White Ball, Somerset Weather
About White Ball, Somerset
White Ball commands the rising topography of the Somerset border, where the land shifts from the low pastures of the east toward the rugged spine of the Blackdown Hills. It lies 2.9 miles west-south-west of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 246°T, OS grid ST 096 188), and is situated west of Sampford Arundel village. The incline of White Ball Hill looms just to the south-south-west, casting long, bruised shadows across the lanes as the afternoon sun begins to wane. Water finds its own path through this terrain, with the Westford Stream carving a quiet, silver vein through the fields a short distance to the south-east. The air here holds a particular clarity, sharpened by the proximity of high ground and the persistent, restless movement of the wind. Ancient routes trace the folds of the earth, connecting the quiet threshold of White Ball to the ghosts of distant monastic life near Canonsleigh Abbey. Here, the landscape does not offer itself up easily, but demands a slow, deliberate gaze to discern the subtle textures of clay and stone beneath the encroaching bracken.
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About This White Ball, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for White Ball, 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 White Ball includes coordinates 50.961761, -3.287596, 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 White Ball is available on the White Ball 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.