Shannon weather radar: IESHA

A EUMETNET OPERA weather radar in Clare, Ireland, operated by Met Éireann.

Station
Shannon (IESHA)
Operator
Met Éireann
Network
EUMETNET OPERA
Antenna
52.693° N, 8.920° W, 29 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity

IESHA is a weather radar of Met Éireann, listed as Shannon, in Clare, Ireland. The antenna stands 29 m above sea level. Limerick lies 20 km east 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

  • Limerick, Munster 20 km east
  • Ennis, Munster 17 km north
  • Shannon, Munster 4 km east
  • Galway, Connacht 65 km north
  • Cork, Munster 94 km south
  • Castletroy, Munster 25 km east
  • Newcastle West, Munster 29 km south
  • Moyross, Munster 19 km east

Nearby radars

  • Plabennec (FRPLA) 567 km southeast
  • Falaise (FRCAE) 744 km southeast
  • Treillieres (FRTRE) 789 km southeast

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Sources: Met Eireann, weather radar network, EUMETNET OPERA, EUMETNET Open Radar Data collections, Alerua radar registry.

Radar data: Met Éireann, via EUMETNET Open Radar Data, CC BY 4.0, processed by Alerua. Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.