Bureau of Meteorology

Bureau of Meteorology

Environmental Services

Docklands, Victoria 40,722 followers

Australia’s weather, climate, water, ocean and space weather agency.

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The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia’s weather, climate, water, oceans and space weather agency. Its expertise and services assist Australians in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including drought, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring and advice spanning the Australian region and Antarctic territory, the Bureau provides one of the most fundamental and widely used services of government. The Bureau contributes to national social, economic, cultural and environmental goals by providing observational, meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic services and by undertaking research into science and environment related issues in support of its operations and services. CRICOS Provider 02015K

Website
http://www.bom.gov.au
Industry
Environmental Services
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Docklands, Victoria
Type
Government Agency
Founded
1908

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    This colourful cloud display is the image for July in our 2025 Australian Weather Calendar. 📸 It was captured by Sharon Smolenski at Yamanto in regional Queensland. "We just headed to the local dog park for the day with the kids and the dog. My idea was just to take some photos of them in the afternoon sun," Sharon said. "That cloud was just amazing. It just overtook the sky; it was just so breathtaking to see the sun setting behind it. I'd never actually seen clouds like that before." The clouds Sharon captured are known as Cirrus uncinus clouds, which have a characteristic streaky appearance and hooked ends. They're caused by strong wind direction, or speed change, high in the atmosphere, often due to the approach of a warm front, or when a cold front catches up with a slower-moving warm front. A long-time passionate photographer, Sharon has recently started to make a business out of selling her photos, with a focus on wildlife and landscape photography. "I've just really enjoyed documenting and trying to compose a shot. I've enjoyed trying to improve and get better shots as I grow," she said. 📆 Get your 2025 Australian Weather Calendar at https://lnkd.in/gX48braG

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    Bureau of Meteorology CEO Dr Andrew Johnson PSM and Director-General Mr Mori Takashi of the Japan Meteorological Agency signed a Strategic Relationship Arrangement today in Japan, furthering the collaboration between the two agencies on satellite meteorology.   Under the arrangement, the JMA will provide satellite images of high impact weather events every 2.5 minutes anywhere in the Australian region from its new Himawari-10 satellite. The forecasts and warnings from the Bureau that all Australians rely upon every day are critically dependent on observations from Himawari.   High-definition images from the Himawari-9 satellite are available for viewing on the Bureau of Meteorology website at https://lnkd.in/gS5BdXDE

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    We've received your feedback and have released some improvements to the rain radar on our new test website. Watch Senior Meteorologist Jonathan How explain what they are and how to access these new features. Try it out at https://beta.bom.gov.au   Remember during the testing phase, www.bom.gov.au will remain our primary website and is the source for warnings, along with the BOM Weather app. 

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    This wispy, ghost-like rainbow is the image for June in our 2025 Australian Weather Calendar. 📸 It was captured by storm-chaser David Metcalf at Tuena in regional New South Wales. "As we were driving, the fog was lifting, and the sun just started to filter through these farmer's paddocks really nicely," David said. "As we pulled over to the side of the road, we could see down in the little farmer's valley that there was just like this really nice fogbow that had just started to form." Despite having 20 years of photographing the weather, it was only the third time David had seen a fogbow. 🌈 The rare phenomenon is an optical effect caused by the light bending through fog. Because the water droplets that make fog are smaller than raindrops, the spectrum of colours normally seen in a rainbow are harder to distinguish in a fogbow, appearing as a faintly coloured arc. An engineer by day, David said he finds weather photography to be a creative outlet - a passion he developed after a gift from his dad. "He gave me one of his really old film cameras when I was pretty young, so I just sort of was playing around with that," he said. "And then I realised a bit later on, when I was in university, that having a passion for weather, if you've also got a bit of a passion for photography, you can capture these events that you don't see all the time, like your storms and sunsets and sunrise. "It's always so worth it when the weather's so dynamic. I just like seeing the constantly changing environment." 📆 Get your 2025 Australian Weather Calendar at https://lnkd.in/gX48braG

