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The majority of Australia's weather radars are operated by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), an executive agency of the Australian Government.The radar network is continually being upgraded with new technology such as doppler and dual polarisation to provide better now-casting.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then. [ 3 ]
The Bureau of Meteorology noted that "Kalgoorlie Doppler Radar image at 0725 UTC (1525 AWST) showed a pixel which had an inbound velocity of around 110 km/h at a height of ~487 metres above the ground (aliased: 22.5 m/s outbound)" in the tornado record for this event. [181] F0 Kurnell Tornado: 16 December 2015: New South Wales: 1: 3 injuries
On 14 October 2021, multiple severe thunderstorm formed over the blue mountains and quickly moved east towards Sydney. One particular storm boasted an impressive hook echo on radar, and doppler winds indicates the presence of a broad mesocyclone. As a result, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a relatively rare tornado warning.
Since 2013, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) divided Tasmania into eleven land-based districts for the purpose weather forecasting. In addition, the Bureau detailed nine coastal districts and a further five inshore districts covering the bays and channels in the River Derwent lower estuary.
Cape Grim, officially Kennaook / Cape Grim, [2] is the northwestern point of Tasmania, Australia.The Peerapper name for the cape is recorded as Kennaook. [3]It is the location of the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station and of the Cape Grim Air Archive [4] which is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology [5] in a joint programme with the CSIRO.
In October 2020, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued its tropical cyclone outlook for the 2020–21 season, and in the same month, the agency contributed towards the Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook, along with New Zealand's MetService, NIWA and the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS).
Tasmania has a cool temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The highest recorded maximum temperature in Tasmania is 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) at Scamander on 30 January 2009, during the 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave. Tasmania's lowest recorded minimum temperature is −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) on 7 August 2020, at Central Plateau. [1]