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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 2h

Following the release of MTG-S1 IRS L1 pre-operational data in July 2026, the data has been declared operational today at 10:00 UTC, see full details: bit.ly/4rE7QAO

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pre-operational Metop-SGA1 IASI-NG level 1c global data has been released today, see full details: bit.ly/4yADJNg

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There's currently a lot of talk about the record-breaking El Niño (dubbed a 'super' El Niño by some). Our climate experts have looked at evidence from 35 years of satellite observations which suggests El Niño may have partly amplified the severity of Europe’s extreme summer this year bit.ly/4yyUSHb

2026 June, July, and August anomalies for air temperature, root zone soil moisture, and solar radiation downward. Credit: Climate Pulse Service/EUMETSAT.

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dates for the next 12 months of the Meteosat rapid scanning service interruptions schedule have now been added to the RSS page in the user portal: user.eumetsat.int/resources/se...

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Training colleagues from EUMETSAT, Eumetcal, @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social, GeoSphere, IPMA, FMI and the Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service worked together at the @eumetrain.bsky.social meeting in Lisbon this week to plan upcoming #training events and develop MTG training resources.

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New MTG-based Geostationary Nowcasting cloud and precipitation products have been released today, see full details: bit.ly/4AARVaK

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New Destination Earth workshop - DestinE: Stories from the Edge Workshop 2026 in Darmstadt on 2/3 Nov, user.eumetsat.int/news-events/.... Participation is invitation only, but if your organisation would like to participate, contact the Data Lake team to express interest: users-dedl@eumetsat.int.

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Met-12 LI instrument calibration 20-21 Sep, data unavailable, see full details: user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New AC SAF IASI Dust Profile product available on EUMETCast from tomorrow, see full details: bit.ly/3UyEMOJ

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Huge supercell over parts of the Mediterranean yesterday seen in Met-12 Cloud Phase imagery. 70mm of rain reported in Mallorca. Via Jochen Kerkmann

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why measure water surface level? Get up to speed with the latest EUMETSAT altimetry products and processing in our online short course on 16 September. Register now at tinyurl.com/EUM-SC-56-ALT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This summer has been busy for the Disaster Charter, which we're part of. It helps provide Earth-observation satellite data to support disaster relief organisations. This summer there were lots of fires and floods, see the activations here: disasterscharter.org/activations

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

CORR: Smoke is actually over the S Adriatic. Red shades in the Cloud Type RGB over Slovenia/Croatia are cirrus/contrails. This morning smoke is still very much visible in the True Colour RGB over central/east Mediterranean, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We've launched a new prototype #climate service - the Climate Anomalies and Normals (CAN) service. The CAN service enables users to identify how monthly climate conditions differ from what is typical for a given location & time of year, see full details & access the service: bit.ly/3UtOaDr

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Metop-B and Metop-C GOME-2 level 1b processor will be updated to version 7.2.0 tomorrow, see full details: bit.ly/3S4nqsi

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Planned maintenance on the EUMETSAT User Portal tomorrow. Services may become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period, see full details: user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Two different views from Met-12 of large amounts of smoke over Slovenia/Croatia this morning at 05:30UTC, the True Colour RGB v the Cloud Type RGB, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social via view.eumetsat.int

Met-12 True Colour RGB, 7 Sept 05:30UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

Met-12 Cloud Type RGB, 7 Sept 05:30UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A new IASI Dust Profile product (AC-606) from the @ac-saf.eumetsat.int will be released on 17 September, see full details: bit.ly/4xAq48t

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New EUMETSAT Ocean Colour updates 🌊. Get up to speed with the latest products and processing in our online short course on 9 September user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New processing baselines for Sentinel-3 SLSTR & OLCI will be released tomorrow, see full details bit.ly/4bY0Bgx and bit.ly/4wOtSly

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Why measure water surface level? Get up to speed with the latest EUMETSAT altimetry products and processing in our online short course on 16 September. Register now at tinyurl.com/EUM-SC-56-ALT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yesterday evening MTG-I2 was successfully launched, while being watched by constellation 'partner' Met-12 (MTG-I1), as seen in the Cloud Type RGB, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Metop-SGA1 MWS L1 global data has been declared operational today, the data are available in BUFR and netCDF formats, see full details: bit.ly/4zgUhL8

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Metop-SGA1 METimage level 1 global data released as pre-operational today bit.ly/3UpmS0M

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New OSI SAF Sea-Ice Emissivity products based on GOSAT-GW AMSR3 data will be available on EUMETCast from tomorrow bit.ly/4xhe8Zm

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Metop-SGA1 MWS L1 global data declared operational tomorrow, see full details: bit.ly/4zgUhL8

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Multiple fires seen yesterday around SE Europe (Met-12 Fire Temperature RGB). In particular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia & Serbia, that produced noticeable smoke veils, still visible this morning in the Met-12 True Colour RGB. Via @inorbitivan.bsky.social downloaded from view.eumetsat.int

Met-12 Fire Temperature RGB, 20 Aug 16UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

Met-12 True Colour RGB, 21 Aug 05:00UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

