Weather Bureau

[DarkArts]

The Bureau of Meteorology no longer wants to be referred to as "BOM" or "the weather bureau".

Bureau of Meteorology Rebrand (ABC) (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-18/bureau-of-meteorology-plibersek-rebrand-floods-bom/101547984)

I'm not surprised. Canberra's 3-hourly forecast for last evening (Tuesday) and today (Wednesday) consists entirely of "0% rain", including right now. Meanwhile, outside, it's raining with a heavier shower inbound. I'd want to change my name after that performance, too.

Glad I didn't set up my gear. :cloudy:

The "bureau's" best from 15 minutes ago:

https://i.ibb.co/qJwk63P/Forecast-No-Rain.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/PrkCcLK/Rain-Radar.jpg

[rustigsmed]

The only time i worry about the name BoM is when I'm at an airport or on a plane and discussing the weather.

[dikman]

They're obviously embarrassed when their "predictions" don't eventuate so want to get away from being associated with weather predictions.:rolleyes:
Doesn't really matter what they call themselves people will still refer to them as "the weather bureau", because that's what they are.

[OzEclipse]

Given that their methods are in part based on statistics, why not, "The Australian Bureau of Statistics?"

Oh hang on!
:shrug::shrug:

[strongmanmike]

For those who may not have seen it, this (https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/weather-forecasting-less-accurate/) is a good summary article, published in COSMOS Magazine, about accuracy of BoM and others, weather forecasting :)

Like most things, your source of information is very important :thumbsup:

Mike

[DarkArts]

Interesting article, thanks. In it, New Zealand weather and climate researcher James Renwick says:

And ...


"I don't think so, Tim (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5zhv2TDag)". Canberra's rain last night was approximately 8 hours after the forecast was issued. The bomb they're not.


(They actually do a pretty good job most of the time, but it's a great Aussie tradition to sh*t stir when something doesn't go right, especially if it's tax-payer funded). :)

[strongmanmike]

(They actually do a pretty good job most of the time, but it's a great Aussie tradition to sh*t stir when something doesn't go right, especially if it's tax-payer funded). :)

:lol: That's true, I know because I watch Sky after Dark :D

[DarkArts]

Everyone's getting in on it, even at the other end of the spectrum:

To all Australians: please desist immediately from using the gauche sobriquet ‘BoM’ (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/19/to-all-australians-please-desist-immediately-from-using-the-gauche-sobriquet-bom)

[strongmanmike]

:lol:... BoM always sounded rather French to me..? :question:

MIke

[Camelopardalis]

Crunching the numbers of weather models is incredibly compute hungry, and Australia’s facility is funds-challenged ;)

That they’re remotely close much of the time is no small achievement. Other territories around the world have significantly greater resources but none of them are significantly more than 50% accurate looking more than 3 days forward.

I do think it’s a bit weird to want to be called one thing while boldly branding your mobile app with another :shrug:

[RB]

La bohème?

:lol: