Using get_ag_bulletin()

get_ag_bulletin() only takes one argument, state. The state parameter allows the user to select the bulletin for just one state or a national forecast. States or territories are specified using the official postal codes or full name with fuzzy matching performed via agrep().

NSW - New South Wales
NT - Northern Territory
QLD - Queensland
SA - South Australia
TAS - Tasmania
VIC - Victoria
WA - Western Australia
AUS - Australia, returns bulletin for all states and NT.

Results

The function, get_ag_bulletin(), will return a data frame of the agriculture bulletin for selected stations. See Appendix 3 for a full list and description of the fields and values.

Example

Following is an example fetching the ag bulletin for Queensland.

(QLD_bulletin <- get_ag_bulletin(state = "QLD"))
#>     product_id state dist                             name   wmo
#>  1:   IDQ60604   QLD   27                       WEIPA AERO 94170
#>  2:   IDQ60604   QLD   29                   MOUNT ISA AERO 94332
#>  3:   IDQ60604   QLD   30             RICHMOND POST OFFICE 94340
#>  4:   IDQ60604   QLD   30               GEORGETOWN AIRPORT 94274
#>  5:   IDQ60604   QLD   31                      CAIRNS AERO 94287
#>  6:   IDQ60604   QLD   31        WALKAMIN RESEARCH STATION 95284
#>  7:   IDQ60604   QLD   31                  MAREEBA AIRPORT 95286
#>  8:   IDQ60604   QLD   32          SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 95292
#>  9:   IDQ60604   QLD   32                  TOWNSVILLE AERO 94294
#> 10:   IDQ60604   QLD   32                 INGHAM COMPOSITE 95291
#> 11:   IDQ60604   QLD   33             AYR DPI RESEARCH STN 95295
#> 12:   IDQ60604   QLD   33         COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE 94360
#> 13:   IDQ60604   QLD   33                       MACKAY M.O 94367
#> 14:   IDQ60604   QLD   35                TAMBO POST OFFICE 94355
#> 15:   IDQ60604   QLD   35                  EMERALD AIRPORT 94363
#> 16:   IDQ60604   QLD   36                   LONGREACH AERO 94346
#> 17:   IDQ60604   QLD   38                   BOULIA AIRPORT 94333
#> 18:   IDQ60604   QLD   38               BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT 95482
#> 19:   IDQ60604   QLD   39                 ROCKHAMPTON AERO 94374
#> 20:   IDQ60604   QLD   39                 THANGOOL AIRPORT 94376
#> 21:   IDQ60604   QLD   39                   BUNDABERG AERO 94387
#> 22:   IDQ60604   QLD   40  UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON 94562
#> 23:   IDQ60604   QLD   40                    BRISBANE AERO 94578
#> 24:   IDQ60604   QLD   40 LOGAN CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT 95581
#> 25:   IDQ60604   QLD   41                       OAKEY AERO 94552
#> 26:   IDQ60604   QLD   41                    DALBY AIRPORT 94542
#> 27:   IDQ60604   QLD   41                          WARWICK 94555
#> 28:   IDQ60604   QLD   43             MITCHELL POST OFFICE 94514
#> 29:   IDQ60604   QLD   43                     ROMA AIRPORT 94515
#> 30:   IDQ60604   QLD   43                ST GEORGE AIRPORT 94517
#> 31:   IDQ60604   QLD   44                 CHARLEVILLE AERO 94510
#> 32:   IDQ60604   QLD   45             THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT 95492
#>     product_id state dist                             name   wmo
#>      site              station      obs_time_local
#>  1: 27045                Weipa 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  2: 29127            Mount Isa 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  3: 30045             Richmond 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  4: 30124   Georgetown Airport 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  5: 31011               Cairns 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  6: 31108             Walkamin 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  7: 31210              Mareeba 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  8: 32037      South Johnstone 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>  9: 32040           Townsville 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 10: 32078               Ingham 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 11: 33002                  Ayr 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 12: 33013         Collinsville 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 13: 33119               Mackay 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 14: 35069                Tambo 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 15: 35264              Emerald 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 16: 36031            Longreach 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 17: 38003               Boulia 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 18: 38026           Birdsville 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 19: 39083          Rockhampton 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 20: 39089             Thangool 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 21: 39128            Bundaberg 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 22: 40082               Gatton 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 23: 40842     Brisbane Airport 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 24: 40854           Logan City 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 25: 41359                Oakey 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 26: 41522                Dalby 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 27: 41525              Warwick 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 28: 43020             Mitchell 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 29: 43091                 Roma 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 30: 43109            St George 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 31: 44021          Charleville 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#> 32: 45025 Thargomindah Airport 2020-01-20 09:00:00
#>      site              station      obs_time_local
