[Mldxcc] South Atlantic IR Weather Satellite--VP8

[Rick WA6NHC]

Good imagery resources.  They are at: -59.45 Lat(S) -27.326 Long (E) 
according to the wx site I posted earlier.

If you make a } on your map from Tierra Del Fuego (southern 
Argentina/Chile) and the tip of the Antarctic, making a line going east, 
slightly north of that line brings you to a string of islands (a 
volcanic rift zone from the shifting plate, interesting geology in 
itself); the southern most is Thule, then WNW of Thule is South Georgia...

Weather wise for the next foreseeable future, it sucks!  Freezing or 
below, WINDY and inclimate, HIGH humidity in the nicest of times (and 
this is SUMMER?).  They'll be fortunate to (a) get back aboard, (b) get 
to South Georgia Island and (c) operate from there.  These guys are 
heroes!  Give me tropical any day, at least warm and humid is tolerable 
with a breeze (and an open bar tab)!

"The coldest winter I ever saw, was a summer in San Francisco"  Mark 
Twain  ;-)

Rick



On 1/24/2016 4:47 PM, w6de wrote:
>
> In the last imagery, I believe the South Sandwich Islands are the 
> right most islands at ~45 degrees.  South Georgia Islands are out of 
> view further to the right.  Not exactly a tropical Paradise.
>
> http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/Basin_SAtlantic.html
>
> http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/data/view-data.php?action=list&product=satellite/composite
>
> From the University of Wisconsin list here is the latest IR movie”
>
> http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/data/view-data.php?action=view_animation&product=satellite/composite/IRHOURLY-1024
>
> In this last image, I believe the South Sandwich Islands are the right 
> most islands at ~45 degrees.  South Georgia Islands are out of view 
> further to the right.  Not exactly a tropical Paradise.
>
> Dave w6de
>
>

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