Thorney, Somerset Weather
About Thorney, Somerset
Thorney maintains a quiet vigil over the low-lying plains of the Somerset Levels, where the horizon feels vast and unburdened by the clutter of modern life. It lies 2.1 miles south-south-east of Langport (from Langport: bearing 164°T, OS grid ST 429 234), and is situated south of Muchelney village. The land here remains inextricably bound to the pulse of the water, as the entire expanse of Thorney sits within the protected reaches of the West Moor SSSI. During the wetter months, the fields surrender to the rising damp, reflecting the pale, shifting light of a sky that seems to stretch further here than anywhere else in the county. Only a short distance to the west, the River Isle charts a serpentine course through the silt, its movement providing a rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the surrounding pastures. Visitors approaching from the north might catch the distant, grey silhouette of Muchelney Abbey, a stone reminder of the monastic influence that once claimed these fertile, marshy acres. Thorney exists in a state of suspended animation, where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal transformations of the moorland grasses. It is a place that demands a patient eye, rewarding the traveler who pauses long enough to notice how the shadows lengthen across the flat, emerald earth.
Flight conditions near Thorney. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Thorney and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Thorney, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thorney, 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 Thorney includes coordinates 51.007959, -2.814682, 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 Thorney is available on the Thorney 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.