Weather
Siding Spring Observatory - NOAA Weather Satellite Service
The following images show the cloud cover over South Eastern Australia, received directly from NOAA weather satellites at the UNSW Automated Patrol Telescope, Siding Spring Observatory , Coonabarabran, NSW ('+' on the following images).Click on any image below for a full-sized image. Times below are shown in Australian EDT. The next satellite image, from NOAA 15, will be posted March_05 - 18:30 (further prediction information below). Higher resolution versions of these images are available at Ozabove.com.
Table of the next scheduled NOAA satellite passes.
| Satellite |
Date |
AOS |
Posted on website Australian EDT - UTC |
Maximum
elevation °East or West |
|
| NOAA 15 | March 05 |
17:22 |
18:30 |
March 05 07:30 |
21°E |
| NOAA 15 |
March 05 |
19:02 |
20:10 |
March 05 09:10 |
36°W |
| NOAA 17 |
March 05 |
22:15 |
23:23 |
March 05 12:23 |
22°E |
| NOAA 17 |
March 06 |
23:55 |
01:50 |
March 05 14:50 |
35°W |
| NOAA 18 |
March 06 |
00:44 |
03:32 |
March 05 16:32 |
13°E |
| NOAA 18 |
March 06 |
02:23 |
04:15 |
March 05 17:15 |
69°W |
| NOAA 15 |
March 06 |
04:38 |
05:45 |
March 05 18:45 |
21°E |
| NOAA 15 |
March 06 |
06:17 |
07:25 |
March 05 20:25 |
38°W |
| A
NOAA satellite pass over
south eastern Australia will
occur
within ±1 hour of the times 01:15, 04:24, 05:21*, 9:52, 14:12, 17:19, 18:15* and 22:46 Australian AEST * The 05:21 and 18:15 images will be absent if NOAA-15's transmitter is switched off |
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For SSO Observers.
- Notes for interpreting the above images
- Other SSO-useful weather services
- SSO All-Sky-Cameras
- FAQ
- Technical and status information on the NOAA weather satellites.
- This website is powered by WXtoImg (2.8.11) - damn clever software!
- Notes for building your own weather satellite receiving station.
- SatScape is a very good, easy to use, graphical satellite prediction program, which will also run under Linux via the Wine utility.
- Current whereabouts of NOAA 12, NOAA 15
and
NOAA 17
UNSW Automated Patrol Telescope
Siding Spring Observatory,
Coonabarabran, NSW, 2357
31°16'24.4"S 149°03'51.6"E
elev: 1110m