Real Time Observations

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Astronomical

• Sunrise Sunset Mauritius (MMS)
• Sunrise Sunset Rodrigues (MMS)
• Moonrise Moonset Mauritius (MMS)
• Moonrise Moonset Rodrigues (MMS)
• Moon Phase (MMS)
• Tides Mauritius (MMS)
• Tides Rodrigues (MMS)
• Info Eclipses (MMS)
• The Sky - Planetarium (LIVE)

EUMETSAT  

Watch live weather over the Indian Ocean!

This real-time imagery is captured by the Meteosat-9 satellite, orbiting 36,000 km above Earth. New images are received every 15 minutes (with a 30-minute processing delay).

Meteosat-9 observes weather patterns in 12 different wavelengths, providing detailed information (3 km resolution, with a 1 km high-resolution channel).

This data is vital for:

• Nowcasting: short-term forecasting of high-impact weather events
• Weather forecasting: feeding data into weather prediction models
• Climate monitoring: tracking long-term climate changes

Explore more: Access additional satellite imagery through EUMETView: https://view.eumetsat.int

Watch live weather over the Indian Ocean!

MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL RADAR

The Mauritius Meteorological Radar Data Display System, offers sophisticated imaging capabilities that play a crucial role in weather monitoring and forecasting. These enhance Mauritius' meteorological services, providing crucial support in its efforts to mitigate the impacts of severe weather and improve public safety?.

Key features related to the radar's imagery capabilities include:

• High-Resolution Imaging: The system provides high-resolution images that detail weather patterns, storm structures, and cyclone movements. This high level of detail is essential for accurate weather analysis and forecasting.

• Real-Time Data Visualization: One can view weather phenomena as they happen, thanks to real-time data processing and visualization capabilities. This immediacy is crucial for timely decision-making during weather emergencies.

• Software Integration: The included software enhances the radar's utility by allowing for comprehensive analysis and interpretation of meteorological data. This integration helps in predicting storm paths, intensity, and potential impact areas more accurately.

• Collaborative Data Sharing: The imaging system is designed to facilitate easy sharing of radar images with regional meteorological networks. This promotes a collaborative approach to weather monitoring, which is vital for effective disaster response across the Southwest Indian Ocean region.

ZOOM.EARTH

Zoom Earth is an interactive weather map of the world and a real-time hurricane tracker.

Can view live satellite images of storms and wildfires, and explore weather forecast maps of wind, rain, temperature, pressure and more. 

WINDY.COM

Windy is a Czech company providing interactive weather forecasting services worldwide. The portal was founded by Ivo Lukaovi in November 2014.  Windy provides  animations on various essential meteorological parameters, such as wind, temperature, pressure, relative humidity, cloud base, and additional panels featuring more advanced data.  

Air Quality 

IQAir is a Swiss air quality technology company, specializing in protection against airborne pollutants, developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products. IQAir also operates AirVisual, a real-time air quality information platform.

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MAURITIUS AIR QUALITY INDEX

Goal: Improve air quality and reduce key pollutants according to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.  Breathing clean air is vital, and air pollutants can harm health and the environment.

System Features:

• 6 fixed stations and 4 IoT sensors across the island
• Central network for data collection and dissemination
• Provides real-time air quality data
• Accessible via web portal, mobile apps, and electronic billboards

Benefits:

• Informs citizens about air quality
• Enables tracking and combating pollution
• Contributes to creating a better urban environment

MarCOSIO Project

The MarCOSIO project aims to maintain, further develop and provide a sustainable platform for local, institutional, human and technical capabilities in the African partner countries that include Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa, through the development of services focused on sustainable socio-economic development, empowering a wide range of users in the public and private sectors through the application of regionally-optimised satellite observations and model based forecasts in the South and East African marine and coastal domains.

These freely accessible links provide key data on temperature, water quality (including turbidity and chlorophyll-a), as well as cloud and vegetation flags. 

These can be accessed here: 
a.    https://online.cyanolakes.com/marcosio/ 
b.    https://ocims.csir.co.za/coralbleaching/   
 

LIVE TRAFFIC FLOW

If you’re new to a certain place and don’t know your way around, Google Map gives you traffic information.  Roads with green lines indicate that traffic flow is fast while red ones indicate slow traffic.

Surveillance cameras monitoring traffic conditions: Traffic Watch

Live MAURITIUS Webcams