WEATHER RESOURCES PAGE 
Real-time weather forecasts for SALT at
the SAAO (Sutherland)
- Cape Town
International Airport
- Sutherland
(town)
- Satellite Image of
Southern Africa – IR window (10.7μm) channel (EUMETSAT via
- Satellite image of the
whole of Africa – Observing channel selectable by user (EUMETSAT
via SSEC)
- Latest surface weather
chart for Southern Africa (
·
Latest
meteorological charts for Africa (IGES)
·
850mb (~ 1500m) wind, temperature and
humidity,
·
SL pressure and 1000-500mb thickness,
·
200mb (~11km) streamlines and isotachs
WEATHER FORECASTS
·
National forecast of Maximum
and Minimum Temperatures (
·
Forecast
Maps (NCEP-MRF via IGES) (00hr,
24hr, 48hr, 72hr, 96hr, 120hr). Contains:
o
500mb
Geopotential height and vorticity
o
Sea-level
pressure and 1000-500mb thickness
o
700mb
vertical velocity
o
850mb
(± Sutherland Observatory altitude) temperature, humidity, wind
o
200mb
wind, divergence
o
Convective
available potential energy and precipitable water vapour
This page
was constructed by David Andre Erasmus
and last updated on 23rd January, 2006