When planning trips to Los Angeles, it’s helpful to know what the weather will be like ahead of time. Use the satellite weather map for Los Angeles to view hourly forecasts and storm alerts. You can also find out more about the surrounding weather patterns. The temperature diagram displays the maximum and minimum temperatures of…
The European Space Agency has launched the first of a new generation of weather satellites. This is set to revolutionise short-term weather forecasting in Europe, by providing better imagery at higher resolution and more frequently than before. This new technology will help meteorologists keep track of sudden storms that can be devastating. That’s because the…
There are two main types of weather satellite – polar and geostationary. Both see the same part of the Earth every 12 hours and send back images to be processed into a weather forecast. One of these is the European operated geostationary Meteosat which ideally sits over the Greenwich meridian to observe the weather systems…
