Sorry for the bad news but heavy rain showers are again predicted for Usingen this evening/early night !

http://www.niederschlagsradar.de/h.aspx?regio=fri&;srt=bild&j=2010&m=06&d=11&uhr=00&mi=15

I have not compared with statistics from previous summers but could the increased severity /frequency of these rain fades be a result of Global Warming ?

Good night,
Arne van Belle

And right you were Arne. Shortly after your message the signal all but
disappeared.



From: MSG-1@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MSG-1@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
a_van_belle
Sent: Wednesday, 09 June, 2010 20:33
To: MSG-1@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MSG-1] Heavy rain and loss of EUMETCast signal expected





German Rain radar shows heavy rain approaching Usingen from the South.
http://www.niederschlagsradar.de/h.aspx?regio=fri
<http://www.niederschlagsradar.de/h.aspx?regio=fri&;srt=bild&j=2010&m=06&d=09
&uhr=22&mi=25> &srt=bild&j=2010&m=06&d=09&uhr=22&mi=25
(Note: Usingen is not mentioned on this map but it is about 10 miles
NorthEast of "Bad Homburg vor Der Hohe" )

This could cause interruption of the uplink.
In the Netherlands we had severe rain fades this week.

Greetings,
Arne van Belle

German Rain radar shows heavy rain approaching Usingen from the South.
http://www.niederschlagsradar.de/h.aspx?regio=fri&;srt=bild&j=2010&m=06&d=09&uhr=22&mi=25
(Note: Usingen is not mentioned on this map but it is about 10 miles NorthEast of "Bad Homburg vor Der Hohe" )

This could cause interruption of the uplink.
In the Netherlands we had severe rain fades this week.

Greetings,
Arne van Belle

Hello,

On the back cover of the new GEO magazine (26) displays an image from the SPOT-4 satelite.
Is it possible for weatheramateurs to recieve this kind of pictures?


regards

Geert
www.hetweerinboskamp.nl

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:00:42 +0100
"Douglas Deans" <dsdeans@btinternet.com> wrote:

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From: "James Brown" <satellite@meteosat.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 8:24 PM
To: <MSG-1@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [MSG-1] MODIS Iceland image query

It's good to see the MODIS images coming in again.

I was looking at the latest one covering Iceland (very clear) and it
reminded me that for some times I have seen large areas appearing
much darker than the surroundings. I was just wondering if this
could still relate to a covering of ash from the volcanic eruption?
I wonder what others think - the wind direction did at times carry
the cloud further east and north.

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

James, if you see this image from the Iceland Met office it probably
answers your question !

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1884

Also see some of the images further down the scroll ..... a new
meaning to black ice !!


Regards
Douglas.

Thanks, Douglas, for that link - a most interesting site.
Regards
Nigel

In message <D57ADE1E90FC497ABC4340CEFFF987F2@DouglasPC>, Douglas Deans <dsdeans@btinternet.com> writes

James, if you see this image from the Iceland Met office it probably answers
your question !

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1884

Also see some of the images further down the scroll ..... a new meaning to
black ice !!


Regards
Douglas.

Thanks Douglas,

I guess that is more or less a confirmation then. I monitor the earthquakes most days - the whole area seems susceptible to tremors of a 1-2 on their scale.

I'll see if I have any saved images from before to compare.

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

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From: "James Brown" <satellite@meteosat.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 8:24 PM
To: <MSG-1@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [MSG-1] MODIS Iceland image query

It's good to see the MODIS images coming in again.

I was looking at the latest one covering Iceland (very clear) and it
reminded me that for some times I have seen large areas appearing much
darker than the surroundings. I was just wondering if this could still
relate to a covering of ash from the volcanic eruption? I wonder what
others think - the wind direction did at times carry the cloud further
east and north.

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

James, if you see this image from the Iceland Met office it probably answers
your question !

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1884

Also see some of the images further down the scroll ..... a new meaning to
black ice !!


Regards
Douglas.

It's good to see the MODIS images coming in again.

I was looking at the latest one covering Iceland (very clear) and it reminded me that for some times I have seen large areas appearing much darker than the surroundings. I was just wondering if this could still relate to a covering of ash from the volcanic eruption? I wonder what others think - the wind direction did at times carry the cloud further east and north.

