Whitney Bottom, Somerset Weather
About Whitney Bottom, Somerset
Whitney Bottom remains a quiet pocket of Somerset where the land sighs under the weight of ancient, heavy clays. It lies 2.3 miles west-south-west of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 256°T, OS grid ST 322 138), and is situated south of Horton village. The air here holds a distinct stillness, broken only by the shifting shadows of the clouds as they drift toward the high, sweeping ridge of Barley Hill. A mere stone’s throw to the south, the earth hides the remnants of a pottery kiln, a silent monument to the hands that once shaped the local silt into vessels for daily toil. Whitney Bottom traces the contours of a landscape that prioritises the slow growth of hedge and pasture over the frantic pace of the modern road. From the vantage of the nearby slopes, the horizon stretches out in a patchwork of muted greens and browns, defined by the ancient, stubborn lines of field boundaries. The light at dusk seems to pool in the lower reaches of the vale, turning the damp meadows into mirrors of copper and grey. Through these fields, the legacy of human endeavour remains etched in the soil, quiet and persistent, long after the fires of the old kilns have cooled to ash.
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Live animated radar for Whitney Bottom and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Whitney Bottom, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitney Bottom, 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 Whitney Bottom includes coordinates 50.920045, -2.964944, 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 Whitney Bottom is available on the Whitney Bottom 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.