There should be a better way to see the Winnepeg weather. Do you have some data on where it is? We could then search for a better site that would give us a better view of the weather. Thanks for posting these!!! I hope the mods will add this as a fixed topic or whatever it is called. Thanks!!

HDMan

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HdMan- I could not find one. Feel free to google and post. I did not have much luck.

John

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Here is the link for weather radar for Winnipeg from environment Canada. Enjoy. »www.weatheroffice.ec.gc. ··· l?id=XWL

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said by hdman:

I hope the mods will add this as a fixed topic or whatever it is called. Thanks!!

We'll figure out a way to do it as soon as you all decide on which maps you want.
We should have the map of the areas covered by each NOC too as I suppose some people might not know which NOC to be looking at.
I'll temporarily "sticky" this thread while we sort this out.

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2005-Oct-17 9:36 pm

That is a good idea that we have a map of the US showing each beam with the supporting NOC, or a map showing wach beam number and a listing of the locations of each NOC.

Now....to find such a thing! I'm sure somebody probably has a map like this, but I will hunt around as well.

Thanks Seagreen.

HDMan

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2wb s2.zip
647,568 bytes
(2wb s2.rtf)

Here is a Spot beam and Gateway location map.
A zipped file is all I could load............

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Ok, here's the image that jlester

uploaded.

WB Gateways and Nocs

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Odd. I found a different map, on wildblue.cc

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2005-Oct-20 10:21 pm

The map you found shows the BEAMS...not the NOCS associated with the beams. The other map was posted so that people who know which beam they are on can then find where their NOC is located, then check the weather at the NOC to see if that is an issue...

HDMan

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How about this Accuweather map for Winnipeg:

»wwwa.accuweather.com/can ··· &site=MB

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You do know this map does not show where the gateways(NOCs) are physically located.:D

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I am currently a Direcway subscriber, but planning to switch to Wildblue. I maintain a weather site and have read and considered all the posts in this thread and put together a page that may display all your needs for NOC weather information.

There is a wealth of weather information available. I used jlesters NOC graphic and linked each NOC area to National Weather Service radar images. Additionally, I have included a national composite radar image as well as a visible satellite image.

The IP is »www.wxwest.com/wildblue

Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

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said by wxwest:

I am currently a Direcway subscriber, but planning to switch to Wildblue. I maintain a weather site and have read and considered all the posts in this thread and put together a page that may display all your needs for NOC weather information.

This is great. But we really need to isolate the actual Gateway (NOC) uplink locations. This is where the weather information is most critical.:)

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said by blacksheep :
...But we really need to isolate the actual Gateway (NOC) uplink locations...

I was under the impression that the cities identified in the earlier messages in this thread were the actual uplink locations. If someone can identify more specifically where those uplinks actually are, I can make those changes.

The data I have displayed reflects raw National Weather Service images. Perhaps a better display would be to use weather.com or accuweather data that has been cleaned up a bit. Any thoughts?

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said by wxwest:

I was under the impression that the cities identified in the earlier messages in this thread were the actual uplink locations.

It's my understanding that the cities listed in the first image are the NOC locations. The gold rectangles in the second image look like someone's attempt to place those cites on the map. Not terribly close in a couple of instances and there seems to be an extra one in British Columbia.

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From what I can gather here, it looks like your map is right. You took the time to map out the map, so that you click your spot beam and it opens the page for that NOC.

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said by wxwest:

The IP is »www.wxwest.com/wildblue

Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

Damn fine effort, John.

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said by wxwest:

The IP is »www.wxwest.com/wildblue

Looks great. I think we need links to close radar for each site then we'd have the perfect page.

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said by seagreen:

said by wxwest:

The IP is »www.wxwest.com/wildblue

Looks great. I think we need links to close radar for each site then we'd have the perfect page.

If you understand the image, it all makes sense. Learn to read the radar...

»www.wunderground.com/rad ··· help.asp

The dBZ values increase as the strength of the signal returned to the radar increases. Each reflectivity image you see includes one of two color scales. One scale represents dBZ values when the radar is in clear air mode (dBZ values from -28 to +28). The other scale represents dBZ values when the radar is in precipitation mode (dBZ values from 5 to 75).

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My mistake, I misinterpreted which map you used for the gateway locations. Everything looks great, a very nice tool for all.:D

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wxwest- Nice!
I think the close radar may be better but either way is great!

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Thanks for the compliments! I put the page together rather quickly, just to see if it was close to what everyone was looking for.

I'll spend some time tweaking it so it meets everyone's needs better. I'll add the close radar as well as a description of what is depicted. Perhaps the link that Rfsjr2 suggested, »www.wunderground.com/rad ··· help.asp should be added so the image maps are more meaningful.

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Weather At Syracuse NOC

There is a detailed weather map for Syracuse at:
»cctvimedia.clearchannel. ··· -res.jpg
(Linked to from »www.9wsyr.com/weather/De ··· ult.aspx)

A superpages.com search revealed a WildBlue Communications located at:
3182 Vickery Rd, Syracuse, NY 13212
This Google map of the address looks to be about the same scale as the doppler map. Assuming that I have the right address, the gateway is just above the 'c' in Syracuse on the detailed doppler map.

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Weather At Cheynne, WY Gateway

There is a more detailed doppler radar for Cheyenne at:
»www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/l ··· ys.shtml
The NOC appears to be situated just to the left of the 'C' in Cheyenne
460 Progress Circle, Cheyenne, WY 82007

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Weather At Laredo, TX

I couldn't find a very good doppler map for Laredo. This was the best I could find.
»www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/l ··· fx.shtml

superpages found the street address for WildBlue, but Google Maps couldn't find an exact match on the address
13611 Cabezut Drive, Laredo, TX 78045
13700 Cabezut Dr, Laredo, TX 78045

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Re: Weather At Wild Blue NOCs?

WildBlue is down for me right now (I'm on beam 28, Syracuse Gateway) -- found this thread doing a google search for wildblue gateway locations.

Great thread, lots of good info. I now know more than the NRTC tech support guy I spoke to an hour ago -- he didn't even know what a gateway was, let alone WHERE it was! ;^)

I fired up Google Earth to see if they had hires imagery of Syracuse, and, by dingey, they do! I pasted the address given above, and got a 15cm resolution image of the gateway address -- I've attached it here.

The three dots in the center of the image are probably satellite dishes -- you can get an idea of the scale by the car on the road to the right.

WBBeam28

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said by WBBeam28 :

The three dots in the center of the image are probably satellite dishes

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I rather doubt it...they most likely are on South side of the building...and most likely, painted white.
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