Kevin, your stuff looks really great. I'd be very interested in both the longer comp sat and the noaagoeswest, if/when either/both become available.
The biggest problem with that is that I am using tools you may not have access to. I use Perl which is using wget to collect the images via a cron scheduled process. I also use a commercial flash display app on my page to display it. While there is (or was) a free version, it might not work the same way. The script underlying it are not easy to understand and support.
Assuming you can come up with a collection script for the images, and be able to schedule them, you could use the same tools you are using now to display them.
Instead of hotlinking to the wisc.edu site for the images like:
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image0.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image1.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image2.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image3.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image4.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image5.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image6.jpg"],
["
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/image7.jpg"]
You could collect the images in a similar fashion that I am and store them on your own server.
Then you could change the script so that you are getting the images to a PHP script that generates the necessary code from the current list of valid images in your cache.
["wischist/201108160410.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160433.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160503.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160533.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160603.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160633.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160703.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160733.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160803.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160833.WISC.jpg"],
["wischist/201108160903.WISC.jpg"]
This would allow you to have a longer loop using the same tool you are using now to display them.
You would need:o Cron scheduling or some sort of alternative
o A collection script. I use Perl and wget, but you could do the same in a PHP script
o Storage place for the files
o Make sure that older files are removed as you collect newer ones.
o Modify the tool you are using to display the images (most likely be easier to just create a PHP script to include on your page to do the same thing you are doing now hard coded.