#>            obs_time_utc time_zone      lat      lon  elev bar_ht
#>  1: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -12.6778 141.9208  18.0   18.6
#>  2: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -20.6778 139.4875 340.3  341.0
#>  3: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -20.7289 143.1425 211.1  214.5
#>  4: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -18.3039 143.5306 301.8  302.5
#>  5: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -16.8736 145.7458   2.2    8.3
#>  6: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -17.1347 145.4281 594.0     NA
#>  7: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -17.0704 145.4293 471.9  473.1
#>  8: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -17.6053 145.9972  18.3   18.6
#>  9: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -19.2483 146.7661   4.3    9.1
#> 10: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -18.6494 146.1769  11.8   12.5
#> 11: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -19.6169 147.3758  17.0     NA
#> 12: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -20.5533 147.8464 196.0     NA
#> 13: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -21.1172 149.2169  30.3   36.3
#> 14: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -24.8819 146.2564 395.1  397.4
#> 15: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -23.5694 148.1756 189.4  190.1
#> 16: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -23.4397 144.2828 192.2  192.5
#> 17: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -22.9117 139.9039 161.8  158.3
#> 18: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -25.8975 139.3472  46.6   47.0
#> 19: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -23.3753 150.4775  10.4   15.1
#> 20: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -24.4935 150.5709 193.1  193.8
#> 21: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -24.9069 152.3230  30.8   31.5
#> 22: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -27.5436 152.3375  89.0     NA
#> 23: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -27.3917 153.1292   4.5    9.5
#> 24: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -27.6839 153.1947  14.0     NA
#> 25: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -27.4034 151.7413 405.7  407.1
#> 26: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -27.1605 151.2634 343.9  344.4
#> 27: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -28.2061 152.1003 475.4  475.8
#> 28: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -26.4888 147.9777 336.5  338.0
#> 29: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -26.5477 148.7710 307.4  307.8
#> 30: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -28.0489 148.5942 198.5  199.1
#> 31: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -26.4139 146.2558 301.6  303.3
#> 32: 2020-01-19 23:00:00       EST -27.9867 143.8150 130.9  131.4
#>            obs_time_utc time_zone      lat      lon  elev bar_ht
#>     start  end    r   tn   tx  twd   ev   tg  sn solr   t5  t10  t20
#>  1:  1972 2018 34.6 23.2 33.2  3.8   NA   NA  NA 25.7   NA   NA   NA
#>  2:  1966 2018  0.0 28.7 43.2 12.1   NA   NA  NA 26.8   NA   NA   NA
#>  3:  1889 2018  0.0 28.0 43.5 13.0 15.6   NA  NA 28.1   NA   NA   NA
#>  4:  2004 2018  0.0 26.3 40.2  5.7   NA   NA  NA 27.5   NA   NA   NA
#>  5:  1941 2018 11.8 24.3 34.9  4.9   NA   NA  NA 28.7   NA   NA   NA
#>  6:  1965 2018 19.0 20.5 37.5  4.4  5.4 21.0  NA 27.8   NA 28.0 30.0
#>  7:  2000 2018  4.4 22.0 38.4  4.3   NA   NA  NA 28.2 28.9   NA 30.6
#>  8:  1920 2018  2.6 22.9 35.7  3.1   NA   NA  NA 27.0 30.6 30.8 31.7
#>  9:  1940 2018  0.0 28.6 35.1  4.7   NA   NA  NA 29.7   NA   NA   NA
#> 10:  1968 2018   NA 24.6 41.1  2.0   NA   NA  NA 29.6   NA   NA   NA
#> 11:  1951 2018  0.0 26.1 35.8  4.9   NA   NA  NA 29.2 35.2 33.3 34.0
#> 12:  1939 2018  0.0 25.8 37.2  4.5  9.6   NA  NA 23.2   NA   NA   NA
#> 13:  1959 2018  0.0 26.9 34.0  4.4   NA   NA  NA 29.5   NA   NA   NA
#> 14:  1877 2018  0.0 27.2 38.0 12.2  8.8 22.9  NA 20.8   NA   NA   NA
#> 15:  1981 2018  0.0 27.0 39.0  8.9   NA   NA  NA 24.9 37.0 33.9 33.8
#> 16:  1949 2018   NA   NA   NA 13.7   NA   NA  NA 26.0   NA 33.5 34.8
#> 17:  1886 2018  0.0 25.8 39.0 12.0 20.0 24.8  NA 26.7   NA   NA   NA
#> 18:  2000 2018  0.0 23.7 38.8 11.2   NA   NA  NA 24.0   NA   NA   NA
#> 19:  1939 2018  0.0 25.3 39.1  5.9   NA   NA  NA 26.2   NA   NA   NA
#> 20:  1929 2018  0.0 25.4 37.5  7.2   NA   NA  NA 28.6   NA   NA   NA
#> 21:  1942 2018 16.8 25.2 30.0  5.1   NA   NA  NA 24.2 26.9 27.1 27.6
#> 22:  1897 2018  0.2 22.6 32.6  5.0   NA   NA  NA 22.2 30.3 27.9 28.5
#> 23:  1992 2018  0.2 25.5 29.5  3.6   NA 20.2 8.8 25.8 28.0 27.0 27.0
#> 24:  1992 2018  0.0 25.6 30.7  3.5   NA   NA  NA 23.7   NA   NA   NA
#> 25:  1970 2018  0.0 22.3 31.6  5.2   NA   NA  NA 26.4   NA   NA   NA
#> 26:  1992 2018  0.0 22.7 33.2  6.2   NA   NA  NA 28.8 25.7   NA 26.6
#> 27:  1994 2018  0.0 19.3 29.7  6.2   NA   NA  NA 20.7 26.4 25.8 26.3
#> 28:  1884 2018  0.0 27.0 37.0 13.2   NA 25.9  NA 23.5   NA   NA   NA
#> 29:  1985 2018  0.0 27.3 38.0 12.3   NA   NA  NA 28.4   NA   NA   NA
#> 30:  1997 2018  0.0 27.1 37.7 14.2   NA   NA  NA 28.5 36.6 33.2 32.1
#> 31:  1942 2018  0.0 24.6 37.9 15.0   NA   NA  NA 22.3   NA   NA   NA
#> 32:  1999 2018  0.0 24.5 39.3 11.3   NA   NA  NA 28.2   NA   NA   NA
#>     start  end    r   tn   tx  twd   ev   tg  sn solr   t5  t10  t20
#>      t50  t1m  wr
#>  1:   NA   NA  NA
#>  2:   NA   NA  NA
#>  3:   NA   NA  NA
#>  4:   NA   NA  NA
#>  5:   NA   NA  NA
#>  6:   NA   NA  86
#>  7:   NA 30.4 213
#>  8: 30.8 29.2  NA
#>  9:   NA   NA  NA
#> 10:   NA   NA  NA
#> 11: 34.5 32.9  NA
#> 12:   NA   NA  NA
#> 13:   NA   NA  NA
#> 14:   NA   NA  NA
#> 15: 33.6   NA  NA
#> 16: 34.4 33.4  NA
#> 17:   NA   NA  NA
#> 18:   NA   NA  NA
#> 19:   NA   NA  NA
#> 20:   NA   NA  NA
#> 21: 27.8 29.0  NA
#> 22: 27.4   NA 148
#> 23: 28.0 27.0 395
#> 24:   NA   NA  NA
#> 25:   NA   NA  NA
#> 26:   NA 26.4 201
#> 27: 26.6 27.1  NA
#> 28:   NA   NA  NA
#> 29:   NA   NA  NA
#> 30: 33.1 33.1  88
#> 31:   NA   NA  NA
#> 32:   NA   NA  NA
#>      t50  t1m  wr

