Cattawade, Suffolk Weather
About Cattawade, Suffolk
Cattawade maintains a quiet, deliberate presence where the River Stour widens into the tidal saltings of the Essex-Suffolk border. It lies 0.9 miles north-north-west of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 342°T, OS grid TM 101 331). The landscape here is defined by the expansive, shifting horizons of the Cattawade Marshes Sssi, where the light catches the reeds in pale, metallic ribbons as the tide recedes. Water dictates the rhythm of the horizon, drawing the eye toward the brackish channels of the Hall Fleet that carve through the heavy, alluvial soil. Throughout the day, the sky appears vast and unconstrained, lending an austere clarity to the low-lying fields that stretch toward the horizon. Old sluices and embankments mark the boundary between the firm ground and the encroaching salt, hinting at a long history of reclaiming land from the sea. Local life remains tethered to these margins, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of the estuary across the road. Even in the stillness, there is a sense of constant, fluid movement inherent to the geography of Cattawade, a place shaped by the persistent, unyielding pull of the North Sea.
Flight conditions near Cattawade. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Cattawade and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cattawade, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cattawade, Suffolk, 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 Cattawade includes coordinates 51.957526, 1.057577, in the county of Suffolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cattawade is available on the Cattawade map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Suffolk 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.