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Winter 2004 Regional Survey Questionnaire1. Thinking about weather information, have you made decisions based on or influenced by the weather over the past year, related to any of the following?
2. What type of work do you do, and how is it influenced by the weather? 3. Of those decisions you have just mentioned, which is the single most important decision you have made over the past year that is based on or influenced by the weather? 4. In which seasons do you make decisions related to weather?
5. Thinking about your most important decision, what types of weather related information did you use to make your decision?
6. Which of the following do you refer to for weather information to make your decision?
7. Think back to the last time you made your weather-related decision. How far ahead of that did you first access weather information?
9. During that time period, how often did you access weather information to make your decision?
10. Does the weather information you access to make your decision meet your requirements?
11. How could weather information be improved to better meet your needs? 12. Thinking about your most important weather-related decision, is the sought after weather information available in time for you to make your decision?
Now I'd like you to think about the accuracy of weather forecasts and warnings. 13. How important is accuracy of weather information to you?
The following questions relate to your perceptions of forecast accuracy for your local area. 14. Firstly, are you aware of what Bureau of Meteorology forecast district you are located in?
15. 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 forecasts and warnings provide by the Bureau?
16. 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?
17. 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. 18. Rainfall forecasts?
19. Maximum temperature forecasts?
20. Minimum temperature forecasts?
21. Forecasts for cloud or sunshine?
22. Wind forecasts?
23. Generally, do you think that the accuracy of weather forecasts and warnings is getting more accurate, less accurate or hasn't changed over the past few years?
24a. Are you aware that daily evaporation rates and soil temperatures are available on the Bureau's web site?
24b. Do you consider that this information would be useful to you?
25a. Thinking about the different ways in which people can receive or access weather information, which of the following mediums have you used over the past month to get weather information?
For those who responded "free to air television" for Question 25a: 25b. Which free to air TV station do you most watch for weather information?
For those who responded "free to air television" for Question 25a (except SA): 25c. Are you aware that the forecast for the 5th, 6th and 7th days of the 7 day forecast ARE NOT issued by the Bureau of Meteorology?
For those who responded "radio" for Question 25a: 25d. Which radio stations do you listen to for weather information? Please indicate the one that you most listen to first. For those who responded "radio" to Question 25a: 25e. What hour of the day are you most likely to listen to the radio for weather information? (multiple responses okay)
For those who responded "radio" to Question 25a: 25f. Apart from the regular weather bulletins read by the radio announcers, Bureau of Meteorology forecasters frequently give live broadcasts and interviews. Do you listen to these?
If yes: 25g. Now thinking about the radio broadcasts by Bureau of Meteorology forecasters, do you find these to be...?
25h. Do you have any additional comments on the content, quality or anything else regarding the broadcasts by the Bureau of Meteorology forecasters?
26. What hour of the day are you most likely to access weather information?
27. How frequently do you access or receive weather information?
28. How well do the available options for accessing weather information meet your needs? Would you say they?
29. How could accessing of weather information be improved? 30. How often do you access weather information via the internet?
31. What aspects of weather information available on the Bureau of Meteorology website do you find the most valuable? 32. How could the Bureau's website be improved? 33. 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...?
34. Are there any other comments you wish to add? Return to previous page Return to Main Weather Services Performance Page
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