Short Street, Wiltshire Weather
About Short Street, Wiltshire
Short Street catches the low-slung light of the Wiltshire horizon, where the land turns from the heavy clay of the plains to the quieter, hedgerow-bound lanes of the west. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of Westbury (from Westbury: bearing 235°T, OS grid ST 839 489), and is situated south-west of Dilton Marsh village. The hum of the modern world fades here, replaced by the persistent, soft rustle of Black Dog Woods, which stands less than a mile to the west as a sentinel of ancient timber. Fields of persistent green stretch between the scattered dwellings, holding the damp memory of winter long after the sun has begun to warm the soil. To the east, the terrain rises toward the distant, rolling ridges, while the shadow of the Westbury Ironstone Quarry Sssi marks the earth with the skeletal remains of a more industrious age. Short Street retains a stubborn, solitary character, defined by its narrow passages and the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons. There is a particular stillness in the air when the wind shifts from the west, carrying the cool, clean scent of water from the direction of Berkley Lake. Time here is measured not by clocks, but by the lengthening of shadows across the limestone walls and the migration of rooks circling above the nearby meadows.
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Live animated radar for Short Street and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Short Street, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Short Street, Wiltshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Short Street includes coordinates 51.239481, -2.23178, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Short Street is available on the Short Street map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.