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    This perfect weather trifecta - a fork of lightning, a shimmering rainbow and sun rays on the horizon - is the image for May in our 2025 Australian Weather Calendar. It was captured by environmental scientist JJ Rao during a storm-chasing session in Western Australia's Kimberley region. "You can't really beat sunset light — plus storm light, and you get some amazing dramatic scenes and colours," JJ said. "The Kimberley's got a lot of mudflats... that sort of dry up and crack, and you get these amazing textures. "One of my favourite parts about that photo is that the rain had just passed through, so there are these little puddles of water captured in each of the little clay cups, and you can actually see the reflection of the lightning in those little puddles of water." Captured within JJ's photo is what the photographer calls "the cream of the crop" - anticrepuscular rays. These are the radiating beams you can see at the horizon. Crepuscular rays appear due to the shadows of clouds at or below the horizon, but anticrepuscular rays are more unusual. They form where the light beams and shadows have crossed the sky, becoming visible at the antisolar point — a point on the opposite side of the sky to the sun from the observer's point of view. JJ said he hopes his photo's inclusion in the calendar will inspire others to travel to the Kimberley. "The wet season is usually when everyone leaves town, but I reckon it's probably the best time of the year," he said. "Every afternoon, we usually get a buildup of storms that break towards the end of the day and sometimes, if you're really lucky, they rock up in town just on sunset." Get your 2025 Australian Weather Calendar at https://lnkd.in/gX48braG

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    Today is World Tsunami Awareness Day. Although rare, tsunamis are among the most devastating natural hazards, and it is vital to be prepared to respond. In October, the Bureau participated in a tsunami simulation – Exercise Pacific Wave 2024, aka PacWave24 – alongside Geoscience Australia, who partner with the Bureau in the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre, and emergency services along the east seaboard. This exercise allowed the Bureau to test its new tsunami assessment and warning dissemination system. It was an excellent opportunity to closely coordinate our actions with participating agencies to ensure we work together and are ready to keep the community safe. As the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami approaches in December, this year's World Tsunami Awareness Day theme centres around building resilient communities. Learn more about the JATWC at https://lnkd.in/g5v2cHaT #TsunamiDay#GetToHighGround

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    This surreal photograph of a total solar eclipse is the image for April in our 2025 Australian Weather Calendar. It was captured in 2023 by Barend Becker, who travelled by caravan from Tasmania to Western Australia to shoot the rare natural phenomenon. "I travelled 13,500km on a road trip lasting eight weeks to see 62 seconds of total eclipse," he said. "It was so worth it. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen." Captured within Barend’s image is the crown-like outer atmosphere of the Sun – the corona – and numerous prominences (in pink), which are regions of cooler, denser material suspended above the solar surface. Barend took the winning shot at a viewing site about 15 km south of Exmouth. "There were about 2,500 people on the site, there were people from all over the world. "There was an astronaut there, people from NASA - because this wasn't just a total eclipse... It was called a hybrid Eclipse, and it hadn't happened in four decades." As the sun disappeared, Bernard said the temperature dropped and the wind died down, producing an "eerie feeling". "I actually was in tears when it was happening. It was just something that I never thought I'd see," he said. Get your 2025 Australian Weather Calendar at https://lnkd.in/gJ8CGUNS

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    This spectacular display of sheet lightning illuminating Sydney's skyline is the image for March in our 2025 Australian Weather Calendar. It was captured by Philipp Glanz from his 11-storey apartment. "There were some really nice strikes coming through, it was quite impressive to watch the combination of lightning strikes and the city skyline," he said. Philipp's photography philosophy is that a good photo waits for no one. "You really have to look at the weather radar and see if there's something interesting happening," he said. "And then you have to be prepared to run out and try to set up your equipment on time and hope for the best. My wife doesn't like it too much because [sometimes] I have to leave dinner or breakfast." Aside from the sheet lightning – this is lightning that occurs within a cloud, lighting it up sheet-style – Phillip's image also features impressive cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds. Philipp's passion for photography started after he moved to Sydney from Germany and took an interest in capturing Australia's native birds. "They kind of brought me to photography because I wanted to capture what they're doing, and that started the whole process," he said. Get your 2025 Australian Weather Calendar at https://shop.bom.gov.au/

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