Mount, West Yorkshire Weather
About Mount, West Yorkshire
Mount commands the high, exposed ridges of the Pennine fringe, where the air holds a sharp, metallic clarity even in the height of summer. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-west of Elland (from Elland: bearing 201°T, OS grid SE 098 181), and is situated east-north-east of Outlane village. Below the suburban perimeter, the land falls away toward the quiet, shadowed trough of Shavey Clough, where the light seems to thicken and cool against the darkening gritstone. To the south, the Compensation Reservoir reflects the steel-grey skies of West Yorkshire, its artificial stillness a stark contrast to the restless wind that often rakes the exposed slopes. Mount retains the austere character of a place built upon industry and wind, where the houses appear to huddle against the persistent weather. The proximity to the ancient Roman road at Slack suggests a long human endurance in this terrain, a silent persistence that outlasts the shifting fortunes of the local mills. Here, the horizon is rarely empty, dominated by the hulking, bruised profiles of the surrounding hills that define the limits of the view. Every chimney pot and stone wall in Mount bears witness to a landscape that demands much from those who occupy its heights.
Flight conditions near Mount. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Mount and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mount, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount, West Yorkshire, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Mount includes coordinates 53.659983, -1.852984, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Mount is available on the Mount map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Yorkshire 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.