Originally Posted by
Stationair8
ABC are reporting that the BoM are planning to centralise forecasting into two centres, Melbourne and a Brisbane.
That should help with the accuracy of forecasting in the Top End during the wet season and winter in south west WA.
Since when did forecasters ever look out the window? Their task is to interpret observations (done by an entirely different group of people) and trends which come in from a multitude of locations. What difference does it make where the room they sit in is located to do that? Forecasters were not the ones at the regional airports doing briefings. They were all observers. They did have vast local knowledge of weather conditions, but they were not the ones formulating the TAFs or ARFORs.