Originally Posted by
DROPS
BOM have been ridiculous for a couple of years.
Not the fault of the forecasters. Like another Dept of Many Name Changes, they have had their staff ripped out from under them and now can only triage the ports that have potential developing weather event based on the modelling.
Dispatchers and Pilots should really be applying a margin/contingency/fudge factor to the TAFS in these new 'efficient' times (good pilots always have done!).
It is not infrequent for ATC to look at the TAF and question if BOM remember what the F really stands for.
Wasn’t there previously an on-site, dedicated met unit based at Sydney Airport, that knew the local weather patterns like the back of their hands, and could forecast this type of occurrence to the minute?
What happened to them?