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Re: (meteorobs) Weather
Robert,
At www.weather.com home page, select 'weather maps' and then 'U.S. satellite
and then your specific region. This is the infrared image. Alto cirrus and
cirro-stratus stand out nicely as white clouds. This mornings national map
also depicts gray clouds along the gulf. These are stratus or perhaps low
level cumulus clouds. These low level clouds are not always readily visible
because in infrared they are nearly the same temperature and the ground. But
today because of the cold air at low altitudes they are pretty easy to spot.
Infrared is the preferred image because it works at night when we need it
most.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Gardner <rendrag@earthlinkdot net>
To: Meteor Observors <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Weather
> Since cloud cover is so important to us in meteor observing, is there
> any satellite images that will show the cloud cover? My weather service
> I receive from my internet provider, Earthlink, gives satellite images
> which show no cloud cover at all. This I don't understand. The Doppler
> radar is pretty much a repeat of the satellite photos. All
> astronautical photos show lots of clouds. My maps are provided by:
>
> http://www.weather.com/weather/maps/index.html
>
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