Using get_weather_bulletin()

This function takes two arguments, state for the desired state; and morning if TRUE, return the 9am bulletin for the nominated state; otherwise return the 3pm bulletin. States or territories are specified using the official postal codes.

ACT Australian Capital Territory (will return NSW)
NSW - New South Wales
NT - Northern Territory
QLD - Queensland
SA - South Australia
TAS - Tasmania
VIC - Victoria
WA - Western Australia

Results

The function get_weather_bulletin() will return a data frame of BOM data for the requested state(s) or territory.

Example

Following is an example fetching the 9AM bulletin for Queensland.

(qld_weather <- get_weather_bulletin(state = "QLD", morning = TRUE))
#>            stations cld8ths wind_dir wind_speed_kmh temp_c_dry
#>   1:     Coconut Is      NA     <NA>             NA         31
#>   2:        Coen Ap      NA      WNW             17         30
#>   3:        Horn Is       8        W             24         31
#>   4: Lockhart River      NA      WNW             28         32
#>   5:    Palmerville      NA      WSW             13         30
#>  ---                                                          
#> 133:         Hobart      NA      NNE             11         19
#> 134:       Adelaide      NA       SW              7         18
#> 135:       Perth Ap      NA        E             35         18
#> 136:         Darwin       5        W             13         31
#> 137:  Alice Springs       7        N             19         26
#>      temp_c_dew temp_c_max temp_c_min temp_c_gr barhpa rain_mm
#>   1:         NA         33         30        NA   1009      NA
#>   2:         25         36         26        NA   1008      NA
#>   3:         25         33         27        NA   1009     7.0
#>   4:         25         38         28        NA   1007   207.0
#>   5:         25         36         24        NA   1007      NA
#>  ---                                                          
#> 133:          9         NA         NA        NA   1014      NA
#> 134:         12         NA         NA        NA   1010      NA
#> 135:         10         NA         NA        NA   1017      NA
#> 136:         25         34         29        27   1009     0.2
#> 137:         17         40         26        NA   1007      NA
#>              weather seastate
#>   1:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   2:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   3:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   4:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   5:            <NA>     <NA>
#>  ---                         
#> 133:            <NA>     <NA>
#> 134:            <NA>     <NA>
#> 135:            <NA>     <NA>
#> 136: Distant precip.     <NA>
#> 137:            <NA>     <NA>

Following is an example fetching the 3PM bulletin for Queensland.

(qld_weather <- get_weather_bulletin(state = "QLD"))
#>            stations cld8ths wind_dir wind_speed_kmh temp_c_dry
#>   1:     Coconut Is      NA     <NA>             NA         31
#>   2:        Coen Ap      NA      WNW             17         30
#>   3:        Horn Is       8        W             24         31
#>   4: Lockhart River      NA      WNW             28         32
#>   5:    Palmerville      NA      WSW             13         30
#>  ---                                                          
#> 133:         Hobart      NA      NNE             11         19
#> 134:       Adelaide      NA       SW              7         18
#> 135:       Perth Ap      NA        E             35         18
#> 136:         Darwin       5        W             13         31
#> 137:  Alice Springs       7        N             19         26
#>      temp_c_dew temp_c_max temp_c_min temp_c_gr barhpa rain_mm
#>   1:         NA         33         30        NA   1009      NA
#>   2:         25         36         26        NA   1008      NA
#>   3:         25         33         27        NA   1009     7.0
#>   4:         25         38         28        NA   1007   207.0
#>   5:         25         36         24        NA   1007      NA
#>  ---                                                          
#> 133:          9         NA         NA        NA   1014      NA
#> 134:         12         NA         NA        NA   1010      NA
#> 135:         10         NA         NA        NA   1017      NA
#> 136:         25         34         29        27   1009     0.2
#> 137:         17         40         26        NA   1007      NA
#>              weather seastate
#>   1:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   2:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   3:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   4:            <NA>     <NA>
#>   5:            <NA>     <NA>
#>  ---                         
#> 133:            <NA>     <NA>
#> 134:            <NA>     <NA>
#> 135:            <NA>     <NA>
#> 136: Distant precip.     <NA>
#> 137:            <NA>     <NA>

