Offshore Weather Services installed their new 2.2m antenna on the roof of their forecast office in Melbourne ready to receive the first official Himawari-8 satellite images when they become available in early July 2015. The Himarawi-8 antenna replaced the MTSat LRit antenna which was used by the Company as a standby / backup should anything fail on the primary MTSat HRit satellite earth station that OWS have enjoyed for over 11 years.
Himarawi 8 will become the primary weather satellite used by OWS for cloud analysis, squall and tropical cyclone detection and tracking. With global images available every 10 minutes, and utilising 14 frequency channels Himarawi-8 is a major advance is satellite imagery reception and will lead to more accurate weather forecasts provided by Offshore Weather Services.
