It's a joke, right? Not an invest!

[bvigal]

NRL - not operational 24hrs.
FNMOS - a joke: wait 3 minutes, then get a 4-hr-old picture
SSD - all 4 Atlantic floaters "not active"
RAMSDIS - 2 floaters, both on Caribbean

3-hrly updates for looping? IMPOSSIBLE!

Has everyone just taken the weekend off? Are we just wasting our time until Monday morning, stuck with still shots??? I'm sorry, but I'm at 60W, and I want to see loops. Why are 4 sites all down at the same time, when an invest is on the table????

[chadtm80]

You just dont get "floaters" that far East bvigal.. Its not that they are down. Just cant happen. this is nothing new though

[bvigal]

Yes, I understand about SSD... but their East Atlantic, which should refresh every 3 hrs + about 25 minutes - at August 12- 0300z, showing picture from 17:45z. Even at 3hr intervals, that's OLD!

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/met8/eatl/ir2-l.jpg

[RL3AO]

East Atl updates every 6 hours.

[bvigal]

East Atl updates every 6 hours.

Are they? I thought they were every 3... my bad. But I'm spoiled with invests on NRL which are usually, even from umetsat, every 30 min.

[bvigal]

One thing is for sure, there's no way to see rotation on loop with 6-hr intervals!

[JonathanBelles]

When will NRL be back up anyway?

[Aric Dunn]

recent image every 1/2 hour

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Direct from the source...
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/lis ... v=400,pp=0
Updates every 15 minutes.

[RL3AO]

When will NRL be back up anyway?

Who knows. Maybe the Navy forgot to pay the internet bill.

[Aric Dunn]

Direct from the source...
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/lis ... v=400,pp=0
Updates every 15 minutes.

oopps yeah
15 to 30 minutes.. sometimes 15 and sometimes 30

well at least i have seen 30 minutes before .. ?? lol

[cycloneye]

bvigal,very soon the wave will show up in the central atlantic image which updates every half an hour.

[bvigal]

NRL is "experimental" and has a disclaimer that they don't guarantee to be timely, etc. I wrote to a contact there, but not working today. Can't blame them, they deserve time off. But supposed to have 3-hrly updates, that is the EUMETSAT agreement with their customers. (More frequent pics are supplied, but customers are forbidden to publish them.) SSD, GHCC, CIRA, NAVY should all be able to share 3-hrly shots, not 6hrly. At least that's what they have said over the years. I've written to ALL of them, and NWS, and EUMETSAT, who sent me a copy of the "agreement". The bottom line is, the satellite pics are taken at least every 30 minutes, we (public) just aren't allowed to see but once per 3 hrs via other sources, as it would have a negative impact on the revenue stream to EUMETSAT. I could dig up and post the old emails, if anyone doesn't believe me. I know their own site is more frequent, but they don't have lat/lons, and cape verde region is frequently across two "zones".

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Like NRL:
http://tcweb.fnmoc.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_home.cgi

Most NOAA imagery updates every half hour like cycloneye says.

Other EUMETSAT Meteosat Images:

MET-9 - Full Disc - Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate (MPE) - Updates every 15 minutes
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/lis ... v=400,pp=0

MET-9 - Full Disc - Airmass - RGB - Updates every hour
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/lis ... v=400,pp=0

MET-9 - Full Disc - IR10.8 - Color - Updates every 3 hours
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/lis ... v=400,pp=0

[Aric Dunn]

the other site that has been down or not updated the sat images is the psu site which normally is very good about that ..

images normally every hour for the eastern atlantic

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/SAT_ ... entir.html

[bvigal]

Luis, you are RIGHT! (and THANKS!) I just got home from a party, and almost everyone there has boat or business, or both, and wanted to know 'what's happening?' I thought when I got home I'd be able to see the usual (at least) 3-hrly shots.

Chris, I did check FNMOC, and the shot is 2345z, almost 4 hrs old. Yes, maybe it will update in 30 minutes (at 0315z) with 0245z shot, but naval sites usually display 30 minutes on INVESTS, just like the SAL pics, even at African coast.

EUMETSAT does update every 30min or less, but shots have no lat/lon or reference, and the area in question is frequently split between "zones".

Guess it's time for bed, and in the morning, GOES12 will have it.

[bvigal]

Right now, at 0343z, the SSD "East Atlantic" view is 2000UTC, or 4pm EDT. That is almost 8 hours old!
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/met8/eatl/avn-l.jpg

[T-man]

I've almost got the space station in place to get you some good shots, Bvigal!

Right. It's a joke. I'm with you. I hope the NRL sites are back operational soon.

[bvigal]

LOL, thanks for the 'lighter side', that is a HOOT!

[MiamiensisWx]

I've almost got the space station in place to get you some good shots, Bvigal!

Right. It's a joke. I'm with you. I hope the NRL sites are back operational soon.

That's one of the best wittiest posts I have ever seen on this site! Thanks for the great dose of humor. Hopefully, the NRL sites will be restored.