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ABC launches new national TV weather graphics

mhardy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:34:02 +0000

On Thursday, 22 July, ABC launched Australia’s first free-to-air 24-hour news channel, ABC News 24. This coincided with a complete overhaul of ABC’s on-air weather graphics and styling. A large component of this graphics overhaul was weatherzone’s installation and launch of the world-leading Viking weather graphics system.

ABC now boasts one of the most spectacular television weather graphics packages in Australia, making use of visually stunning 3D maps, high-resolution computer model data and in-depth data sourced from weatherzone and the Bureau of Meteorology. The system installed by weatherzone also provides multiple levels of backup and redundancy, a feature vital for the national broadcaster.

For a better look at the graphics, check out your local ABC News bulletin or flick over to ABC News 24 on digital channel 24.

Solar Car race a bit hazy

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:25:07 +0000

While many people in NSW are racing to get out of the rain, a select group of people are racing to stay in the sun. The reason? The Global Green Challenge: the world’s leading solar car showcase event.

Competitors from all over the world are racing their environmentally friendly vehicles from Darwin to Adelaide, a total of 3000km. And maximum solar exposure is crucial.

Thankfully, the weather is staying clear and dry across the NT, as a strong high pressure ridge extends north from South Australia.

But has there been a bit of a snag? Gusty winds have pushed up into the southern part of the Territory, bringing a region of raised dust. This has reduced visibility to about seven to eight km in Tennant Creek, whereas visibility is normally up around 40 km!

The pesky dust is on it’s way out though. On Wednesday, as the race continues, the beautiful, energy-generous sun should return in full power, once again testing each solarcar’s abilities.

The race can be followed at globalgreenchallenge.com.au. Sunswift IV, UNSW’s own solar-powered speed machine, currently in seventh place, is receiving all of its weather data from Opticast, a high-accuracy forecast tool made by weatherzone.

Marine weather website launch

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:10:06 +0000

12 May 2009: Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC Governor-General today officially
launched Marineweather.net.au, a new website published by The Weather Company that delivers the latest marine weather forecasts and reports Australia wide.

Marineweather.net.au will provide boat owners, fishermen, sailors, boat enthusiasts and
surfers with the most comprehensive marine weather information available including:

• Official Bureau of Meteorology marine and severe weather warnings
• Seven day wind and swell forecasts and graphs for major coastal locations
nationally
• Sea temperature maps for all coastal districts
• Detailed tide graphs for major ports nationally
• Sun and moon times for coastal locations nationally
• 24 hour history graphs of wind readings – updated every 10 minutes
• Four day surf forecasts and wave of the day photos

Marineweather.net.au is complementary to weatherzone.com.au , which
is Australia’s most popular commercial online weather information source*.
Weatherzone.com.au’s ground breaking long range weather forecasts are relied upon by
thousands of farmers throughout Australia’s rural and regional communities.