To prepare for the planned increase in bandwidth for the EUMETCast Africa Service, the downlink symbol rate will change to 15.898MS/s on 31 August 2026 at 09:00 UTC bit.ly/4vf2hcc

Credit: Antonio Jorge Nunes/stock.adobe.com

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And the latest Met-12 Cloud Phase imagery shows widespread convection – with some storms already showing signs high severity (the lighter blue in the Cloud Phase RGB) with more intense vertical motions and signs of above-anvil cloud production, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social

Met-12 Cloud Phase RGB, 20 Aug 11:20UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New EUMETSAT Ocean Colour updates. Get up to speed with the latest products and processing in our online short course on 9 September. Register now at user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We plan to update the Metop-B and Metop-C GOME-2 level 1b processor to version 7.2.0 on 8 September, see full details: bit.ly/3S4nqsi

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New OSI SAF Sea-Ice Emissivity products based on GOSAT-GW AMSR3 data will be available on EUMETCast from 27 August bit.ly/4xhe8Zm

Partially ice-covered sea. Credit: Andrei Pozharskiy/stock.adobe.com

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Met-12 FCI IRS loop shows the severe storms over Genoa generating between 01:30-06:30UTC. Red colour shows the most severe parts.

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Met-12 has spotted a number of supercells over Germany and Italy in the last 12 hours, bringing severe stormy conditions to those areas, see the IRS imagery from Jochen Kerkmann, downloaded from view.eumetsat.int

Supercell over Germany. Met-12 FCI IRS, 19 Aug 2026, 18UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

Supercell over South Tyrol. Met-12 FCI IRS, 20 Aug 2026, 00UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

Supercells over Genoa. Met-12 FCI IRS, 20 Aug 2026, 05UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Met-12 FCI Cloud Phase RGB view at the weekend of a thunderstorm over Mallorca, with strong outflow which formed new storms, via Jochen Kerkmann downloaded from view.eumetsat.int

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New EUMETSAT SST & IST updates! Get up to speed with the latest products and processing in our online short course on 2 September. Register now at user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

While the summer heatwaves continue and many places are already experiencing or are facing drought, we take a look at how @cm-saf.eumetsat.int satellite data is being used in Switzerland to help provide drought information bit.ly/3Uxsl5C by @tonyveco.bsky.social

Credit: Claudio Castillo/stock.adobe.com

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

An alternative view of the recent #eclipse, spotted by our colleague Ibrahim Abdul Salam (VLab Centre of Excellence Oman), when the fog component in the Night Microphysics RGB was activated

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Metop-SGA1 MWS L1 global data will be declared operational on 27 August, see full details bit.ly/4zgUhL8

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New OSI SAF Sea-Ice Concentration products based on GOSAT-GW AMSR3 data will be available from 20 August 2026 bit.ly/45JezQ1

Ice covered white sea, with sun reflected. Credit: Credit: Andrei Pozharskiy/stock.adobe.com

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Severe storm over Germany on Sunday seen in this Met-12 Cloud Phase loop, via Jochen Kerkmann, from EUMETView, view.eumetsat.int

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Great news! The new MTG-S1 Infrared Sounder (IRS) level 1 pre-operational data is released today. The IRS instrument provides information on water vapour and temperature structures of the atmosphere, see full details: bit.ly/4pNOOqQ

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, currently distributed on the GTS and WIS2.0, are being made available on EUMETCast Terrestrial from today, see full details: bit.ly/44SD8cK

Sun setting over a sea surface. Credit: Great Brut Here/stock.adobe.com

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Also, this True Colour RGB shows the wider domain over the Iberian Peninsula for the period starting 22 July, plus smoke from both the Bordeaux fire (France) and the Vall d'Uixó fire (Castellón, Eastern Spain) is also clearly visible.

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Loops of Met-12 FCI Fire Temperature RGB & Day Fire composite, produced by our colleagues at @aemet.es show the evolution of the wildfires in western Madrid, which originated in the province of Ávila, spreading across the valleys of the Sistema Central, and has burned over 50,000 hectares. Daytime:

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Large smoke plume & lots of contrails over western Europe seen in the colourful Met-12 Cloud Type RGB today (green & red), plus the True Colour RGB with Fire Radiative Power overlaid shows the fires on the French SW coast are still quite active, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social using view.eumetsat.int

Met-12 Cloud Type RGB, 24 July 2026 06UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

Met-12 True Colour RGB with FRP overlaid, 24 July 2026, 08:10UTC

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Two new MTG/Met-12 products from the H SAF and Land SAF can now be accessed in EUMETView, as both imagery and data: H40 Precipitation Estimate product and FRP-Pixel Fire Radiative Power product, see full details bit.ly/3RwxD0e

H SAF H40 Precipitation Estimate product with pixel values shown on the EUMETView screen, 23 July 2026. Credit: EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT Users @eumetsat-users.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Large plume of smoke and hotspot from fires in western France seen in Met-12 GeoColour and Fire Temperatures RGBs this morning, via @tonyveco.bsky.social downloaded from view.eumetsat.int

Met-12 GeoColour and Fire Temperature RGBs, 23 July 2026 11:32UTC. Credit: EUMETSAT

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