Røst weather radar: NORST

A EUMETNET OPERA weather radar in Nordland, Norway, operated by Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway).

Station
Røst (NORST)
Operator
Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
Network
EUMETNET OPERA
Antenna
67.531° N, 12.099° E, 17 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid

NORST is a weather radar of Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), listed as Røst, in Nordland, Norway. The antenna stands 17 m above sea level. Bodø lies 101 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

  • Bodø 101 km east
  • Sørland 30 km northeast
  • Reine 61 km northeast
  • Ballstad 86 km northeast
  • Røst 2 km southeast
  • Ramberg 78 km northeast

Nearby radars

  • Andøya (NOAND) 248 km northeast
  • Sømna (NOSMN) 257 km south
  • Kiruna (SEKRN) 361 km east

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

Radar data: Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), via EUMETNET Open Radar Data, CC BY 4.0, processed by Alerua. Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.