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

I see there has been some data loss at approx. 9.10 / 9.15 UTC with losses
on Met-9 / RSS and AVHRR.

Regards
Ian.

Same here, Ian. No missed packets, though, so something higher up the chain. No notice of any work today, I believe.

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu
Email: david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk

In message <C1823359ADEC47D38296CF97A18DB8FA@IanPC>, Ian Deans <iandeans142@btinternet.com> writes

I see there has been some data loss at approx. 9.10 / 9.15 UTC with losses
on Met-9 / RSS and AVHRR.

Regards
Ian.

Thanks for the confirmation Ian,

As it happens I was changing some settings when it occurred and I assumed it was my fault!

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

I see there has been some data loss at approx. 9.10 / 9.15 UTC with losses on Met-9 / RSS and AVHRR.

Regards
Ian.

James and others I note the following information from NOAA which may
explain the outage.

''ESPC is not receiving any MODIS, AIRS
and AMSR-E data. The NANUK server has crashed at
Goddard. The server will not be available until Monday morning.''

Regards
Douglas.

I saw that note, Douglas, but didn't connect it. Mind you, to me ESPC is the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre! Quite a time for a server to be out....

Seems we had our own incident around 16:00 with, I suspect, bad weather over Usingen causing a Europe-wide outage. I managed to get Windows updates done on my main PC just before the signal came back.

See:
http://www.satsignal.eu/mrtg/EumetcastEurope.html

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu
Email: david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk

Douglas Deans <dsdeans@btinternet.com> writes

James and others I note the following information from NOAA which may
explain the outage.

''ESPC is not receiving any MODIS, AIRS
and AMSR-E data. The NANUK server has crashed at
Goddard. The server will not be available until Monday morning.''

Regards
Douglas.

There we have it then! Many thanks Douglas,

James
--
James Brown

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From: "James Brown" <satellite@meteosat.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 9:25 AM
To: <MSG-1@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [MSG-1] Missing MODIS

In message <4C0AD32B.1000701@alanbanks.org.uk>, Alan Banks
<alan@alanbanks.org.uk> writes

Hi James,
My last chunk was 10.45.
Nothing since.

Alan

Thanks Alan for the confirmation. Nothing this morning either.

Cheers

James

James and others I note the following information from NOAA which may explain the outage.

''ESPC is not receiving any MODIS, AIRS
and AMSR-E data. The NANUK server has crashed at
Goddard. The server will not be available until Monday morning.''

Regards
Douglas.

Done

Alan

Hi James,
My last chunk was 10.45.
Nothing since.

Alan

Thanks Alan for the confirmation. Nothing this morning either.

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

I've reported this to the dissemination team at EUMETSAT. Someone could report it to Ops, if they wish. A noticeable drop in throughput:

http://www.satsignal.eu/mrtg/performance_dvb.php

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu
Email: david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk

In message <4C0AD32B.1000701@alanbanks.org.uk>, Alan Banks <alan@alanbanks.org.uk> writes

Hi James,
My last chunk was 10.45.
Nothing since.

Alan

Thanks Alan for the confirmation. Nothing this morning either.

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

Hi James,
My last chunk was 10.45.
Nothing since.

Alan

I haven't yet received any of the afternoon MODIS passes. I have checked the ops weekly reports and apart from June 8th I am not seeing a cause.

Perhaps some issue in my reception or have others seen the same?

Cheers

James
--
James Brown

David,

Data channel 1 is the EARS channel. Can you confirm if the EARS data is still coming in even although Channel 1 is showing connecting.

The reason I am asking is that I have seen this scenario before where the same channel can be active ( data coming in as viewed in Tellique HTML) but also have that channel showing as connecting. I take DWDSAT data and I have seen four DWDSAT channels showing connecting and a fifth opens with the data. This may be what you are seeing happening.

Regards
Ian.

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From: "Dave" <tyler@birchavenue.fsnet.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 6:40 PM
To: <MSG-1@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [MSG-1] Data channel 1 connecting

For some reason, although data channels 2,3,4,5,6,10. are active,
Data channel 1 is showing connecting for some period of time.

Any suggestions as to this welcomed.,
David Tyler