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SATELLITE

New Zealand

Static

NOAA.gov - 1 hourly Vis or IR for NZ (MTSAT - updates 25min past hour)
JMA/MSC - 1 hourly Vis, IR, WV, 3.8µm for NZ (MTSAT)
NRL - 1 hourly IR or Vis for Australia + NZ (GMS6)
BoM - 1 hourly IR or Vis for E-Australia + partial NZ (MTSAT)
Weather Channel - IR for NZ/Tas

MetService - 3 hourly NZ/Tas IR and NZ Vis with history
MetVUW - 3 hourly NZ/Tas IR with history

Animations

MetService - last 6 hours of IR images for NZ/Tasman
JMA/MSC - various loops of IR, Vis and WV covering last 24 hours for NZ, Aus, Pacific and Asia areas
Weatherzone - last 3 hours IR for NZ
nasa.gov - last 12 hours + colourised IR for NZ/Tas (req. Java)
Weather Channel - last 4 hours IR NZ/Tas
BoM.gov.au - last 4 hours IR Australia + partial NZ
UK Met Office - last 18-24 hours IR Australasia (6 hour timestep)

Global

MTSAT

JMA imagery - full disk and quadrants, Vis, IR and WV, with animation
» or straight to SE quadrant (E-Aus/NZ) IR or Vis
NRL - full disk: IR or VIS
NOAA - full disk: IR or VIS - no grid

MTSAT Info

JMA/MSC MTSAT-1R Operational Information - including,
» Weekly Operation Plan
» Schedule for Equinox Season - for info on sun interference/outages

GOES WEST / GOES-11

NRL - full disk: IR or VIS
NOAA - full disk: IR or VIS - no grid

More Imagery

NOAA Aviaion Weather Center - global imagery, B&W/Color, static or loops
» including SE-Asia/Aus/NZ large static IR composite
NRL Monterey Image Homepage - in particular, see the "Global Imagery"
NOAA Geostationary Satellite Server, including Southern Hemisphere Tropical Sectors
NWA Satellite links

UK Met Office - global composite IR image, with loop of last 18-24 hours (6 hour timestep)
SSEC - Satellite Composite Images

Hi-Res Photos

Live / Recent

MODIS Rapid Response System - Real-Time satellite photos (NASA)
» or striaght to the New Zealand subset for stitched/straightened images
» also see the Gallery (hand-picked photos of "interesting" images with a search)
Global Natural Hazards - NASA Earth Observatory
» with a selected Image of the Day
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory - with topical imagery and animations

Historical

Land Information NZ - low/hi res aerial photos of New Zealand
Google Maps - with hi-res satellite and aerial photography for New Zealand
Bing Maps - with hi-res satellite and aerial photography for NZ

RADAR

NZ weather radars via MetService.com:
All New Zealand composite radar image - "real-time" with updates every 7.5 minutes, also with hourly timesteps, or jump to individual radars:
» Auckland
» Bay of Plenty
» Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
» Taranaki
» Wellington
» Canterbury
» Westland
» Southland

Via Weatherzone - all with hourly imagery covering the last 4 or 8 hours with animation:
» Auckland
» Wellington
» Christchurch
» Invercargill

LIGHTNING

Weatherzone - last 3 hours IR+lightning
World Wide Lightning Location (WWLL) Network - IR+lightning composites
» with static image for Asia/Aus/NZ and large Aus/NZ/Pac animation
Astrogenic Systems StrikeStar - with both AUS/NZ maps

NexStorm StormVue - with NZ correlated and combined data, or individual detectors at (all req. Java),
» Auckland
» Hamilton
» Christchurch