Swell, Somerset Weather
About Swell, Somerset
Swell reveals itself as a quiet assembly of stone and slate, holding fast to the low-lying fields of the Somerset levels. It lies 3.8 miles south-west of Langport (from Langport: bearing 236°T, OS grid ST 368 233), and is situated east-north-east of Fivehead village. The land rises gently toward Swell Hill to the north, where the horizon broadens to embrace the wide, restless sky of the South West. Beyond the immediate pastures, the light often lingers upon the distant, columned silhouette of the Burton Pynsent Monument, a stark vertical stroke against the soft green horizontal of the parkland. The local architecture speaks of a long agricultural patience, with limestone walls that seem to have absorbed the sun’s warmth through many successive seasons. Nearby, the Fivehead Woods And Meadow Sssi offers a sanctuary of diverse flora, where the earth remains damp and rich with the scent of unhurried growth. Swell maintains a singular, dignified character, untroubled by the haste of modern thoroughfares and defined instead by the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding countryside.
Flight conditions near Swell. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Swell and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swell, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for 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 Swell includes coordinates 51.006345, -2.900985, 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 Swell is available on the 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.