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A technique relies on the computation of a weather metric (52) to detect weather conditions affecting a satellite service area (26), where the weather metric (52) is based on evaluating monitored values (92) of a satellite-link parameter in relation to a reference value (98). The reference value (98) can be understood as representing a clear-sky value as determined from past evaluations of the satellite-link parameter—historical monitoring—for the satellite service area (26). Basing the reference value (98) on the past evaluations made for the service area (26) provides an advantageous, relative basis on which to evaluate ongoing weather conditions. One example application of the technique is the detection of weather outages, e.g., for determining compliance-exceptions with respect to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between the involved satellite-service provider and subscribers covered by the SLAs. Other example applications include controlling scheduling or load balancing in the involved satellite communication system (10).

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