Once again the BoM puts out these useless temperature Outlooks where NOT ONE square centimetre of Australia is predicted to be cooler than average.
Citizens should write their Commonwealth MP’s and Ministers asking why taxpayers money is still wasted on these ridiculous hot looking Outlooks. Australian weather just does not do what the BoM expects – is there some fever on the corporate brain of the BoM?
The rain Outlook below is exactly wrong too in several regions when you examine it.
The predicted dry in NSW – Qld turned out mostly average or sl wet.
South Australia through into Vic was predicted near average but turned out dry.
WA from the Pilbara south turned out to have about half the area wrong.
WA north of Pilbara was predicted dry but rain was above average.
Top of NT was precicted wet but turned out average or dry.
Tasmania….
When you just stand back and weigh it up – just a huge waste of taxpayers money – at a time when Govt is looking for savings.
If you search outlooks on my site you will see I have been pointing out these shortcomings for years.
You get more accurate predictions of the weather by either throwing a dart at your ouija board or having a look out the window. Removing the BOM and ABC would be satisfactory and harmless savings for government.
I had a look at the BoM’s climate outlook and noticed they had a link to ‘past accuracy’. However, when you go to the page the graphic shows percent ‘consistent’.
Presumably ‘consistent’ is weaker than ‘accurate’, although I could find no definition of consistent.
It looks like the BoM trying to obfuscate their lack of accuracy.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/temperature/maximum/skill/seasonal/0
BoM’s rainfall and temperature October outlooks for much of NSW completely wrong, again.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/rainfall/median/monthly/0
Yes when the rain numbers for the 15th are added in the Outlook will not look as healthy – and with a fortnight still to go. Thanks for this – I had not caught up with Outlooks being presented for monthly periods.
