This is a web page with links to weather information for the Hayabusa project. Information on the Hayabusa Project is available from the Hayabusa Final Approach website.

Status: Satellite images are updating once an hour. A kml file has also been created to display the satellite images in Google Earth. Clicking on the surface observations and aviation forecast will give current data. The GFS predicted infrared and water vapor images are now updating. The enhancement curve on the water vapor images have been modified to better match the GFS predicted images.

The following are links to weather satellite images. Click on the link to see image.

Australia Images (Created at SMG)

Visible

Infrared

Water Vapor

Click here to view images in Google Earth (kml file)

Location	Graphic	Text Listing
Woomera Range Aerodrome (YPWR)	Graphic	Listing
Melbourne International Airport (YMML)	Graphic	Listing

The following are links to weather forecast information.
Melbourne Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
Melbourne Terminal Observations

Spaceflight Meteorology Group

• GFS Simulated IR Satellite Images:
  00-hour forecast
  06-hour forecast
  12-hour forecast
  18-hour forecast
  24-hour forecast
• GFS Simulated Water Vapor Satellite Images (Enhancement to match Aviation Weather Center Water Vapor Image)
  00-hour forecast
  06-hour forecast
  12-hour forecast
  18-hour forecast
  24-hour forecast
• Shuttle Mission Forecast for Landing Sites

If you have any comments or questions for Tim Oram, please e-mail the SMG webmaster.