A Must-Have for Tracking Rain and Weather!
The BOM radar is an absolute lifesaver for anyone wanting to keep an eye on the weather, and I can’t recommend it enough. I love being able to see exactly when rain is coming and plan my day around it. The radar updates frequently, showing clear and detailed images of rain clouds moving in real time. Whether it’s light showers or a heavy downpour, I can quickly check the app or website to see what’s happening around my area.
It’s especially helpful for those days when I need to head out, and I can time it perfectly to avoid getting caught in the rain. The colour coding makes it easy to tell the intensity of the rain, and the animations are smooth and reliable. It’s like having my own personal weather assistant.
For anyone who works outdoors, commutes, or just enjoys staying informed, the BOM radar is a game-changer. It’s accurate, easy to use, and has become a tool I rely on every single day. Five stars without a doubt!
It’s especially helpful for those days when I need to head out, and I can time it perfectly to avoid getting caught in the rain. The colour coding makes it easy to tell the intensity of the rain, and the animations are smooth and reliable. It’s like having my own personal weather assistant.
For anyone who works outdoors, commutes, or just enjoys staying informed, the BOM radar is a game-changer. It’s accurate, easy to use, and has become a tool I rely on every single day. Five stars without a doubt!
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Often wrong, often useless
Raining in Sydney all day while the app shows cloudy/sunny, and “50% chance of at least 0 mm” - does that make sense to anyone? Humidity today is ~90% while the app shows 46%. Such gross inaccuracies are very common in my experience. Too much development effort on security/updates and so little remains for the point of it all?
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Weather map
Hi I have only recently downloaded the weather map, l find it easy to use and informative. Just a few comments: 1 after checking the warnings I have to complete exit the app in order to return to the Home Screen. ( needs a home button ) 2. I am a member of the SES in the lower Hunter area ( Hunter, Patterson and Williams rivers ) would it be possible to include real time rainfall, river heights and flooding information. 3 Ability to add infrastructure including rail, road and rivers with the ability to add closure information. I know this is a lot to ask, hoping you are able to include some of my requests.
4. Up 30minute Audio warnings of weather events.
4. Up 30minute Audio warnings of weather events.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your loyalty to the app. We value your input and are looking to improve our app all the time. We appreciate your suggestions and wanted to let you know that we are investigating including these in a future release
The best in the business!
I got tired of inaccurate forecasts. I reached the point of having two weather apps on my phone just to try and average out a forecast. One app says it’s gonna be 8° and fine. Another app says it’s gonna be 10° and rainy in five minutes. Often neither was right. Ironically, both apps say they source their data from the BOM. So I thought, why not ditch those two and get the official BOM Weather app. I haven’t looked back. The layout is superb. The map is great resolution with fantastic pinch in and out zoom. It even comes with a nice big pause button. Furthermore, it’s a free app and there are no pop-up ads. Thank you BOM for giving us this gem.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your review and rating. We are glad to read you are enjoying the app.
Quite good but could be improved.
The general layout of the forecast is good and the hourly information well set out. However hourly rainfall is confusing. There is a row which says, for example, “Rain 50% chance of at least” and the a row which can say 0mm in the hourly column. That to me means no rain. A whole day can have hourly 0mm amounts, but the forecast might say 1mm of daily rain. Perhaps replace 0mm with “drizzle” or some non zero amount. Perhaps some more though could go into how better to describe the chance of a certain amount of rain in every hour?
The radar rain map is very good. Could the Himawari satellite images for the previous few hours be presented in the same way as the radar map please?
The radar rain map is very good. Could the Himawari satellite images for the previous few hours be presented in the same way as the radar map please?
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Generally ok app, but three things need improvement
Generally ok app, but three things need improvement:
Sometimes the app shows “Rain” for periods of a day (under “Today” or “Tomorrow”) and under the “Rain” section shows “chance of at least 0mm”. In my book that means there is no rain and therefore the rain icon under “Today” or “Tomorrow” shouldn’t be shown.
It’s useful to sometimes show the weather as it was before now, maybe even up to yesterday or a week ago. However, this app just discards everything that is before “now”.
In the past decades the Australian government has been hammering home the message of UV protection. While the app shows a “Max UV Index” it would be for more valuable to know not only when that hits, but also at what the UV index is at what times of the day – similar to temperature, rain, wind etc.
Sometimes the app shows “Rain” for periods of a day (under “Today” or “Tomorrow”) and under the “Rain” section shows “chance of at least 0mm”. In my book that means there is no rain and therefore the rain icon under “Today” or “Tomorrow” shouldn’t be shown.
It’s useful to sometimes show the weather as it was before now, maybe even up to yesterday or a week ago. However, this app just discards everything that is before “now”.
In the past decades the Australian government has been hammering home the message of UV protection. While the app shows a “Max UV Index” it would be for more valuable to know not only when that hits, but also at what the UV index is at what times of the day – similar to temperature, rain, wind etc.
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Fantastic weather app but…
Brilliant app, all the data is nicely displayed and easy to navigate. Only thing is the rain radar and probability isn’t very advanced. I’ve been using (and trusting) B.O.M for everything but.
Ended up having to use a different app for rain which is insanely more accurate at predictions and probability. The major winning feature is that it will send you a notification warning you of incoming rain anywhere from 15-45 ahead of your current location. And it will accurately forecast alerts warning you of potential rain from even the lightest patchy drizzle to downpour.( It’s saved our washing so many times)
So…. If you wanna implement something like that into the B.O.M that’d be absolutely fantastic 😁
Ended up having to use a different app for rain which is insanely more accurate at predictions and probability. The major winning feature is that it will send you a notification warning you of incoming rain anywhere from 15-45 ahead of your current location. And it will accurately forecast alerts warning you of potential rain from even the lightest patchy drizzle to downpour.( It’s saved our washing so many times)
So…. If you wanna implement something like that into the B.O.M that’d be absolutely fantastic 😁
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Vital resource.
BOM weather information is the only accurate data. Other apps use the data, but I haven’t found one that has the range and accessibility that this one does.
As a photographer, rainfall predictions are particularly important. I use the “live” radar for this. I put that in inverted commas, because I have noticed a bit of timing discrepancy, in that the rain pattern is ahead of the prediction slightly, I realize this must be difficult to predict.
I wish the BOM app hadn’t gone to an unnecessarily complicated rain probability model, with multiple percentages for each hour, way too nerdy, please keep it simple. Otherwise, a great app, with lots of valuable information.
As a photographer, rainfall predictions are particularly important. I use the “live” radar for this. I put that in inverted commas, because I have noticed a bit of timing discrepancy, in that the rain pattern is ahead of the prediction slightly, I realize this must be difficult to predict.
I wish the BOM app hadn’t gone to an unnecessarily complicated rain probability model, with multiple percentages for each hour, way too nerdy, please keep it simple. Otherwise, a great app, with lots of valuable information.
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Permission required
Some time back in one of the many updates this issue was supposedly rectified. Not so on my two mini4 ipads. This is a constant ongoing problem. I can be using the app, look at weather in a family member’s location or such, go back to my location, and up there for all to see…permission required, Information unavailable. Permission has never been denied. Slide down through the listed localities click on mine and yes hello there is the weather for all to see. No request for permission. My ipads rely on wifi. I have no issues with other apps or with in particular the other weather apps. Surely I am not the only person still encountering this problem.
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Handy weather info
It's really nice to be able to cycle through the "confidence level" of the rain predictions. Most times I just want to know what's likely to happen, but sometimes when you make plans you need to know if there's any chance at all of rain.
