Espoo, immediately west of Helsinki and part of the same greater metropolitan area, shares essentially the same climate as the capital, receiving around 650 mm (about 26 inches) of rain a year with a similar late-summer peak in convective activity. Its more suburban, forested character compared with central Helsinki means slightly more localized variation in where the heaviest summer showers actually fall on a given day. As with the rest of the region, short, intense downpours rather than sustained heavy rain are the main weather-related hazard. Because these summer cells can be quite localized across the wooded Espoo landscape, radar helps residents judge whether a storm is actually headed their way. Finland’s Meteorological Institute operates the national radar network.
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