Avesnes weather radar: FRAVE

A EUMETNET OPERA weather radar in Hauts-de-France, France, operated by Météo-France.

Station
Avesnes (FRAVE)
Operator
Météo-France
Network
EUMETNET OPERA
Antenna
50.128° N, 3.812° E, 209 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity

FRAVE is a weather radar of Météo-France, listed as Avesnes, in Hauts-de-France, France. The antenna stands 209 m above sea level. Brussels lies 89 km northeast 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, velocity.

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

  • Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium 89 km northeast
  • Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium 55 km northeast
  • Mons, Wallonia, Belgium 38 km north
  • Maubeuge 20 km northeast
  • Valenciennes 33 km northwest
  • La Louvière, Wallonia, Belgium 48 km northeast
  • Lille 78 km northwest
  • Saint-Quentin 49 km southwest
  • Taisnières-en-Thiérache 2 km north

Nearby radars

  • Wideumont (BEWID) 123 km east
  • Jabbeke (BEJAB) 129 km northwest
  • Abbeville (FRABB) 141 km west

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Sources: Meteo-France, weather radar network, EUMETNET OPERA, EUMETNET Open Radar Data collections, Alerua radar registry.

Radar data: Météo-France, via EUMETNET Open Radar Data, Etalab Open Licence 2.0, processed by Alerua. Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.