Snow-covered Europe 16 January 2021 10:00 UTC-17 January 09:00 UTC Prev Next Region Europe Satellites Meteosat-11, Aqua, Terra Instruments SEVIRI, MODIS Channels/Products Snow RGB, Natural Colour RGB, True Color, Normalised Difference Snow Index Previous Latest news Latest news Next Migration of EUMETCast Europe restoration capacity to Hotbird 13 EUMETCast Europe restoration capacity migrated from EUTELSAT 21B to Hotbird 13 in February 2021. New Copernicus Sentinel-3 NDVI product available soon New NDVI product available from 4 February 2021. Phil Evans at the 13th European Space Conference Major players from the European space industry gathered to debate and discuss. New BUFR encoding for EUMETSAT’s wind products A new BUFR encoding sequence for all EUMETSAT’s wind products will be introduced on 3 February 2021. Survey on EUMETSAT's DCS Web Service Gathering feedback on our Data Collection Service (DCS) Web Service EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Low Rate SEVIRI via ftp service to end Meteosat 0 degree Low Rate SEVIRI image data via FTP ends on 28 January 2021. All News Strong Etna eruptions seen by Meteosat Mount Etna erupted several times in December 2020 and January 2021. Previous Recent updates Recent updates Next New pilot data services released New pilot data services released WEKEO V1: Connect directly to Copernicus data WEKEO V1: Connect directly to Copernicus data COVID-19 - Access to EUMETSAT COVID-19 - Access to EUMETSAT 0 Degree Service The 0 degree service is the main mission of Meteosat Second Generation. Who we are EUMETSAT is the European operational satellite agency for monitoring weather, climate and the environment from space. Previous Current events Current events Next Workshop on the Optimal Use of Operational Satellite Microwave Products Scientific Workshop on the Optimal Use of Operational Satellite Microwave Products for High Latitudes and Polar Area Models. MTG User Preparation Webinar Feb 2021 MTG Lightning Imager user preparation webinar. Copernicus Marine Data Stream for Operational Services - Ocean Applications Sharing knowledge, skills, resources and code to help access and process Sentinel-3 data for marine workflows and applications. All Current Events Previous Latest case studies Latest case studies Next Friday, 22 January 2021 18 January 2021 21:00 UTC-21 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Christoph batters the UK Storm Christoph caused severe flooding and heavy snowfall in parts of the UK in mid-January 2021. Monday, 18 January 2021 16 January 2021 10:00 UTC-17 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Snow-covered Europe Snow covered many parts of Europe in January 2021. Tuesday, 19 January 2021 15 January 2021 15:00-16 January 23:50 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the US Central Plains and Gulf of Mexico Major dust outbreak over the American Central Plains in mid-January 2021. Tuesday, 12 January 2021 8 January 2021 09:00 UTC-11 January 13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Heavy snow in parts of Spain Parts of central Spain saw their heaviest snowfalls in decades in January 2021. Monday, 25 January 2021 21 December 09:00-22 December 03:00 UTC and 18 January 21:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Strong Etna eruptions seen by Meteosat Mount Etna erupted several times in December 2020 and January 2021. Monday, 11 January 2021 18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Early summer convection in central Argentina and Uruguay Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020. All Case Studies Previous Latest Science Blog articles Latest Science Blog articles Next Ready to launch this weekend: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Ready to launch this weekend: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Branching out into the world of strategy and international relations at EUMETSAT Branching out into the world of strategy and international relations at EUMETSAT Tracking desert locusts with satellite services Tracking desert locusts with satellite services Smoke from exceptional California wildfires reaches Europe Smoke from exceptional California wildfires reaches Europe Monitoring the ocean and fisheries using Earth observation data Monitoring the ocean and fisheries using Earth observation data Exploring data services at EUMETSAT Exploring data services at EUMETSAT The Science Blog