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Data FeedsThe Bureau of Meteorology has a number of real-time forecast and observation products that can be used for ingestion by computers. These products are made available on the Bureau ftp site ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/. Each file has a date-time stamp indicating when the data file was created. A directory of the product catalogue is also available. Australian capital city summariesThese are both shown on the Bureau's home page:Forecasts
ObservationsThe following observation products are produced every hour, and the last 24 hours are available on the ftp directory.
where YYYYMMDDTTTT is a date-time stamp in UTC (add 10 hours for Eastern Standard Time). User information
Secondary distribution of Bureau of Meteorology information currently freely available on the Bureau's website and ftp site requires formal permission. Correct attribution of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as the source of Bureau information is an important component of any secondary distribution permission that may be granted. Where Bureau information is to be used on a website, permission for use of that information should be applied for by the website owner. For further information on these and other products send your request to us via our feedback system or contact the Bureau Office in your capital city. The Bureau does not currently provide XML or RSS feeds for all its products. Work is being done to make XML available. Victoria forecasts and warnings have been available in XML since Oct 28, 2008. See also
Last updated: 5/11/2008 |
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