Using get_coastal_forecast()

This function only takes one argument, state. The state parameter allows the user to select the forecast for just one state or a national forecast. States or territories are specified using the official postal codes or full name with fuzzy matching performed via agrep()

ACT - Australian Capital Territory
NSW - New South Wales
NT - Northern Territory
QLD - Queensland
SA - South Australia
TAS - Tasmania
VIC - Victoria
WA - Western Australia
AUS - Australia, returns national forecast including all states, NT and ACT.

Results

The function, get_coastal_forecast(), will return a data frame of the coastal waters forecast for marine zones in each state. See Appendix 6 for a full description of the fields and values.

Example

Following is an example fetching the forecast for Queensland.

(QLD_coastal_forecast <- get_coastal_forecast(state = "QLD"))
#>     index product_id    type state_code
#>  1:  <NA>   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  2:  <NA>   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  3:  <NA>   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  4:  <NA>   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  5:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  6:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  7:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  8:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>  9:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 10:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 11:     0   IDQ11290 Coastal        QLD
#> 12:     1   IDQ11290 Coastal        QLD
#> 13:     2   IDQ11290 Coastal        QLD
#> 14:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 15:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 16:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 17:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 18:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 19:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 20:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 21:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 22:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 23:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 24:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 25:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 26:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 27:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 28:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 29:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 30:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 31:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 32:     0   IDQ11290   Local        QLD
#> 33:     1   IDQ11290   Local        QLD
#> 34:     2   IDQ11290   Local        QLD
#> 35:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 36:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 37:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 38:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 39:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 40:     2   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 41:     0   IDQ11290   Local        QLD
#> 42:     1   IDQ11290   Local        QLD
#> 43:     2   IDQ11290   Local        QLD
#> 44:     0   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#> 45:     1   IDQ11290    <NA>        QLD
#>                                                          dist_name
#>  1:                                                     Queensland
#>  2:                                 Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria
#>  3:                                               North Queensland
#>  4:                                               South Queensland
#>  5: South East Gulf of Carpentaria: QLD-NT Border to Cape Keerweer
#>  6: South East Gulf of Carpentaria: QLD-NT Border to Cape Keerweer
#>  7: South East Gulf of Carpentaria: QLD-NT Border to Cape Keerweer
#>  8:   North East Gulf of Carpentaria: Cape Keerweer to Crab Island
#>  9:   North East Gulf of Carpentaria: Cape Keerweer to Crab Island
#> 10:   North East Gulf of Carpentaria: Cape Keerweer to Crab Island
#> 11:                                                  Torres Strait
#> 12:                                                  Torres Strait
#> 13:                                                  Torres Strait
#> 14:                  Peninsula Coast: Sharp Point to Cape Melville
#> 15:                  Peninsula Coast: Sharp Point to Cape Melville
#> 16:                  Peninsula Coast: Sharp Point to Cape Melville
#> 17:              Cooktown Coast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation
#> 18:              Cooktown Coast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation
#> 19:              Cooktown Coast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation
#> 20:                     Cairns Coast: Cape Tribulation to Cardwell
#> 21:                     Cairns Coast: Cape Tribulation to Cardwell
#> 22:                     Cairns Coast: Cape Tribulation to Cardwell
#> 23:                            Townsville Coast: Cardwell to Bowen
#> 24:                            Townsville Coast: Cardwell to Bowen
#> 25:                            Townsville Coast: Cardwell to Bowen
#> 26:                             Mackay Coast: Bowen to St Lawrence
#> 27:                             Mackay Coast: Bowen to St Lawrence
#> 28:                             Mackay Coast: Bowen to St Lawrence
#> 29:                Capricornia Coast: St Lawrence to Burnett Heads
#> 30:                Capricornia Coast: St Lawrence to Burnett Heads
#> 31:                Capricornia Coast: St Lawrence to Burnett Heads
#> 32:                                                     Hervey Bay
#> 33:                                                     Hervey Bay
#> 34:                                                     Hervey Bay
#> 35:         Fraser Island Coast: Sandy Cape to Double Island Point
#> 36:         Fraser Island Coast: Sandy Cape to Double Island Point
#> 37:         Fraser Island Coast: Sandy Cape to Double Island Point
#> 38:     Sunshine Coast Waters: Double Island Point to Cape Moreton
#> 39:     Sunshine Coast Waters: Double Island Point to Cape Moreton
#> 40:     Sunshine Coast Waters: Double Island Point to Cape Moreton
#> 41:                                                    Moreton Bay
#> 42:                                                    Moreton Bay
#> 43:                                                    Moreton Bay
#> 44:                Gold Coast Waters: Cape Moreton to Point Danger
#> 45:                Gold Coast Waters: Cape Moreton to Point Danger
#>     pt_1_name pt_2_name       aac    start_time_local
#>  1:      <NA>      <NA> QLD_FA001 2020-01-20 04:45:32
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#>                                                                                                             forecast_seas
#>  1:                                                                                                                  <NA>
#>  2:                                                                                                                  <NA>
#>  3:                                                                                                                  <NA>
#>  4:                                                                                                                  <NA>
#>  5:                                                           1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
#>  6:                                                              1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
#>  7:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#>  8:                                                            1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
#>  9:                                                          1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
#> 10:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 11:                                                                                                      1 to 1.5 metres.
#> 12:                                                      Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres west of Cape York.
#> 13:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 14:                                                        Below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
#> 15:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 16:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 17:                                                                Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
#> 18:                                                         1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
#> 19:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 20:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 21:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 22:                                                                                                     Below 0.5 metres.
#> 23:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 24:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 25:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 26:                                                    Below 1 metre, reaching up to 1 metre offshore during the morning.
#> 27:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 28:                                                                                                     Below 0.5 metres.
#> 29:                                           Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres inshore during the afternoon.
#> 30:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 31:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 32:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 33:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 34:                                                                                                        Below 1 metre.
#> 35:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 36:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 37:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 38:   1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
#> 39:                                                                                                      1 to 1.5 metres.
#> 40:                     1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore south of Maroochydore during the evening.
#> 41: Below 1 metre, reaching 1 metre in the northern bay, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres in the far north by early evening.
