Upper Hirst, West Yorkshire Weather
About Upper Hirst, West Yorkshire
Upper Hirst commands a rugged prominence where the West Yorkshire earth rises to meet the shifting moods of the northern sky. It lies 2.0 miles south-south-west of Elland (from Elland: bearing 203°T, OS grid SE 096 179), and is situated east of Outlane village. The landscape surrounding Upper Hirst bears the marks of an industrious past, where the quietude of the present hour rests upon ground once trodden by Roman soldiers near the nearby fort at Slack. To the west, the slopes of Leeches Hill climb sharply, offering a vantage point where the light catches the stone walls with a brittle, silver clarity. Below these elevations, the waters of the Compensation Reservoir hold a glass-like stillness, reflecting the grey clouds that drift perpetually toward the horizon. This terrain, shaped by the hard labour of centuries, demands a stoic resilience from those who dwell amidst its windswept heights. Ancient tracks wind through the heather and gritstone, tracing the paths of those who long ago sought a life upon these exposed Pennine fringes. Upper Hirst remains a place of austere beauty, defined less by man’s artifice than by the enduring, cold majesty of the moorland air.
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About This Upper Hirst, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Hirst, 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 Upper Hirst includes coordinates 53.657883, -1.856002, 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 Upper Hirst is available on the Upper Hirst 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.