Wardon Hill Weather Radar - Nr Frome St Quinton, Dorset, UK
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Dragontree
N 50° 49.145 W 002° 33.415
30U E 531211 N 5629800
This is the weather radar station on the top of Wardon Hill in Dorset.
Waymark Code: WMCNQQ
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/26/2011
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The weather radar is located on the main A37 road which runs from Yeovil to Dorchester. The dome which is usually on the top of the stand has been removed for replacement and workers were busy on the site when we visited.
The BADC website describes the station and its purpose:
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'The common experimental infrastructure comprises the national network radars at Wardon Hill and Cobbacombe Cross, a purpose-built dense raingauge network, an automatic weather station (AWS), an automatic soil water station (ASWS) and a river gauging station. This part of the infrastructure was provided by the Meteorological Office, the Environment Agency, the Natural Environment Research Council, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). These instruments have provided a continuous record throughout HYREX. A disdrometer, operated by CEH Wallingford, was deployed during selected Intense Observing Periods.'