Wideumont weather radar: BEWID

A EUMETNET OPERA weather radar in Luxembourg, Belgium, operated by Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI).

Station
Wideumont (BEWID)
Operator
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI)
Network
EUMETNET OPERA
Antenna
49.914° N, 5.504° E, 585 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid

BEWID is a weather radar of Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI), listed as Wideumont, in Luxembourg, Belgium. The antenna stands 585 m above sea level. Liège lies 80 km north of the antenna.

Alerua reads the radar's own files through EUMETNET's Open Radar Data service (CC BY 4.0), and the antenna position above comes from those files. The loop carries Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid.

Radar shows rain, snow and hail, not cloud, and nothing below its lowest beam; far from the antenna the beam passes high above the ground.

Nearby

  • Liège, Wallonia 80 km north
  • Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg 56 km southeast
  • Bastogne, Wallonia 18 km northeast
  • Arlon, Wallonia 34 km southeast
  • Brussels, Brussels Capital 133 km northwest
  • Namur, Wallonia 76 km northwest
  • Charleville-Mézières, Grand Est, France 58 km west
  • Charleroi, Wallonia 94 km northwest
  • Vaux-lez-Rosières, Wallonia 5 km east

Nearby radars

  • Neuheilenbach (DENHB) 78 km east
  • Avesnes (FRAVE) 123 km west
  • Helchteren (BEHEL) 129 km north

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Sources: EUMETNET OPERA, EUMETNET Open Radar Data collections, Alerua radar registry.

Radar data: Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI), via EUMETNET Open Radar Data, CC BY 4.0, processed by Alerua. Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.