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News Brilliant, near real-time sat images for Australia

Discussion in 'Alpine & Snow' started by SkiMun, Sep 30, 2015.

  1. SkiMun

    SkiMun Part of the Furniture

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    #1 SkiMun, Sep 30, 2015
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  2. Donza

    Donza Pool Room

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    Yeah we have been chatting about it elsewhere. However I think its fair enough to have its own thread.
    Anyone got a picture of the orbit?
     
    #2 Donza, Sep 30, 2015
  3. mick chopps

    mick chopps Pool Room Ski Pass: Gold

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  4. dawooduck

    dawooduck relaxed and comfortable Ski Pass: Gold

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    Sensational. Would be good if you could overlay a real time synoptic chart
     
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  5. Claude Cat

    Claude Cat On my bike Moderator Ski Pass: Platinum

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  6. Claude Cat

    Claude Cat On my bike Moderator Ski Pass: Platinum

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    Geostationary above the equator.
     
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  7. Donza

    Donza Pool Room

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    I'm looking on JMA to see if they have anything similar
     
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  8. Claude Cat

    Claude Cat On my bike Moderator Ski Pass: Platinum

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    If they don't yet, it won't be long.
     
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  9. Donza

    Donza Pool Room

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    JMA have hopeless web interfaces .. (its a Japanese thing).
     
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  10. Claude Cat

    Claude Cat On my bike Moderator Ski Pass: Platinum

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    They are not alone.
    The BOM does a really good job their web pages
    Have a look how crap the NZ Metservice webpages are. Or many of the ones in Europe.
    And don't get me started on the US ROFL
     
    #10 Claude Cat, Sep 30, 2015
  11. Kletterer

    Kletterer Thredbo Doughnut Tragic Moderator

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    So how much improvement in models can we expect ?
     
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  12. Donza

    Donza Pool Room

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    Metservice is OK , getting better... great for Mountain forecasts ...
    US is hopeless.
     
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  13. Donza

    Donza Pool Room

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    Better data , better outcomes .
     
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  14. DidSurfNowSki

    DidSurfNowSki One of them Ski Pass: Gold

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  15. Rush

    Rush Pool Room

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    Have a read.

    In theory.
     
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    will be great to watch that first cyclone
     
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  17. blackice

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    Looks good :cool:

    Is there any instruction on how to drive it? Or is what you see what you get?

    I read the bit about 0.5-2k resolution and was expecting to be able to zoom a lot more than what I can on that link.

    EDIT : Maybe I'm just not getting the scale

    EDIT : Look at how that cloud in the bight hits the land and just stops.
     
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  18. nfip

    nfip Cold 'n Rusty Ski Pass: Gold

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    Very impressive ,
     
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    Stratus A Local Ski Pass: Gold

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    Yeah, not enough zoom
     
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  20. Vermillion

    Vermillion Pool Room Ski Pass: Gold

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    I'll pass that on to the BoM, they'll get a legit chubb out of it.
     
    #20 Vermillion, Oct 1, 2015
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  21. trappers

    trappers Safety not guaranteed Moderator Ski Pass: Gold

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    For those of you who have WeatherZone Pro accounts you should be able to access this:
    http://www.weatherzone.com.au/layers/

    Turn on satellite, click the settings button down the bottom change to 6-12 hours, interval all and then zoom in to the bottom of the picture, the edge of antarctica ... you can see the sea ice moving over the course of a few hours with the sea currents ... Freakin WOW ...:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::nerd:

    Thank you Himawari 8!!!
     
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  22. Snorkler

    Snorkler Part of the Furniture

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    Check out that Rain shadow top of Tas.
     
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  23. trappers

    trappers Safety not guaranteed Moderator Ski Pass: Gold

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    Meh ... thats nothing, check out the wake of the Grampians!
     
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