Waterlip, Somerset Weather
About Waterlip, Somerset
Waterlip clings to the limestone ridges of Somerset, a collection of dwellings defined by the quiet tenacity of the Mendip hills. It lies 2.6 miles east-north-east of Shepton Mallet (from Shepton Mallet: bearing 73°T, OS grid ST 659 447), and is situated north-north-west of Cranmore village. The landscape here feels carved by ancient, rhythmic shifts, where the earth holds a mineral silence beneath the open sky. To the north-northeast, Moon's Hill Quarry SSSI reveals the raw, exposed veins of the planet, a four-hectare site that exposes the deep geological history beneath the topsoil. Waterlip sits close enough to the industrial pulse of the East Somerset Railway that the distant, rhythmic chuff of heritage engines occasionally drifts across the fields on the wind. Beyond the houses, the terrain dips toward the sheltered hollow of Dean Bottom, where the air grows heavy and cool in the late afternoon. The light in Waterlip possesses a particular clarity, catching the grey stone of the cottages until they seem to dissolve into the pale, shifting clouds above the horizon. This is a place of hard stone and open weather, where the modern world feels like a distant, muted echo.
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About This Waterlip, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Waterlip, 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 Waterlip includes coordinates 51.200958, -2.48913, 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 Waterlip is available on the Waterlip 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.