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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.

Long weekend rain and storms to impact Victoria and NSW

An outbreak of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms will impact Victoria and NSW over the coming long weekend. As seen in the synoptic image below, this outbreak of storms and wet weather will be caused by a broad low pressure trough and cold front. Image: Synoptic image for Friday, 25 April. As the weekend goes […]

Intense heatwave over northern India pressures people and the energy grid

A heatwave scorching northern India over at least the next seven days will place a tremendous strain on people and infrastructure. The images below show the concerning heating pattern taking hold of India’s north as the week progresses. Maximum temperatures are shown reaching the low to mid 40s on Wednesday, April 23 (top image), the […]

Adelaide’s driest start to the year since the 1980s

Halfway through autumn, Adelaide continues to endure an early-year dry spell the likes of which it has not seen since the famously barren decade of the 1980s. Just 14.4mm of rain has been recorded at the city’s main weather station from January 1 to April 15, 2025. That makes it the South Australian capital’s 4th-driest […]

Tropical Cyclone Errol strengthening near Australia – here’s what to expect

Tropical Cyclone Errol, which formed on Tuesday night, is quickly gaining strength to the north of WA and could turn towards the Kimberley coast later this week. At 8am AWST on Wednesday, Errol was a category two tropical cyclone located roughly 515 km to the north northwest of Broome. The system is moving west and […]