Westowe emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Somerset countryside, a collection of stone and silence held in the palm of the hills. It lies 4.2 miles north-east of Wiveliscombe (from Wiveliscombe: bearing 39°T, OS grid ST 123 329), and is situated north-west of Lydeard St Lawrence village. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, often catching the gables of Westowe in a pale, lemon-coloured wash that makes the ancient masonry seem almost translucent. To the south, the rising bulk of White Hill exerts a silent, gravitational pressure upon the horizon, grounding the hamlet against the vastness of the sky. A short distance to the north-east, the damp, reed-fringed expanse of New Marsh catches the overflow of the season, holding the reflection of passing clouds in its dark, glassy eyes. Life in Westowe moves with a deliberate, slow-turning rhythm, governed by the turning of the soil and the shifting of shadows across the hedgerows. The land bears the quiet weight of centuries, its lanes winding through a landscape that refuses to hurry, offering instead the stillness of a world caught in a long, contemplative pause.
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Live animated radar for Westowe and surroundings — RainViewer.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westowe, 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 Westowe includes coordinates 51.088923, -3.252258, 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 Westowe is available on the Westowe 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.