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.