Plabennec weather radar: FRPLA

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

Station
Plabennec (FRPLA)
Operator
Météo-France
Network
EUMETNET OPERA
Antenna
48.461° N, 4.430° W, 111 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity

FRPLA is a weather radar of Météo-France, listed as Plabennec, in Bretagne, France. The antenna stands 111 m above sea level. Brest lies 9 km southwest 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

  • Brest, Brittany 9 km southwest
  • Guipavas, Brittany 4 km southeast
  • Landerneau, Brittany 13 km east
  • Le Relecq-Kerhuon, Brittany 6 km southeast
  • Plougastel-Daoulas, Brittany 11 km southeast
  • Quimper, Brittany 57 km southeast
  • Plouzané, Brittany 17 km southwest
  • Plabennec, Brittany 5 km north
  • Gouesnou, Brittany 3 km west

Nearby radars

  • Treillieres (FRTRE) 242 km southeast
  • Falaise (FRCAE) 318 km east
  • Trappes (FRTRA) 474 km east

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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.