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.
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.

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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Leonora, WA, had its wettest September day on record earlier this month. Three weeks later, more than 1.3 million lightning pulses were detected within 800 km of the town in 48 hours. Why is a stalled trough delivering storms to mining country, and what it could mean for operations? The DTN Total Lightning Network detected […]
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