Current Weather Maps/Movies

The 6 panel items are generated by Brian Jewett at the University of Illinois, and the surface maps are generated here by WXMAP, a program written by Charley Kline . The North Africa/Europe images originate from the Department of Meteorology at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. They are retrieved from cs.nott.ac.uk and src.doc.ic.ac.uk . The GMS 4 images are retrieved from explorer.arc.nasa.gov . The US IR/Radar Composite, the really cool IR world image, and then Antarctica Composite image came from the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center (Awesome job guys!). The images are then converted into MPEG format here at MSU/UCG, see the movie times for update schedules. All GIF images, excepting the surface map, are converted into JPEG's here, for those on slower links. None of this would be possible without the base images provided from around the world, and I wish to give a *BIG* thanks to these guys for providing such an excellent service! Thanks Guys!

It is currently 55 degrees in East Lansing, with a relative humidity of 100%. Here are the current weather conditions and forecast for Lansing Michigan.

Movie Times: 3:15am  6:15am  9:15am  12:15pm  
             3:15pm  6:15pm  9:15pm  12:15am

It's currently 06:42AM

!!NOTE!! Volcano erupts at Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea at roughly 10pm GMT September 18, 1994. The eruptions can be seen in the GMS-4 imagery. I have produced two mpeg's zoomed in on the area, the first is infrared, while the second second is infrared in false color. More information is available from Michigan Tech University.

Current 6 Panel Items:

6 Panel GIF (129,851 bytes) or JPEG (69,425 bytes)
6 Panel Movie (552,006 bytes, ~48 frames)

United States IR/Radar Composite Items:

US IR/Radar Composite Image (36,501 bytes)
US IR/Radar Composite Movie (827,471 bytes, ~96 frames)

GMS-4 Visible Items:

GMS-4 Colorized Visible Image (90,654 bytes)
GMS-4 Visible GIF (685,675 bytes) or JPEG (407,448 bytes)
GMS-4 Visible Movie (627,134 bytes, ~96 frames)

GMS-4 Infrared Items:

GMS-4 IR GIF (2,650,583 bytes) or JPEG (518,486 bytes)
GMS-4 IR Movie (1,362,634 bytes, ~96 frames)

North Africa/Europe Infrared Items:

NA/Europe GIF (554,752 bytes) or JPEG (90,726 bytes)
NA/Europe Movie (611,210 bytes, ~96 frames)

GOES-7 Items:

GOES-7 Visible GIF (734,368 bytes) or JPEG (301,306 bytes)
GOES-7 Visible JPEG [1024x812] (55,624 bytes)
GOES-7 IR GIF (2,135,866 bytes) or JPEG (345,135 bytes)
GOES-7 IR JPEG [1024x818] (120,070 bytes)
GOES-7 IR Movie (671,801 bytes, ~96 frames)

Meteosat Atlantic Images: (updated daily)

Atlantic Visible Image (327,236 bytes)
Atlantic Infrared Image (257,067 bytes)

High-Resolution Europe Items: (updated daily)

Europe Visible Image (132,952 bytes)
Europe Infrared Image (118,043 bytes)

High-Resolution Africa Items: (updated daily)

Africa Visible Image (252,909 bytes)
Africa Infrared Image (155,523 bytes)

WorldWide IR Composite: (updated every 3 hours)

The World-wide Composite is an infrared composite of the GOES, METEOSAT, and GMS satellites remapped into a Mollweide projection.

WorldWide IR Composite GIF (119,580 bytes) or JPEG (52,460 bytes)
WorldWide IR Composite Movie (875,507 bytes, ~96 frames)

Antarctica Infrared Composite Items: (updated every 3 hours)

The IR data from 6 satellites is composited over an area centered on the south pole to produce this image.

Antarctica IR Composite GIF (151,678 bytes) or JPEG (66,378 bytes)

United States Surface Map Items:

US Surface Map Image (64,746 bytes)
Surface Map Key (18,865 bytes)
The Interactive Weather Browser
WX-MAP's to go (Requires forms support)

Note: If you are on a slow link, or just dont want to see inlined images, this page is available with text only.

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Current Weather Maps/Movies, Charles Henrich