What really happened to Madeleine McCann?: Chapter 67. Appendices 1.1 and 1.2

Chapter 67. Appendices 1.1 and 1.2

CHAPTER 67

APPENDIX 1
EUMETSAT Explained

I recently posted an Appendix to my Chapter 28 “The Pool Photo refuses to go away” drawing attention to two photos of the same beach, drawing some comparisons about the weather conditions on each of the days, and concluding that Thursday 3^rd May 2007 was indeed cold and cloudy, as almost everyone has said, including incidentally Kate McCann in her autobiography, a fact often conveniently glossed over by those who wish to believe the McCanns unconditionally.

“The weather was a little on the cool side and I remember thinking I should have brought a cardigan for her, “ ‘madeleine’ at p. 35

Some people have looked at the satellite images I copied, and have expressed themselves unable to identify the items I refer to, or have suggested they might be artefacts

I have therefore tried to present these images in a different way, so as to assist.

All these satellite images are freely available from Eumetsat, and no fee is charged. The process of registration and then of finding how to identify and download the images is merely a matter of some trial and error, and a little free time. The Customer service staff are also helpful

The link to follow is

https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/index.html

The images are taken from geostationary satellites in equatorial orbit.

It is then possible to ‘zoom in’ and specify a smaller area to be seen in more detail.

A single pixel represent about 4 km square on the earth’s surface, and it is not possible to go to higher resolution than this.

Each image is identified with a code, thus

MSG1-SEVI-MSG15-0201-NA- meaning Meteosat Second Generation, and then the identification number of the satellite in question, followed by

20070429131240.682000000Z-20110503203848-1280166

Indicating that the image was captured on

2007, April, 29th, at 1312 hours and 40.682000000 seconds Zulu time, which is synonymous with GMT and UST.

Thus. 2007/ 04 /29 /13:12, 40.682000000 seconds Zulu

Images are recorded every 15 minutes throughout the full 24 hours, so the next image has the code 20070429132740.370000000Z indicating it was taken at 1327

Clearly during hours of darkness the images using visible light are dark, but the satellites are simultaneously recording in other parts of the spectrum.

By selecting the area of the earth one wishes to scrutinise, and repeating this exactly for the period of time one is interested in, we can have a sequence showing the changing weather patterns across time.

Thus

CHAPTER 67

APPENDIX 1.2
EUMETSAT Images

Weather over Portugal from 28/4/2007 to 5/5/2007

http://pics.eumetsat.int/viewer/index.html

There is no fee for this service.

Anyone may access it from the above link

By using the ZOOM button, and the Date buttons we get the following sequence

I selected the image closest to the 14:27 Hrs ZULU (GMT) time specified by Mitchell on the McCann’s behalf.

Which as we saw in Appendix 1.1 means

Satellite identity code: MSG2- SEVI-MSG15-0201-NA-

Date: 2007/ 05/ 03/ 14:27, 44.069 seconds ZULU time

Saturday 28th April 2007

A fine day, as all the photos show

The weather was pleasant enough, although there was a cool breeze.

McCann, Kate. Madeleine (p. 47). Transworld Digital. Kindle Edition.

Sunday 29th April 2007

Another cloudless day across southern Portugal and Spain, but with a low pressure cold front approaching from the Atlantic, part of a large anticyclone centred at the top left of the image

Monday 30th April 2007