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Winter 2004 Metropolitan Survey Questionnaire1. What types of weather related information have you used in the past month to make decisions based on or influenced by the weather?
2a. What type of work do you do?
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3a. Does the weather information you meet your requirements?
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4a. In general, how far ahead of making a weather based decision would you like the information to be available?
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4c. How frequently do you access or receive weather information when making a weather based decision?
5. Is weather information available in time to meet your needs?
6. What hour of the day are you most likely to access weather information?
7a. Have you ever seen or heard a severe thunderstorm warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology?
7b. Where did you first see or hear the severe thunderstorm warning?
7c. Thinking about the severe thunderstorm warning that you heard, was it ...
Now I'd like you to think about the accuracy of weather forecasts and warnings. 8. The following questions related to forecast accuracy can be answered on a 5-point scale where 1 = always accurate and 5 = always inaccurate. On a scale of 1 to 5, how accurate are weather forecast and warnings provide by the Bureau?
9. Using the 5-point scale, where 1 = always accurate and 5 = always inaccurate, how accurate do you think weather forecasts and warnings for the next 24 hours have been over the past month?
10. And how accurate do you think two to four-day forecasts have been over the past month?
Thinking about the accuracy of weather forecasts over the past month, how accurate do you think the following types of forecast components to be, using the 5-point scale where 1 = always accurate and 5 = always inaccurate. 11a. Rainfall forecasts?
11b. Maximum temperature forecasts?
11c. Minimum temperature forecasts?
11d. Forecasts for cloud or sunshine?
11e. Wind forecasts?
12. Generally, do you think that the accuracy of weather forecasts and warnings are getting more accurate, less accurate or haven't changed over the past few years?
13a. Thinking about the different ways in which people can receive or access weather information, which of the following media have you used over the past month to get weather information?
13b. When accessing the Bureau of Meteorology website, do you look at the images from the Bureau's weather radar?
14. Overall, thinking about all aspects of weather information, how satisfied are you with the information you receive from the Weather Bureau through the different sources you use? Are you?
15. Are there any other comments you wish to add? Return to previous page Return to Main Weather Services Performance Page
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