Keflavík weather radar: ISKEF

A EUMETNET OPERA weather radar in Suðurnes, Iceland, operated by Icelandic Meteorological Office.

Station
Keflavík (ISKEF)
Operator
Icelandic Meteorological Office
Network
EUMETNET OPERA
Antenna
64.026° N, 22.635° W, 48 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid

ISKEF is a weather radar of Icelandic Meteorological Office, listed as Keflavík, in Suðurnes, Iceland. The antenna stands 48 m above sea level. Reykjavík lies 38 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.

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

  • Reykjavík, Capital Region 38 km east
  • Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula 5 km southeast
  • Keflavík, Southern Peninsula 4 km southeast
  • Kópavogur, Capital Region 36 km east
  • Hafnarfjörður, Capital Region 34 km east
  • Garðabær, Capital Region 35 km east
  • Mosfellsbær, Capital Region 48 km east
  • Akranes, West 43 km northeast
  • Sandgerði, Southern Peninsula 4 km west

Nearby radars

  • Skagi (ISSKA) 252 km northeast
  • Bjólfur (ISBJO) 430 km northeast
  • Shannon (IESHA) 1486 km southeast

Iceland · Find your radar

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

Radar data: Icelandic Meteorological Office, via EUMETNET Open Radar Data, CC BY 4.0, processed by Alerua. Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.