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The 'unexpected' front cover photograph for this issue relates to the extended
spell of freezing winter weather in the Netherlands, which encouraged vast numbers of skaters on to the frozen canals.
Rob Alblas describes the experience.
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As ever more types of SAF data come our way via EUMETCast, David Taylor provides a guide to exactly what is now available to users.
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Casting an eye back to a particularly snowy winter, John Tellick explains how you
can make use of false-colour imagery to highlight the snow and distinguish it from cloud.
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Fred van den Bosch explains how you can usefully add a GPS receiver to your weather station.
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Mike Stevens has acquired a new, powerful PC for his EUMETCast work and describes how
distributing various software items between two internal hard drives has streamlined his reception.
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The first of a new generation of Russian 'Meteor' polar orbiting satellites is due for launch shortly. Peter Wakelin describes what we might expect from the new satellites.
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Rob Alblas has developed WeView, a new, simpler program for receiving EUMETCast and imaging its products.
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Plus items on contrails, an antenna rotator, cloud streets and the Arctic.
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