#> 42:                                                                                                       Around 1 metre.
#> 43:                                    Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres in the far north during the evening.
#> 44:                                                                                                      1 to 1.5 metres.
#> 45:                                                                                                      1 to 1.5 metres.
#>                                                                                                                  forecast_weather
#>  1:                                                                                                                          <NA>
#>  2:                                                                                                                          <NA>
#>  3:                                                                                                                          <NA>
#>  4:                                                                                                                          <NA>
#>  5: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
#>  6:                                                                                  Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#>  7:                                                           Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#>  8:                                                            Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning.
#>  9:                                                           Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 10:                                                           Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 11:                                                           Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 12:                                                           Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 13:                                                           Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 14:                                                     Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
#> 15:                                                                                  Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 16:                                                           Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 17:                                                     Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
#> 18:                                                                                  Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 19:                                                                                  Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 20:                                                                                   Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 21:                                                           Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 22:                                                           Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 23:                                                                                  Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 24:                                                                                  Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
#> 25:                                                                   Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
#> 26:                                              Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the morning and afternoon.
#> 27:                                                                                                                Partly cloudy.
#> 28:                                                                                                                 Mostly sunny.
#> 29:                                     Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the late afternoon and evening.
#> 30:                                                                                                                 Mostly sunny.
#> 31:                                                                                                                 Mostly sunny.
#> 32:                                                            Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning.
#> 33:                                                                                                                Partly cloudy.
#> 34:                                                                                                                Partly cloudy.
#> 35:                                 Mostly sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore during this afternoon and evening.
#> 36:                                                                                                                 Mostly sunny.
#> 37:                                                                                                                 Mostly sunny.
#> 38:                                                  Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.
#> 39:                                              Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the afternoon and evening.
#> 40:                                                                 Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
#> 41:  Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm from late this morning.
#> 42:                              Partly cloudy. 30% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
#> 43:                                                                 Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
#> 44:                           Mostly sunny. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.
#> 45:                                     Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the late afternoon and evening.
#>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   forecast_winds
#>  1:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         <NA>
#>  2:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         <NA>
#>  3:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         <NA>
#>  4:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         <NA>
#>  5:                                                                  West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots early in the morning. Winds south of Mornington Island tending southerly 10 to 15 knots in the morning, then tending north to northwesterly in the afternoon.
#>  6:                                                                                                                                                                                                     Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching 15 to 20 knots north of Kowanyama in the morning.
#>  7:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
#>  8:                                                                                                                                                                                                         West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon.
#>  9:                                                                                                                                                                                             West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, easing to 10 to 15 knots during the morning and afternoon.
#> 10:                                                                                                                                                                                                             West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore at times.
#> 11:                                                                                                                                                                                                        West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, tending west to southwesterly in the afternoon.
#> 12:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Westerly 15 to 20 knots.
#> 13:                                                                                                                                                                                                      West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the afternoon.
#> 14:                                                                                                  West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots offshore. Winds tending north to northwesterly in the early afternoon then tending west to northwesterly in the evening.
#> 15:                                                                                                                                  West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northwesterly during the day. Winds north of Cape Grenville reaching up to 20 knots in the afternoon.
#> 16:                                                                                                                                                                                                    West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeast to northwesterly in the afternoon.
#> 17:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots offshore.
#> 18: West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the early morning. Inshore winds tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots with afternoon sea breezes. Winds south of Cooktown becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening as a trough stalls in the area.
#> 19:                                                                                                                                           Variable about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly in the middle of the day. Inshore winds reaching 10 to 15 knots with afternoon sea breezes.
#> 20:                                                                                                                                                                                      Variable about 10 knots in the morning, tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon.
#> 21:                                                                                                                 Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day as a trough moves northwards. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots again in the evening.
