» Satellite and Radar Imagery

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 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
Geraldine Weather - 3 hourly NZ/Tas IR with colour DEM mask

Landcare Research - NZ NOAA imagery with archive

Animations

MetService - last 6 hours of IR images for NZ/Tasman
JMA/MSC - various loops of Vis and IR covering last 24 hours for NZ, Aus, Pacific and Asia areas
Weatherzone - last 3 hours IR+lightning for NZ
Elders - same imagery as at Weatherzone, but either 3 or 6 hours worth
nasa.gov - last 12 hours + colourised IR for NZ/Tas (req. Java)
weather.com - 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
NOAA - full disk: IR or VIS - smaller, no grid
NMFC/JTWC - full disk: IR or VIS

MTSAT Info

JMA/MSC MTSAT-1R Operational Information - including,
» Weekly Operation Plan
» Schedule for Equinox Season - sun avoidance operation

GOES WEST / GOES-11

Full disk: IR or VIS - from NOAA (smaller, no grid)
Full disk: IR or VIS - from NMFC/JTWC

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 - link from here to "Global Imagery"
NMFC/JTWC Homepage - link from here to "Satellite Imagery" on left
NOAA Geostationary Satellite Server, including Southern Hemisphere Tropical Sectors
NWA Satellite links
NEMOC Satellite Imagery - with GOES-E and Meteosat 7/9 imagery

World Wide Lightning Location (WWLL) Network - IR+lightning composites
» with static image for Asia/Aus/NZ and large Aus/NZ/Pac animation

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 Operational Significant Event Imagery - Imagery of natural events

Old / Static

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 - last 6 hours (hourly) with animation, or last 8 hours (hourly) in a static sequence:
» Auckland
» Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
» Taranaki
» Wellington
» Canterbury
» Southland

Via Elders - all 4 or 8 hours (hourly) with animation (larger and higher quality):
» Auckland
» Wellington
» Christchurch
» Invercargill

LIGHTNING

weatherzone.com.au - last 3 hours IR+lightning (join for free to get NZ 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 - NZ correlated data, or individual detectors at,
» Kerikeri
» Auckland
» Manukau Heads
» Hamilton
» Christchurch

MetStrike - public access to MetService lightning data via NZ Geography Network
» static image of 5-7(?) days worth of data - slow page load!