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In 1949 Longreach Aerodrome was assigned a World
Meteorological Organisation (WMO) station number, with
rainfall records starting on 1/1/1949.
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1964 - 1965 The Bureau of Meteorology office was completed
and records began to be kept from 1 January 1965.
Equipment included a WF2 wind-finding radar, chemical
hydrogen generating equipment, and Fielden thermographic
and hydrographic equipment.
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1996 A major equipment upgrade was completed in November
1996, with the installation of a WF100 weather-watch and
wind-finding radar, and an Automatic Weather Station
(AWS).
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The daily observation and weather-watch programme
incorporates AWS reports every half hour, as well as
synoptic observations every three hours. Meteorological
observations are synchronised with those taken at other
Bureau stations around Australia. This information is
supplemented by observations from further sites operated
by co-operative observers and from the Bureau's network of
AWS's. Hydrogen-filled balloons are released two times
each day and transmit back to the station meteorological
information about the upper level winds.
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All this data is incorporated into scientific models to
assist with forecasts on local, state, national and global
levels. This information is also archived to form a
comprehensive climate database, which is essential to
current and ongoing research.
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