A local ham, N1DAY, has taken a DEEP dive into WX Sats, and I am so blown away by his website/blog on this topic that I am posting it to this BB (with his permission). (And feel free to ask him questions...) . I think this post would be really helpful to WX newbies.

Enjoy!

https://hamsignal.com/blog/this-is-major-tom-to-ground-control

Philip N4HF EM85