#> 22:                                                                                                                                         Variable below 10 knots becoming easterly about 10 knots in the middle of the day. Inshore winds reaching 10 to 15 knots with afternoon sea breezes.
#> 23:                                                                                                                                                                                                          North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
#> 24:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
#> 25:                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northeasterly about 10 knots, reaching 10 to 15 knots inshore with afternoon sea breezes.
#> 26:                                        North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching 15 to 20 knots south of Mackay in the early morning. Winds tending north to northwesterly about 10 knots in the morning, then tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day.
#> 27:                                                                                                                                                                                 North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore south of Sarina in the early morning.
#> 28:                                                                                                                                                                                      North to northeasterly about 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots inshore with afternoon sea breezes.
#> 29:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching 15 to 20 knots inshore in the evening.
#> 30:                                                                                                                                                                   Northerly 10 to 15 knots. Inshore winds north of Rundle Island locally reaching up to 20 knots with afternoon sea breezes.
#> 31:                                                                                                                                                                                      North to northeasterly about 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots inshore with afternoon sea breezes.
#> 32:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northerly 10 to 15 knots.
#> 33:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northerly 10 to 15 knots.
#> 34:                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Northerly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
#> 35:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northerly 10 to 15 knots.
#> 36:                                                                                                                                                                                                           Northerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots south of Eurong in the afternoon
#> 37:                                                                                                                                                                                           Northerly 10 to 15 knots. Offshore winds south of Eurong reaching up to 20 knots in the afternoon.
#> 38:                                                                                                                                                              Northerly 15 to 20 knots, briefly easing to 10 to 15 knots during the morning, then increasing to 15 to 20 knots around midday.
#> 39:                                                                                                                                                                  Northerly 15 to 20 knots easing to 10 to 15 knots in the early morning, then increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.
#> 40:                                                                                                                               Northerly 15 to 20 knots easing to 10 to 15 knots in the early morning. Winds increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon, reaching up to 25 knots offshore.
#> 41:                                                                                                                                North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, briefly easing to 10 to 15 knots during the morning, then tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots around midday.
#> 42:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
#> 43:                                                                                                                                                                           Northerly 15 to 20 knots easing to 10 to 15 knots before dawn, then increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.
#> 44:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
#> 45:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
#>                                                                                                                 forecast_swell1
#>  1:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#>  2:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#>  3:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#>  4:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#>  5:                                                                                              Northwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
#>  6:                                                                                               Northwesterly around 1 metre.
#>  7:                                                                                       North to northwesterly below 1 metre.
#>  8:                                                                                               Northwesterly around 1 metre.
#>  9:                                                                                               Northwesterly around 1 metre.
#> 10:                                                                                               Northwesterly around 1 metre.
#> 11:                                                                                                     Westerly below 1 metre.
#> 12:                                                                                                     Westerly below 1 metre.
#> 13:                                                                                        West to southwesterly below 1 metre.
#> 14:                                                                                                    Northerly below 1 metre.
#> 15:                                                                                   Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.
#> 16:                                                                                   Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.
#> 17:                                                                                  Northerly around 1 metre outside the reef.
#> 18:                                                                                   Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.
#> 19:                                                                                                     Easterly below 1 metre.
#> 20:                                                                                  Northerly around 1 metre outside the reef.
#> 21:                                                                 Northwest to northeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.
#> 22:                                                                                                     Easterly below 1 metre.
#> 23:                                                                             North to northwesterly around 1 metre offshore.
#> 24:                                                                              Northeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.
#> 25:                                                                                        East to northeasterly below 1 metre.
#> 26:                                                                                                     Easterly below 1 metre.
#> 27:                                                                                        East to northeasterly below 1 metre.
#> 28:                                                                                        East to northeasterly below 1 metre.
#> 29:                                                     Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
#> 30:                                                     Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
#> 31:                                                      Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to around 1 metre offshore.
#> 32:                                                                            Northeasterly below 1 metre in the northern bay.
#> 33:                                                                   North to northeasterly below 1 metre in the northern bay.
#> 34:                                                                   North to northeasterly below 1 metre in the northern bay.
#> 35:                                                                                                        Easterly 1.5 metres.
#> 36:                                                    Easterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
#> 37:                                                                                                    Easterly around 1 metre.
#> 38:                                                                                                   Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
#> 39:                                                    Easterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
#> 40:                                                                                                    Easterly around 1 metre.
#> 41:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#> 42:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#> 43:                                                                                                                        <NA>
#> 44:                                                                                                        Easterly 1.5 metres.
#> 45:                                                    Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
#>     forecast_swell2 forecast_caution marine_forecast
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Using get_historical()

