But, it's actually a British website. http://bom-wow.metoffice.gov.uk/
On 2014/Feb/13, at 11:30 AM, Carl wrote: > http://www.bom.gov.au/wow-support/ > > About WOW > WOW is for everyone interested in weather who wants to share and > exchange information in an online community environment. It's a great > resource for weather enthusiasts, educators, farmers, gardeners and > anyone with an interesting weather photo or weather fact to contribute. > > How you can 'share your weather' and make a difference > The independent information you submit to WOW increases knowledge of > weather and climate, as well as raising awareness of unrecorded weather > events. This leads to better informed communities, in remote, regional > and local areas. > > Your weather information really counts! > > Here are some of the things you can do right now on WOW: > > Submit regular manual and automatic weather observations > Upload photos or one-off 'quick' reports such as "it is hailing now", > "it is foggy" or "there is a thunderstorm" > View data on maps, and also in tables and graphs > Compare your weather to local Bureau Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) > > A dedicated Australian entry > WOW's success in the UK has led the Bureau of Meteorology to work with > the Met Office (the UK's National Weather Service), to trial an > Australian entry-point to WOW > > History - in the making > WOW was developed by the Met Office. It was released in 2011 to provide > a hub for UK weather observations, helping educate children about > weather and encourage further growth in the UK's amateur weather > observing community. > > In November 2012 WOW won "Best Use of Cloud Services" and "IT Project > Demonstrating Most Effective Use of Collaborative Technology" at the > prestigious UK IT Industry Awards. > > WOW's popularity continues to grow with an average of over four million > observations being received every month. Please view, or register and > start submitting your observations and help make WOW a success in > Australia. > > Carl > (Disclaimer: I work for the BOM, but had nothing to do with this.) > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
