Interesting cloud line stretching from west Wales to the west of Ireland on
both visual and Ir channels on the 1600 GMT images.

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_vis.jpg

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_ir.jpg

Alan
--
Wirral,Merseyside. 53.1 N 3.0 W 40m amsl
http://www.wirralcam.com/frame.htm

Alan Duckers wrote:
Interesting cloud line stretching from west Wales to the west of Ireland on
both visual and Ir channels on the 1600 GMT images.

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_vis.jpg

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_ir.jpg


Is there a way of getting Met Office images other than the "latest", ie
an archive of the day's Meteosat hourly pictures? By the time I tried
to look at the images Alan suggested, they were history.

I have tried knocking off the end of the url, but have got nowhere.

Jack

You can always find the last 12 hours at least from Meteosat web site, Jack.
http://www.eumetsat.de/


--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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Alan Duckers wrote:
Interesting cloud line stretching from west Wales to the west of Ireland
on
both visual and Ir channels on the 1600 GMT images.

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_vis.jpg

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_ir.jpg


Is there a way of getting Met Office images other than the "latest", ie
an archive of the day's Meteosat hourly pictures? By the time I tried
to look at the images Alan suggested, they were history.

I have tried knocking off the end of the url, but have got nowhere.

Jack

Bernard Burton wrote:

You can always find the last 12 hours at least from Meteosat web site, Jack.
http://www.eumetsat.de/

Yes I knew of that - indeed there are other sources such as wetter.com
(good animation) but I like the Met Office (there's a surprise!)
"corrected" image and am actaully finding them the best of all the
Meteosat images that are currently available.

Not of course a patch on the resolution from the polar satellites.
Thanks Bernard for continuing to provide the NOAA satpics.

Are there any more polar orbiters in the pipeline? A "wish list" would
be for be for one pass per hour. The currently available ones are fine
for "hindcasting", but of limited use to be able to predict what might
happen over the next hour or so. That's where the Meteosat images come
into their own, but of course, with very limited resolution.

Jack

Further NOAA polar orbiters of the present generation are in doubt. NOAA
managed to drop, yes drop, the next satellite due for launch, when they
tried to lift it, and somebody had removed the securing bolts to use on
another satellite! As far as I know, it was severly damaged. although they
may be able to use some of the components possibly.The present NOAAs in
orbit all have or are having problems. NOAA12 is the most reliable, and the
oldest. NOAA 16 has scan motor problems, so that some passes are unusable.
NOAA17 has low transmitter power, so that the coverage is reduced, althougth
otherwise it is OK. The others, NOAA14 and 15 both have a failed AVHRR
facility.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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Bernard Burton wrote:

You can always find the last 12 hours at least from Meteosat web site,
Jack.
http://www.eumetsat.de/

Yes I knew of that - indeed there are other sources such as wetter.com
(good animation) but I like the Met Office (there's a surprise!)
"corrected" image and am actaully finding them the best of all the
Meteosat images that are currently available.

Not of course a patch on the resolution from the polar satellites.
Thanks Bernard for continuing to provide the NOAA satpics.

Are there any more polar orbiters in the pipeline? A "wish list" would
be for be for one pass per hour. The currently available ones are fine
for "hindcasting", but of limited use to be able to predict what might
happen over the next hour or so. That's where the Meteosat images come
into their own, but of course, with very limited resolution.

Jack

"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
...

Yes I knew of that - indeed there are other sources such as wetter.com
(good animation) but I like the Met Office (there's a surprise!)
"corrected" image and am actaully finding them the best of all the
Meteosat images that are currently available.

I agree. For many years they were among the best images available on the Met
Office
intranet; I was very pleased to see them added to the external web site.

Jon.

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message ...
"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
...

Yes I knew of that - indeed there are other sources such as wetter.com
(good animation) but I like the Met Office (there's a surprise!)
"corrected" image and am actaully finding them the best of all the
Meteosat images that are currently available.

I agree. For many years they were among the best images available on the Met
Office
intranet; I was very pleased to see them added to the external web site.

Jon.

Ah but what will happen when Meteosat 7 is taken out of service at the end of 2005.
Will the Met Office still show hourly MSG images or will it be back to every 6 hours.

Regards,

Rob
Chester, UK
http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather/

"Rob Bale" wrote in message
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Ah but what will happen when Meteosat 7 is taken out of service at the end
of 2005.
Will the Met Office still show hourly MSG images or will it be back to
every 6 hours.

Regards,

Rob

I've no idea but I would hope (and expect) that an hourly image is
maintained.

BTW Rob, any ideas how long Meteosat 6 has got ? I tend to use that more..
rapid scan :-)

Cheers,
Jon.

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message ...

"Rob Bale" wrote in message
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snip
Ah but what will happen when Meteosat 7 is taken out of service at the end
of 2005.
Will the Met Office still show hourly MSG images or will it be back to
every 6 hours.

Regards,

Rob

I've no idea but I would hope (and expect) that an hourly image is
maintained.

BTW Rob, any ideas how long Meteosat 6 has got ? I tend to use that more..
rapid scan :-)

Cheers,
Jon.

Loads of info here Jon.
http://www.eumetsat.de/en/dps/news/p...ices_0_deg.pdf

With regards Meteosat 6 it is envisaged it will continue for some time beyond 2005 transmitting from 10° East
Hope you're right about MSG 1(Meteosat 8)

Regards,

Rob
Chester, UK
http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather/

"Rob Bale" wrote in message
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snip
Loads of info here Jon.
http://www.eumetsat.de/en/dps/news/p...ices_0_deg.pdf

Thanks.


With regards Meteosat 6 it is envisaged it will continue for some time
beyond 2005 transmitting from 10° East
Hope you're right about MSG 1(Meteosat 8)

Me too, but Meteosat 8 will be old hat by then ;-)

I was only thinking the other about my old Timestep Meteosat receiver and
the joyous moment in 1992 when I received my first 'live' image; although my
dad wasn't having much fun wandering round the front garden carrying a 1m
dish pointed in vain at where Meteosat 'should' be ! Then there was the
times I'd set my humble 386 (25mhz) PC up to receive a day's images only to
find the PC's clock had gone awry and I had s*d all ! The net takes all the
fun out of it :-)
Infact I first saw live images a few years before at college when I decided
to do my final A-level Physics project based around their Meteosat kit. I
spent many happy hours (normally well after closing time) with a dodgy dot
matrix printer, some tracing paper (for overlaying DIY Synoptic charts) and
an aging BBC-B computer.. the tutors weren't impressed though and
consquently marked me down because there wasn't enough physics involved,
probably. I digress, hohum.

Jon.