get_historical() takes either of two arguments: stationid and latlon, as well as a type of observation ("rain", "min" (temperature), "max" (temperature), or "solar"), returning the historical daily weather observations of that type for the given location. An optional fourth argument, meta returns a list() object of two data frames when set to TRUE. The first table, "meta", will include metadata on the station and data. The second table, "historical_data", will be as discussed in Results below.

If latlon is used, the observations returned are from the station nearest to that latitude-longitude coordinate. latlon values are entered as decimal degrees, e.g. -34, 151 for Sydney. The function also emits a message, to tell the user which station was used.

Results

The table returned may have different fields depending on the station that is selected. The time period over which observations are available will be highly dependent on the station requested. Some stations may only have a decade or less of data (e.g. max temperature at 070351 (CANBERRA AIRPORT) has ~3,700+ observations back to 2008) while others may have very extensive records (e.g. rainfall at ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA) has ~65,000+ observations back to 1839, three years after the city was founded.)

The optional metadata table will always have the following fields

site: BOM station ID
name: BOM station name.
lat: Latitude in decimal degrees.
lon: Longitude in decimal degrees.
start: Date observations start.
end: Date observations end.
years: Available number of years data.
percent: Percent complete.
AWS: Automated weather station?
type: Measurement types available for the station.

Example

Following is an example fetching the historical daily temperature minimum observations for the station closest to 35.2809°S, 149.1300°E (Canberra).

(Canberra_mintemps <- get_historical(latlon = c(-35.2809, 149.1300),
                                     type = "min"))
#> Closest station: 070351 (CANBERRA AIRPORT)
#> Data saved as /var/folders/yv/4xy6zs3x5qsgj96389nkjvtw0000gn/T//RtmpVoC8GU/IDCJAC0011_070351_1800_Data.csv
#>   --- Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Data Resource ---
#>   (Original Request Parameters)
#>   Station:       CANBERRA AIRPORT [070351] 
#>   Location:      lat: -35.3088, lon: 149.2004
#>   Measurement / Origin:  Min / Historical
#>   Timespan:      2008-09-01 -- 2020-01-01 [11.4 years]
#>   ---------------------------------------------------------------  
#>       product_code station_number year month day min_temperature
#>    1:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2008     1   1              NA
#>    2:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2008     1   2              NA
#>    3:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2008     1   3              NA
#>    4:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2008     1   4              NA
#>    5:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2008     1   5              NA
#>   ---                                                           
#> 4399:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2020     1  16            15.9
#> 4400:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2020     1  17            16.5
#> 4401:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2020     1  18            17.1
#> 4402:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2020     1  19            13.6
#> 4403:   IDCJAC0011          70351 2020     1  20            16.0
#>       accum_days_min quality
#>    1:             NA        
#>    2:             NA        
#>    3:             NA        
#>    4:             NA        
#>    5:             NA        
#>   ---                       
#> 4399:              1       N
#> 4400:              1       N
#> 4401:              1       N
#> 4402:              1       N
#> 4403:              1       N

Using sweep_for_stations()

sweep_for_stations() only takes one argument, latlon, a length-2 numeric vector. By default, this is Canberra (approximately).

Results

This function will search for weather stations and return a data frame of all weather stations (in this package) sorted by distance from latlon, ascending. The fields in the data frame are:

name - station name

lat - latitude (decimal degrees)

lon - longitude (decimal degrees)

distance - distance from provided latlon value (kilometres).

Example

Following is an example sweeping for stations starting with Canberra.

# Show only the first ten stations in the list
head(sweep_for_stations(latlon = c(-35.3, 149.2)), 10)
#>       site dist                              name start  end      lat
#>  1: 070351   70                  CANBERRA AIRPORT  2008 2020 -35.3088
#>  2: 070339   70 TUGGERANONG (ISABELLA PLAINS) AWS  1996 2020 -35.4184
#>  3: 070349   70                  MOUNT GININI AWS  2004 2020 -35.5293
#>  4: 070341   70 CAPTAINS FLAT (COWANGERONG RADAR)  2002 2020 -35.6614
#>  5: 069132   69          BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS  1985 2020 -35.4253
#>  6: 073007   73                    BURRINJUCK DAM  1908 2020 -34.9997
#>  7: 070330   70              GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS  1988 2020 -34.8085
#>  8: 070263   70                     GOULBURN TAFE  1971 2020 -34.7495
#>  9: 069128   69                       NERRIGA AWS  2013 2020 -35.1103
#> 10: 069049   69                 NERRIGA COMPOSITE  1898 2020 -35.1165
#>          lon state  elev bar_ht   wmo state_code
#>  1: 149.2004   ACT 577.1  577.6 94926       <NA>
#>  2: 149.0937   ACT 586.7  587.5 94925       <NA>
#>  3: 148.7721   ACT 760.0     NA 95925       <NA>
#>  4: 149.5122   NSW 358.0     NA 99089          N
#>  5: 149.7835   NSW 665.2  666.0 94927          N
#>  6: 148.5984   NSW 390.0     NA 94909          N
#>  7: 149.7311   NSW 640.0  640.8 95716          N
#>  8: 149.7034   NSW 670.0     NA 94716          N
#>  9: 150.0826   NSW 622.0  625.6 94943          N
#> 10: 150.0847   NSW 630.0     NA 94942          N
#>                                                        url   distance
#>  1: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60903/IDN60903.94926.json  0.9791884
#>  2: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60903/IDN60903.94925.json 16.3172787
#>  3: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60903/IDN60903.95925.json 46.4084466
#>  4: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.99089.json 49.1327086
#>  5: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.94927.json 54.7153470
#>  6: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.94909.json 64.0835316
#>  7: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.95716.json 72.9652110
#>  8: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.94716.json 76.4731323
#>  9: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.94943.json 82.9176026
#> 10: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.94942.json 82.9268575

Using sweep_for_forecast_towns()

sweep_for_forecast_towns() only takes one argument, latlon, a length-2 numeric vector. By default, this is Canberra (approximately).

