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Weather Services encompass a wide range of forecast, warning, current weather observations and information services to the general public, national and international shipping and aviation, the Department of Defence and other groups. A number of offices around the nation issue forecasts warnings and other weather information and maintain a 24-hour, seven days a week weather watch service.
Weather forecasts, warnings and observations (weather reports) on the Bureau’s internet site are linked from National, State or Territory sections:
Australia | NSW
| Vic. | QLD
| WA
| SA
| Tas. | ACT
| NT
| Ant.
or by some specific activity sections:
Marine | Registered Users | Aviation | Defence
Most of the Bureau’s Weather Services are made available to the Australian community through the mass media (radio, television, newspapers) and services are also accessible via the Internet, recorded telephone systems, marine high frequency (HF) radio and facsimile. They are provided in line with the Bureau of Meteorology’s Service Charter for the Community. A number of ongoing consultative mechanisms are in place to ensure that services evolve and are continually improved in line with user needs and utilise the latest advances in science and technology.
Weather Services comprises several, sometimes overlapping elements, as follows:
- Analysis and Prediction – A range of computer generated and manually produced national and international weather charts
- Disaster Mitigation Services - Information and warning services for tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms, bushfires,floods, tsunamis and other weather,climate and ocean phenomena likely to significantly impact the community.
- Public Weather Services – Weather information for the Community
- Marine Weather Services – Weather information for mariners
- Aviation Weather Services – Weather information for civil aviation activities
- Defence Weather Services – Weather information for the Department of Defence
- Cost recovery Services – Weather data delivery and telephone services at cost of access. Subscription services.
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