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Originally Posted by Wavytone
'Cause the BOM definition of "clear" is "not raining". And they don't even look out the window. Being low ranking public servants it's quite possible they don't have a window to look out of.
And the other websites make it up most of the time on the basis that if tomorrow's forecast is same as yesterday they'll be right 90% of the time anyway.
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The models they produce do have a value for cloud cover but it just doesn't feature on their website. Clients that consume the data can and do use the cloud data - for example, CFN.
The BOM office has lots of windows, it's just in Melbourne so there's little point in looking out most of the time
