News
2024
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.17 is now available. (19 March 2024)
- Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (22 February 2024)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2024 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (5 February 2024)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.16 is now available. (30 January 2024)
2023
- Update of the MSC ground system is scheduled as follows. (4 December 2023)
- 01:15 - 01:24 UTC 11 December, 2023 (P007-P009) Due to system update, HimawariCast data provision (some of P007, P008 and P009) will be delayed for up to 10 minutes during this period.
- Maintenance of Himawari-9 (28 November 2023)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2023 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (31 August 2023)
- JMA has released SATAID software (ver.3.3.0.1a) for receiving Metop-C/ASCAT data.
See software for processing and displaying received data.
Metop-C/ASCAT data will be distributed from May 30, 2023.
If you have already downloaded SATAID software, Metop-C/ASCAT data can be displayed according to the attached file. (24 May 2023) - JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2023 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (9 February 2023)
In addition, some of the data may be canceled.
2022
- Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (15 December 2022)
- Himawari-9 imagery dissemination started at 05:00 UTC (Obs ID:P030) on 13 December 2022. (13 December 2022)
- Himawari-9 imagery dissemination will start at 05:00 UTC (Obs ID:P030) on 13 December 2022. (11 November 2022)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.15 is now available. (31 October 2022)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2022 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (18 August 2022)
- Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (29 March 2022)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2022 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (10 February 2022)
2021
- The "Weekly operation schedule (MANAM)" will be discontinued after its last update at 24 February 2022. After the discontinuation, please refer to the Himawari-8 Operational Schedule and Pause of Himawari-8 observation. (21 December 2021)
- Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (9 November 2021)
- Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (20 October 2021)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2021 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (19 August 2021)
- Maintenance of JCSAT-2B ground system. (10 May 2021)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2021 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (3 February 2021)
2020
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.14 is now available. (17 November 2020)
- Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (13 August 2020)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2020 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (6 August 2020)
- Maintenance of JCSAT-2B ground system. (4 June 2020)
- Maintenance of JCSAT-2B ground system. (18 February 2020)
- Himawari-8 Maintenance. (14 January 2020)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2020 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (10 February 2020)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.13 is now available. (17 January 2020)
2019
- HimawariCast Maintenance. (9 December 2019)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.12 is now available. (15 October 2019)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2019 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (6 August 2019)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.11 is now available. (10 May 2019)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.10 is now available. (26 February 2019)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2019 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (12 February 2019)
2018
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.9 is now available. (17 December 2018)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.8 is now available. (1 October 2018)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2018 autumun equinox season. See Sun interference. (8 August 2018)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.7 is now available. (26 June 2018)
- Correction of header information in HimawariCast LRIT files(6 February 2018)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.6 is now available. (6 February 2018)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2018 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (6 February 2018)
2017
- For our ground system maintenance, we will stop disseminating the SATAID format data in the HimawariCast service as below from 15:00 UTC to 17:00 UTC on January 16, 2018:
- Numerical weather prediction products (GPV),
- In-situ observations (SYNOP, TEMP, SHIP) ,
- ASCAT ocean surface wind.
Please note that Himawari-8/9 imagery (i.e. HRIT and LRIT files) will continue to be disseminated during this maintenance. - HimawariCast Newsletter No.5 is now available. (20 December 2017)
- JMA has upgraded its SATAID program. See software for processing and displaying received data. (6 September 2017)
- For our ground system maintenance, we will stop disseminating the SATAID format data in the HimawariCast service as below from 15:00 UTC to 17:00 UTC on August 22, 2017:
- - Numerical weather prediction products (GPV),
- - In-situ observations (SYNOP, TEMP, SHIP) ,
- - ASCAT ocean surface wind. Please note that Himawari-8/9 imagery (i.e. HRIT and LRIT files) will continue to be disseminated during this maintenance.
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.4 is now available. (31 July 2017)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.3 is now available. (20 April 2017)
2016
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.2 is now available. (8 November 2016)
- How to configure SATAID version 3.1 for accurate calculation of cloud top height above 150 hPa. See Software for processing and displaying received data. (21 September 2016)
- JCSAT-2B communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2016 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (18 August 2016)
- HimawariCast Newsletter No.1 is now available. (15 July 2016)
- JMA has upgraded its SATAID software with new functionality that allows RGB composite image display. See Software for processing and displaying received data. (6 June 2016)
- The switchover from the JCSAT-2A communication satellite to its successor, JCSAT-2B is scheduled to take place between 03:00 UTC on 6 July and 03:00 UTC on 20 July. HimawariCast users will need to adjust their low-noise converter (LNB) settings. (18 May 2016)
- JCSAT-2A communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2015 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (10 February 2016)
- Change reference LNBs according to Japanese page. (6 January 2016)
2015
- The communication satellite switchover from JCSAT-2A to JCSAT-2B originally scheduled for Q4 of 2015 has been postponed for around six months. (11 September 2015)
- JCSAT-2A communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2015 autumn equinox season. See Sun interference. (11 August 2015)
- JMA will begin Himawari-8 imagery dissemination via the HimawariCast service at 02:00 UTC on 1 July 2015 before Himawari-8 officially enters operation on 7 July. See Schedule. (24 June 2015)
- Himawari-8 imagery dissemination is rescheduled to begin at 02 UTC on 3 July. (2 July 2015)
- In addition to 14 bands of Himawari-8 imagery, JMA will disseminate 1 band of high-spatial-resolution and high-bit-rate Himawari-8 infrared imagery at night. See Dataset. (24 June 2015)
- JMA has released SATAID software for Himawari-8 multi-band imagery. See Software for processing and displaying received data. (24 June 2015)
- JMA plans test dissemination of Himawari-8 imagery via the HimawariCast service. (12 March 2015)
- JCSAT-2A communications will be affected by sun interference during the 2015 spring equinox season. See Sun interference. (23 February 2015)
- MTSAT-2 imagery dissemination via the HimawariCast service began at 03:00 UTC on 29 January 2015. The service may be suspended without notice until Himawari-8 becomes operational. (29 January 2015)
- JMA plans to disseminate Himawari-8 imagery via the HimawariCast service from mid-2015. The originally announced number of satellite bands to be disseminated will be increased. See Dataset. (29 January 2015)
- JMA has released software to convert HRIT files into SATAID format for display on a PC. See Software for processing and displaying received data. (29 January 2015)
- While registration is not required to use the HimawariCast service, registered users can receive service information and updates by e-mail from JMA. See Registration. (29 January 2015)