What is the purpose of the Bureau of Meteorology?

... service for international aviation. It states that 'the objective of meteorological service for international aviation shall be to contribute towards the safety, regularity and efficiency of international air navigation. read more

The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia has the same purpose as the United Kingdom Met Office and the American NOAA. They get all the worldwide weather observations collected then, redistributed by the World Meteorologica Organization (WMO) a division of the United Nations, and that is what various national authorities like the BoM use to feel computer models and predict a weather forecast. read more

The report begins by explaining that the Bureau has 695 automatic weather stations spread across Australia, and that data from this network underpins all of the services the Bureau delivers, enabling more than 500,000 public forecasts, and nearly 15,000 weather and ocean warnings which are issued each year. read more

Products include weather charts, satellite photos, radar pictures and climate maps. The Bureau also has responsibility for compiling and providing comprehensive water information across Australia. read more