Rapps, Somerset Weather
About Rapps, Somerset
Rapps occupies a modest rise in the Somerset landscape, where the horizon broadens into a patchwork of low-lying fields. It lies 2.0 miles north-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 318°T, OS grid ST 337 170), and is situated west-south-west of Ilton village. The local topography is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from the heavy clay soils of the vale to the sharper, more expectant incline of Speke's Hill, which looms a mile to the north-north-west. Sunlight here has a habit of pooling in the shallow depressions of the earth, catching the damp edges of the vegetation with a pale, bruised gold. To the north-east, the silent, grass-grown humps of the Merryfield Moated Site and Fishponds serve as a quiet reminder of medieval industry, where water once held a different, more deliberate purpose. Rapps maintains a watchful composure, its lanes winding between hedgerows that seem to thicken and darken as the afternoon wanes. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and turning leaves, a sensory signature of the South West that remains constant regardless of the season. Through these quiet passages, Rapps retains an unadorned presence, indifferent to the encroaching bustle of modern transit.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rapps, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rapps, 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 Rapps includes coordinates 50.949352, -2.94407, 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 Rapps is available on the Rapps 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.