To see what will happen over the next week select any of the expandable forecast menu items, e.g. Rainfall Forecasts, Temperature Forecasts, Waves Forecasts, etc.

Tip: If you want to clear any of the information displayed on the map at any time simply use the Clear button located under the layer list.

When you select any of these different map layers the map will show the official Bureau of Meteorology forecast for the next 7-days.

There is usually a choice of more than one map layer within each expandable menu item.

You can also overlay a choice of other map layers such as Latest Rain Radar, Current Tropical Cyclones and Mean Sea Level Pressure for the Australia region. See Section 4c for more information.

Selecting a panel's title bar, e.g. Rainfall Forecasts, expands the panel downwards, presenting its choices. Selecting the title bar again collapses the panel.

Note: With most display choices there is a legend on the right hand side of the map which displays the ranges of the values represented in the selected map layer.

When you select which type of rainfall forecast you are interested in the map changes to display that layer.

The time or day of the forecast can be adjusted by the time line selector at the top of the map. See Section 5 and Section 6 for more information.

The remaining forecast types are 'Temperature', 'Storms, Snow, Fog, Frost ...', 'Humidity', 'Wind', 'Waves' and 'UV Index'.

You can view information for up to 7-days ahead (except for Waves and 3-hourly Expected Rainfall).

Tip: If you are unsure what any of the map layer names mean, then click on the Info button, located below the layer list, for a description.

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What does the 'Storms, Snow, Fog, Frost ...' panel display?

This is a grouping of Significant Weather types which displays possible weather conditions identified by Forecasters.

Under this section the data layers displays the areas where there is a small chance of Thunderstorms, Snow, Rain, Frost or Fog occurring. Each of these layers can also show Heavy Snow, Heavy rain, etc.

You can view all of these data layers as a single grouping (all at once), but be aware that where different areas overlap only the top most one will be visible.