What role does weather play in satellite reception?
Weather can be a factor in successful reception. Heavy weather can also effect an uplink and/or a downlink if heavy snow or rain is occurring. Dishes with accumulated snow in them usually will not work very well. Freezing temperatures can freeze steering mechanisms so that dishes will not rotate to the desired target satellite. (Some dishes in the North Country actually have heaters to melt accumulated snow and ice.) High winds will also cause an unstabilized dish to deliver an unstabilized signal.
