Europe

The Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1 (MTG-I1) first image – view of Europe. This stunning view of Europe, taken from MTG-I1’s first image at 11:50 UTC on 18 March 2023, shows the benefit of the extra channels of the satellite’s Flexible Combined Imager instrument. Greater detail about cloud structures, coupled with the fact imagery will be produced more frequently, will enable weather forecasters to monitor and predict rapidly developing severe weather events more accurately and quickly.

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