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Old 20th Jun 2013, 01:09
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Ixixly
 
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Someone here mentioned that of course the BOM use historical data and current forecasts to figure out whats going to happen. My question is do they keep track of all the times its been wrong and as such give themselves the ability to see a short term local trend that may require the issuance of different Forecasts?

For instance, a few people have mentioned that recently they have noticed a trend in the area for unforecast fog, does the BOM keep data that would allow them to see the same thing happening 2 days in a row and cause them to automatically place a "Prob30" in based on these recent occurrences where their data is telling them it won't happen but recent observations have shown it occurred anyway?
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