SHANNON AIRPORT is to have a new dual-polarisation weather radar installed this summer.
Listed as an action in the Government’s Climate Action Plan, the addition of the high-tech weather radar is aimed to lead to improved weather forecasting and climate monitoring from the weather station at Shannon Airport.
Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) was confident it would result in better advanced detection of flood events. “Shannon Airport’s weather station has provided a fantastic forecasting service for a number of years now and the addition of this new radar will enhance what can be predicted and studied from this station”.
He added, “Dual-polarisation weather radars involve cutting edge technology and software than has the ability to discern between heavy rain, rain, snow and sleet. This information will give meteorologists and the Irish Aviation Authority a more acute understanding of what weather fronts are moving inland from the Atlantic Ocean. The new radar should help to improve the accuracy of precipitation estimates, leading to better advance detection of flood events”.
