tricky switching of Meteosat 9 to 10...

Meteosat 10 will be brought to full operation next Monday. First of all,
congratulations!

This means the products are also going to be changed.
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/SP_2012113011418367?l=en

One tricky thing is BUFR messages on GTS ``swap'' headings. So far headings
starting with "IU" (IUVA01 EUMG for example) is Meteosat 9 and "IW" for
Meteosat 10 (I don't see such bulletins though). After 09UTC Monday, "IU"
will stand for Meteosat 10 and "IW" for Meteosat 9.

If your upstream GTS centres relay only "IU" messages, you will lose
Meteosat 9 bulletins. That may be issue if your usage is sensitive to
satellite/sensor code written inside BUFR.

WMO Core Metadata Profile V1.3 approved

The version 1.3 of the WMO Core Metadata Profile has been approved by the latest meeting of PTC (Presitends of Technical Commissions) Monday: http://goo.gl/QfHG8

This is a profile to the international standard of geographical metadata ISO 19115/19139, to be used in context of data catalogue of WIS (WMO Information System).

Please refer to http://goo.gl/L9HlK for the latest text that passed CBS.