... Both weather radar and satellite based precipitation estimates are based on indirect methods i.e. compared to a rain gauge, which is basically a bucket to...
Scott, thanks for yor reply. It confirms my observation that the data from the two origins are (still) very different. At least, the rain radar images...
Very interesting update by Eumetsat on the plans for Meteosat Third Generation (MTG). Please see:- http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/News/707693 The...
All, I guess many of you will be using mst Defrag for your EUMETCast set-up? I believe its use is recommended. I've been informed (since I purchased another...
John, I, for one, am not convinced of the wisdom of using mst Defrag. Although continuous defragmentation will undoubtedly keep the PC's performance high, the...
Hi Bernard & John, This issue has been raised a number of times before. I've been using mst defrag V2 for over 18 months continuously. I too wondered whether...
Douglas, Bernard and Alan, Thanks for your comments. Bernard you make a valid point regarding reducing HDD loading and observed 'increased performance.' I run...
Images of Europe every 2.5 minutes at 500 metres resolution - will it be re-broadcast via EUMETCast at this speed and resolution? Will our PCs cope? But what a...
Hi Robert, I'm sure the PC's of the day will cope. I never would have thought only 2 yrs ago that I would have 1.5 TeraBytes of local storage - that was for...
Hi All, I have just been checking the over night ch9 RSS and at 2.45am I can see a black spot at Lon:32.4E Lat:20.9N which is very close to the predicted...
Hi Nick, I guess you must be right. It was due to hit at 02.46 UTC. A news site in India reports it as having struck with a spectacular light show in Sudan. ...
Hi Alan, Thanks for your comments, well the time is just about right, and a KLM pilot reported a sighting in the same area, when I looked at that one frame the...
Try here Robert, ... It might be a bit slow as I'm experimenting with a program called HFS which allows my PC to behave as a web server. Cheers Alan ... E-mail...
If that link doesn't work try my website ... I would be interested to see whether the other link works. Please let me know how you get on. My son says its very...
That's good. Its much easier to place files and images like this for temporary sharing than it is to upload to the web site. Not sure how many will be able to...
You'll have to be very sure to have a well working firewall in the route, though. Or a separated zone in your routing computer, if you have one. Moreover, this...
Hi Ulrich, You are quite right to be anxious, but I've been investigating having a home web server for some time. Had plenty of time to read about all the ...
Folks, Sometime the green Server4PC icon doesn't appear in the system tray, even though the program is running and everything is working fine. Therefore, you...
Hi David, If the user is running Win XP there is a bug that sometimes stops icons appearing in the system tray. Go to Network Places Hide 'icons for networked...
... Thanks, Alan, but I can't seem to find this on two of my PCs! I'm using the "Windows Classic" folders, and not the "Show common tasks" in folders option....
... This is getting complicated :-) . I see you've got the show common tasks and how to get there. I would cycle through the show and then hide. I was thinking...
David, With the advent of SP3, several usually available and visible icons disappeared here from my system tray. It seems that the criterion is the usage...
... Yes, Alan has clearly pointed to the issue. You can set icons to be hidden permanently and visible permanently, but this doesn't seem to stick, er,...