Yeah..right and at what cost? What are they going to leave out? On Tuesday, 10 February 2026 at 08:05:34 UTC+11 John Smith wrote:
> BoM reveals plan to fix website within six months > > > https://www.itnews.com.au/news/bom-reveals-plan-to-fix-website-within-six-months-623493 > > On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 14:36, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forgot to bring up the UV forecasts BoM makes and they are usually too >> high and their UVI 3+ times usually start too early in the day and end too >> late in the evening. They seem to only use satellite readings rather than >> ground sensors and they have a disclaimer about cloud cover etc >> >> I've come to realise that UVI isn't solely based on conditions on earth >> either, it's highly dependent on how active the sun is. >> >> This summer the maximum UVI recorded was "only" 11.7 and we've had lots >> of cloudless skies this year yet last summer it hit 13.1 in January but the >> all time record was 15.8 during 2017 when the sun was supposed to be >> heading toward the minimum activity period of it's cycle but there were >> several maximum severity flares released that thankfully didn't head in our >> direction. >> >> Both the highest maximum temperature I've recorded and the maximum >> recorded UVI happened on different days in February that year. >> >> I've sent emails to the BoM about this and had no reply so they don't >> seem that interested in fixing their forecasts which is disappointing and >> yet again another misleading thing on their website. >> >> I guess it'll only be downhill for their public facing website from here. >> >> >> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 at 15:34, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> UK WOW is headed in the same direction that despite raving on about how >>> useful the data is from hobbyists they now only care about getting it from >>> station manufacturers which who knows how bad that may be when little >>> johnny puts up something haphazardly on the balcony of his inner city >>> apartment. >>> >>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026, 13:46 Graham Eddy, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> i think BOM is providing dumbed-down interface for unsophisticated >>>> consumers. >>>> they have (expensive) products for commercial consumers. >>>> this begs the question: where are the data feeds for the middle ground >>>> e.g. citizen scientists like us? i suspect BOM’s disregard of amateur >>>> weather statios (unlike UK WOW) relates to their commercial focus >>>> (guaranteed, high quality data streams) >>>> *⊣GE⊢* >>>> >>>> On 4 Feb 2026, at 1:33 pm, Greg from Oz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Seems like the BOM is being run by people who nothing about the weather >>>> and the consequences of their decisions. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 09:40:50 UTC+11 John Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> More poor decisions that BoM made when they had the new website coded, >>>>> apart from rain being reported on the easy to access location pages as >>>>> midnight to midnight and only hourly now even though there is at least >>>>> half >>>>> hourly records making rain rates misleading as well. >>>>> >>>>> For example in early January on the old site the rain rate over the >>>>> 30min period was at least 40.4mm/hr but because of the decision to report >>>>> hourly on the new site the rain rate using that was only 22.2mm/hr >>>>> because >>>>> it all fell within 30 minutes. This can really matter during extreme rain >>>>> fall events to predict if there will be flooding before river gauges >>>>> start >>>>> showing rising water levels. >>>>> >>>>> Now I've been informed that minimum "overnight" temperatures are taken >>>>> from 6 pm to 9 am so during summer the world seems like it's on fire >>>>> because at 7pm in the evening it can be still over 35C in many locations >>>>> such as yesterday which is totally misleading and confusing IMHO. >>>>> >>>>> Maximum temperatures are 6am to 9pm which may seem sane but again can >>>>> be misleading if it was warmer at midnight and a cool change has gone >>>>> through. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 at 20:41, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It's just the public/main website as best I can tell, historical data >>>>>> files still seem to be 9-9... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 at 14:30, 'Cameron D' via weewx-user < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have been downloading the station observation files since about >>>>>>> 2011, and there have been no changes since 2023. >>>>>>> Rain_trace is still cumulative, starting at 9:00 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 7 January 2026 at 4:28:10 pm UTC+10 John Smith wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've come across some more "interesting" design choices by the BoM >>>>>>>> for their new website. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Firstly rain observations are now grouped by hour, rather than >>>>>>>> showing individual readings, which in most cases was every half hour. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The new website no longer shows a running total for rain either, so >>>>>>>> you need to manually add up the hourly totals or check the high/low >>>>>>>> section >>>>>>>> for daily total (midnight to midnight of course)l. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I was told in no uncertain terms that this is intentional and they >>>>>>>> won't be reverting to how the old site worked. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Luckily for now the old site still functions the same as it did >>>>>>>> prior to the new site going live. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Weatherzone seems to still operate in the same manner as well, so >>>>>>>> some choices for now. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e6122b29-7f99-4859-b798-2833609e6c2bn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e6122b29-7f99-4859-b798-2833609e6c2bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/558e394e-4b41-4342-aad0-da76e4c84f6fn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/558e394e-4b41-4342-aad0-da76e4c84f6fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/E8667DE2-DEB6-4AD5-A6B0-28197662ECB3%40geddy.au >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/E8667DE2-DEB6-4AD5-A6B0-28197662ECB3%40geddy.au?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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