What do you mean starting to. Been using the local (SA) BOM data for years.
One thing to be aware of is the update rates for the free service. Some so called AWS's are only updated 4 times per day on the web site. Some reports on those pages require someone to get out of bed an record the weather still. There are 10 minute per update pages available for each state for selected locations. Been using this service for voice over IP weather reports and weather beacon broadcasts on the amateur radio network for a very long time. Without even being on the internet I can obtain a 4 day weather forecast or current local weather very easily. Cheers John On 4 May 2004 at 17:57, Jason Armistead wrote: > Terry > > Glad to see some other states are starting to be available. A pity that > BOM's web site people use different terms for each state's "Observations" > page - some specifically mention "AWS" in the hyperlink description and some > do not. The last time I looked I did a search for AWS but could only find > the ones in NSW. > > Can't complain too much about this free service - it's better than looking > out the window and taking a punt. > > Jason > > On Tue, 04 May 2004 13:11:03 +0930, Terry Neumann wrote > > > > The BOM do publish data from their Automatic Weather Stations in South > Australia, probably on the same lines as Jason has observed for NSW. > Unfortunately a lot of it may not immediately suitable for gliding, spread > out as they are over a wide region of the state. The SA mallee misses out > rather badly. > > > > http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDS65013.shtml > > > > Regards, > > Terry > > > > Jason Armistead wrote: > >Kelvin > > I know of only one gliding club webcam / weather station in Australia, at > > Darling Downs in QLD > (www.ddsc.org.au) > > In NSW the kind people at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) show the Automatic > > Weather Station (AWS) data updated every hour, and with a 72 hour history, > > which is useful for tracking trends. I think NSW got it done during the 2000 > > Olympics, when they added several short-term AWS units to their network for > > prediction of conditions at some events, e.g. sailing on Sydney Harbour. > > Despite several approaches, they have not expanded that coverage to the rest > > of Australia. Suggest you and your fellow glider pilots hassle the BOM via > > their web site feedback or phone numbers. They are already collecting the > > AWS data, it's just a matter of them dropping it onto their web site in the > > same fashion as for > NSW. > > The other useful thing are the daily BOM temperature traces from around > > Australia. Mark Newton kindly makes them available via > > http://slash.dotat.org/cgi-bin/atmos > > There might be one near to your area that is of some use to > you. > > Cheers > > Jason > Armistead > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
