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December 15 2021: after a Windows update on
the device where the SBS-1 is running, the entire database
disappeared and had to restart with a back-up of two weeks
earlier. It means there are no Brussels ACARS between December
2-14 2021.
January 1 2021: Adobe flashplayer ceased
and most movies in the weather reports are swf format and are
currently unable to be viewed. No short term solution seems possible as
for example conversion to gif format gives very poor quality.
May 4 2021: index restyled with main theme
' the weather '.
April 9 2021: replacement of temperature &
humidity sensor on Davis Vantage Pro2 between 1452-1523 local time
as the humidity sensor gave poor results. Temperature calibrated
by lowering 1°C at 1933 local time.
March 16 2021:
SBS-1
equipment reactivated to publish
Brussels ACARS.
February 16 2021: humidity
calibrated lowering 30% at 1157 local time.
February 15 2021: humidity
calibrated adding 20% at 1816 local time.
February 9 2021: humidity
calibrated lowering 20% at 1358 local time.
February 7-9 2021: due to
freezing rain and frost afterwards, the
anemometer was temporary frozen between 1515-1406 local time.
February 7 2021: humidity
calibrated adding 14% at 1535 local time.
January 19 2021:
installation of a new webcam
"Logitech C920 Pro HD" with 15mpx replacing
"Logitech
Quickcam Fusion" with 1.3mpx.
August 8 2020: barometer calibrated
adding 5,3 hPa at 0835 local time.
November 2015 - June 2016:
interuption of weather station.
November 1 2015: aircraft &
weather pictures will be shared online only via Instagram, just
follow @skystef777 or
#skystef777.
October 17 2015:
Brussels ACARS ceased.
January 1 2013:
link snow-thunderstorm
forecast for Flanders, weerwaarschuwingen
and RSS-feed all
ceased.
January 1 2013: link
weather diary ceased and replaced by link
climatology
Kampenhout
February 15 2012: links for
Barometer,
Temperature and
Wind from weather station
Kampenhout, free to use for local monitor purpose in Kampenhout or
surroundings .
January 30 2012: index
page restyled.
January 1 2012: official launch of automatic
Weather station Kampenhout
powered by
Davis VP2.
January 1 2012:
monthly-pictures ceased.
January 1 2012:
Brussels
movements ceased and replaced by
Brussels ACARS.
March 1 2011: from this date, my own
weather update only when
potentially severe weather is on its way.
June 22 2010: web statistics moved to
stats.
April 13 2010: link
Belgian register has been
completed after more than five year research and scanning. All
blue links in these 6 page section are individual airframes which are
documented by at at least one picture.
January 15 2010: extern link "guestbook" removed
due to unexpected cease of this free service.
May 15 2009: RSS-feed available for
skystef's weersverwachting België
April 1 2009: daily acars available for
Belgium for the active month (older ones can be requested by
mail)
February 26 2009: dropdown list of operators
added in pictures of airlines and
airliners at Brussels Airport.
February 20 2009: dropdown list of operators
added in contrail picture sections.
January 22 2009: link
aircraft action pictures and
pictures of aircraft encountering
Sun and Moon grouped in
special pictures of airliners at Brussels Airport.
January 2 2009: weather
picture of the month rebranded to
picture of the month
as aviation & space related items will be
included.
January 1 2009:
during
2008 this website attracted 215695 visitors, an average of almost
600 per day.
Top 3 weather links:
weersverwachting België,
webcam Kampenhout and
weather in 1 click.
Top 3 aviation links: contrail pictures
of 4 engined airliners, contrail picture
main page and Belgian airlines.
December 16 2008: link
pictures of airlines & airliners at
Brussels airport
December 16 2008: link pictures of Sabena foreigners has
been deleted
December 14 2008: link
pictures of aircraft inducing vortices
and condensation
December 14 2008: link
pictures of B707-720 has been integrated in the section
B707/720
November 23 2008: link
aviation movies, grouped in
aircraft pictures
June 20-21 2008: a virus attack on my webspace
caused an interruption of more than 24 hours. Sorry for the
inconvenience.
December 27 2007: mark of 200.000 visitors
was reached for entire year 2007, once more a big thank you.
Most popular page remains
weersverwachting België =
35%, followed by the weather webcam Kampenhout
= 25%.
November 7 2007: link
calculators, added
fog, Tmin, convective windgust & wintry precipitation
calculators.
May 31 2007: link
thunderstorm indices.
December 11 2006: mark of 100.000 visitors
was reached for entire year 2006, a big thank you.
Most popular page remains
weersverwachting België =
30%, followed by the weather webcam Kampenhout
= 26%.
October 14 2006: by use of a java script written
by Swiss colleague Markus Pfister, with permission to republish
but slightly revised by me, most of the
forecast weather maps
(general weather, snow & thunderstorm) contain an animation
tool.
October 5 2006: link heat
index calculator.
September 27 2006: link Benelux
weather in 1 click.
September 25 2006: links METAR
& TAF retriever and aviation
weather
revised.
September 22 2006: links Bulk Richardson Number,
Showalter Index
calculators.
August 14 2006: weather pictures,
movies and reports have been regrouped in the main menu bar to weather
images. A new menu bar has been added to navigate through
these sections.
May 2006: stats from my host one.com are
included on this page. Variations with counter " Belstat"
is due to the fact that not all pages are linked with this free
script.
From April 2006 on a few hundred pages
with low resolution pictures from the
Belgian register will be added
slowly.
January 31 2006: installation of a new webcam
" Logitech
Quickcam Fusion 1.3mpx", replacing the older wireless one.
January 21 2006: menu bar to navigate through the weather maps.
December 26 2005: mark of 25.000
visitors was reached (via free Belstat counter): a big thank you.
Most popular page was the weather
outlook Belgium / weersverwachting België with 38%, followed by the weather webcam Kampenhout.
December 1 2005: link contrail pictures.
November 18 2005: link Belgian airlines.
November 13 2005: link Belgian register of
civil piston engined aircraft.
October 28 2005: new url: www.skystef.be.
All updates will be done on this url.
The old url http://users.pandora.be/skystef
is still available but most photos and pages will be deleted during
2006.
October 10 2005: link Belgian register of
civil turboprop aircraft.
June 12 2005: links windspeed converter
&
wind
chill calculator.
May 6 2005: link weather webcam
Kampenhout.
April 21 2005: links METAR and TAF retriever
and METAR decoder.
March 9 2005: link snow-thunderstorm
forecast for Flanders (text in Dutch).
February 8 2005: link Sabena pictures
of foreign registered airplanes (removed December 16, 2008).
February 6 2005: link Belgian B707-B720 pictures.
January 31 2005: weather
pictures have been collected in a photo
album.
January 23 2005: link history of Belgian B707-B720.
January 12 2005: link weather diary
of Belgium which replaces but includes weather
facts of Kampenhout.
January 12 2005: link pictures of clouds
according WMO classification.
January 11 2005: mirror link in Dutch glossary
of weather terms for clouds.
January 6 2005: link weather
picture of the month.
January 6 2005: restyle of page classification of clouds.
December 20 2004: link weather quiz of Belgian
records.
December 6 2004: restyle of pages weather
pictures and weather maps.
November 28 2004: link weather picture quiz.
November 11 2004: official launch of website.
November 3 2004: link Belgian
register of civil jet aircraft.
October 28 2004: all backlog weather
pictures & reports online.
October 10 2004: first weather pictures & reports online.
October 2 2004: website online.
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