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We work with worldwide leaders in precision data so you can gain intelligent insights to optimize your response to the weather

DTN APAC has been providing weather intelligence and innovative forecasting systems to Australian businesses since 1998.  

Our team of meteorologists, scientists and developers continually innovate in-house, creating market leading resources such as the Total Lightning Network, and Opticast™, as well as sourcing essential data from our industry partners worldwide, to bring you the most comprehensive information.

Here are some of the services we provide, and the organisations that we work closely with to deliver them to you.

Australian Weather Forecasts.

DTN APAC’s forecasts are a collaboration of data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and DTN APAC’s increasingly independent in-house modelling.  DTN APAC’s industry-leading forecasting solution Opticast™ also utilises the data from customer’s weather stations, and our own Australia-wide weather station network, in addition to real-time observations provided by the BOM.

Additional forecasting is provided by international partners such as Metservice NZ, Customweather and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

Long Range Weather Forecasting – 14 day to 12 month forecasts.

These forecasts are produced by DTN APAC’s meteorologists using raw data provided by international weather agencies.

These forecasts are produced using a combination of techniques, some in the public domain and others developed by DTN APAC. The result is a suite of long-range forecasts considered to be the most accurate available for the Australian region.

River Heights and Dam Levels

These readings are provided by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Department of Natural Resources in New South Wales, Sydney Catchment Authority, Melbourne Water and other local water agencies .

Air Quality Readings and Forecasts and Beach Quality Reports

This information for Melbourne and Sydney are provided by the respective Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in each state.

 

Powering Smart Weather Decisions

Whether you require severe weather warnings, rapid-update forecasting, solar actuals and forecasts, blast dispersion modelling, in-depth consultancy, easily deployed weather stations or any other high-precision meteorological service, we offer a reliable, bespoke solution. We are there for you, rain, hail or shine. 

The brightest minds to help light the way.

We thrive on challenge, next generation science and customised service and are dedicated to helping you stay ahead of the game. 

Your weather needs are as individual as your business, and we collaborate with you to bring ease to your every day. Our teams of meteorologists and data scientists are there, every step of the way, to help you navigate your weather challenges.

Take a load off, let us crunch the numbers and serve it up in a delightfully easy to navigate package, so that you can concentrate on more pressing tasks.

 

 

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Latest news

Satisfy your weather obsession with these news headlines from around the nation, and the world.

Queensland’s lowest solar production week in over 6 months

Thick and extensive cloud over Queensland last week caused solar production to plummet to its lowest level since last winter. A monsoonal burst combined with an active phase of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) over northern Australia last week, leading to widespread flooding rainfall and extensive cloud cover across Queensland. The image below shows the cloud […]

‘Mini tornado’ to be officially recognised on Fujita scale

This article was written for April Fools Day. It is not factual. A new category will be added to the Fujita scale from 2026 to formally recognise the ‘mini tornado’. The Fujita scale, and the revised Enhanced Fujita scale, are widely accepted scales used for rating tornado intensity. They both use damage assessments from past […]

Powerful bombing Tasman Low brings large waves to NSW ports

A powerful Tasman Low spinning off Australia’s East Coast is whipping up large waves along coastal NSW. A low pressure trough that slowly made its way from outback Queensland and over NSW over the past week, delivering widespread flooding, moved off the NSW coast this weekend. Very warm sea surface temperatures, along with support from […]

South Korea’s largest wildfires on satellite

Deadly wildfires have burnt across South Korea’s southeast since last weekend, claiming the lives of at least 28 people and displacing nearly 40,000. At least 28 people have lost their lives to the fire and more than 35,000 hectares of forest have burnt, displacing nearly 40,000 people from their homes. Officials on the ground are […]