Europe's weather in motion for past 8 hours to 1510 UTC.
@dundeesat
A mild-mannered satellite ground station doing space since circa 1960s. Weather satellites our forte. NASA, JAXA, ESA, ISRO, etc. we've done them all. Theme song? "Cowboy Man" by Lyle Lovett. Drink? Yorkshire Tea.
Europe's weather in motion for past 8 hours to 1510 UTC.
Europe at 1510 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Ireland and the UK at 1150 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Europe at 1150 UTC. EUMETSAT.
North Atlantic Conveyor: GeoColour - True Colour daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Mar 2026 - to 1150 UTC.
Periscope up, tall wellies on, must suck in the belly and put the sou'wester on before pushing through the hatch then...
AVHRR Channel 2 reflected sunlight:
AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat:
METOP-B, 1012 UTC Overpass: @simonleewx.com @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social @winchesterweather.bsky.social @wessexweather.net @wansteadweather.bsky.social @fifeweather.co.uk @chadweather.bsky.social @wgoodf.bsky.social @weathermizu.bsky.social @tigermoth2002.bsky.social @just-me123.bsky.social
UK and Ireland at 0920 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Europe at 0920 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Europe's weather in motion for past 12 hours to 0730 UTC. EUMETSAT data.
North Atlantic Conveyor: GeoColour - True Colour daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Mar 2026 - to 0730 UTC.
Ireland and the UK at 0720 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Europe at 0720 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Its Thursday and yes, we really are a satellite ground station - secretly, we are from the future in a different space-time thread attempting to guide humanity to safety, a place where Orange Men in White Houses and Women with giant plastic lip and hips do not live. Roll with us.
METOP-C, 2058 UTC Overpass AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat:
Europe's weather in motion for past 8 hours to 1445 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Been some unusual clouds all winter/early spring this year, it seems.
Europe at 1445 UTC. EUMETSAT.
AVHRR Channel 2 reflected sunlight:
AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat:
METOP-B, 1033 UTC Overpass: @simonleewx.com @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @wgoodf.bsky.social @weathermizu.bsky.social @winchesterweather.bsky.social @wessexweather.net @wansteadweather.bsky.social @chadweather.bsky.social @fifeweather.co.uk @tigermoth2002.bsky.social
Europe at 1010 UTC. EUMETSAT.
UK and Ireland at 0910 UTC. EUMETSAT.
Europe at 0910 UTC. EUMETSAT.
From 10 March 2026 (last night), 2118 UTC Overpass of METOP-C, AVHRR Channel 4 radiated heat; capturing the "Great Whoosh" that crossed the UK and Ireland:
Europe's weather in motion for past 8 hours to 0730 UTC. EUMETSAT.
North Atlantic Conveyor: GeoColour - True Colour daytime, multispectral IR at night - 11 Mar 2026 - to 0740 UTC.