Results

This function will search for weather stations and return a data frame of all weather stations (in this package) sorted by distance from latlon, ascending. The fields in the data frame are:

name - forecast town

lat - latitude (decimal degrees)

lon - longitude (decimal degrees)

distance - distance from provided latlon value (kilometres).

Example

Following is an example sweeping for forecast towns starting with Canberra.

# Show only the first ten towns in the list
head(sweep_for_forecast_towns(latlon = c(-35.3, 149.2)), 10)
#>           aac              town      lon       lat   elev  distance
#>  1: NSW_PT027          Canberra 149.2003 -35.30880  577.6  0.978894
#>  2: NSW_PT235        Queanbeyan 149.2346 -35.34850  612.0  6.239984
#>  3: NSW_PT329 Portable RFSACT03 149.3162 -35.31110  719.0 10.616459
#>  4: NSW_PT281      Woden Valley 149.0845 -35.34844  610.0 11.778605
#>  5: NSW_PT254         Belconnen 149.0677 -35.23538  570.0 13.997058
#>  6: NSW_PT267         Gungahlin 149.1376 -35.18473  621.5 14.015011
#>  7: NSW_PT146       Tuggeranong 149.0953 -35.41860  586.7 16.250020
#>  8: NSW_PT327 Portable RFSACT01 148.9301 -35.45950  834.0 30.220844
#>  9: NSW_PT328 Portable RFSACT02 148.8485 -35.10660  749.0 38.502293
#> 10: NSW_PT093      Mount Ginini 148.7725 -35.52930 1760.0 46.374833

Using the update functions

bomrang uses internal databases of station location data from BOM to provide location and other metadata, e.g. elevation, station names, WMO codes, etc. to make the process of querying for weather data faster. These databases are created and packaged with bomrang for distribution and are updated with new releases. Users have the option of updating these databases after installing bomrang. While this option gives the users the ability to keep the databases up-to-date and gives bomrang’s authors flexibility in maintaining it, this also means that reproducibility may be affected since the same version of bomrang may have different databases on different machines. If reproducibility is necessary, care should be taken to ensure that the version of the databases is the same across different machines.

The databases consist of three files, used by bomrang, AAC_codes.rda, JSONurl_latlon_by_station_name.rda and stations_site_list.rda. These files can be located on your local system by using the following command,

paste0(.libPaths(), "/bomrang/extdata")[1]

unless you have specified another location for library installations and installed bomrang there, in which case it would still be in bomrang/extdata.

Using update_forecast_towns()

update_forecast_towns() downloads the latest précis forecast locations from the BOM server and updates bomrang’s internal database of towns used for forecast locations. This database is distributed with the package to make the process faster when fetching the forecast.

Example

Following is an example updating the précis forecast locations internal database.

update_forecast_towns()

Using update_station_locations

update_station_locations() downloads the latest station locations and metadata and updates bomrang’s internal databases that support the use of get_current_weather() and get_ag_bulletin(). There is no need to use this unless you know that a station exists in BOM’s database that is not available in the databases distributed with bomrang

Example

Following is an example updating the précis forecast locations internal database.

update_station_locations()

Using bomrang to retrieve satellite imagery

bomrang provides functionality to retrieve high-definition GeoTIFF satellite imagery provided by BOM through public FTP with the following types of imagery being available: i.) Infrared images, ii.) Visible images and iii.) Clouds/surface composite.

Valid BOM satellite Product IDs for GeoTIFF files include:

Product ID	Description	Type	Delete time
IDE00420	AHI cloud cover only 2km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00421	AHI IR (Ch13) greyscale 2km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00422	AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 2km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00423	AHI IR (Ch13) Zehr 2km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00425	AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 1km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00426	AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 2km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00427	AHI WV (Ch8) 2km FD GEOS	Satellite	24
IDE00430	AHI cloud cover only 2km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00431	AHI IR (Ch13) greyscale 2km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00432	AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 2km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00433	AHI IR (Ch13) Zehr 2km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00435	AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 1km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00436	AHI VIS (true colour) / IR (Ch13 greyscale) composite 2km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00437	AHI WV (Ch8) 2km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
IDE00439	AHI VIS (Ch3) greyscale 0.5km AUS equirect.	Satellite	24
Information gathered from Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)

Using get_available_imagery()

get_available_imagery() only takes one argument, product_id, a BOM identifier for the imagery that you wish to check for available imagery. Using this function will fetch a listing of BOM GeoTIFF satellite imagery from ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/gms/ to display which files are currently available for download. These files are available at ten minute update frequency with a 24 hour delete time. This function can be used see the most recent files available and then specify in the _imagery() function. If no valid Product ID is supplied, defaults to all GeoTIFF images currently available.

(avail <- get_available_imagery(product_id = "IDE00425"))
#> 
#> The following files are currently available for download:
#>   [1] "IDE00425.202001182310.tif" "IDE00425.202001182320.tif"
#>   [3] "IDE00425.202001182330.tif" "IDE00425.202001182340.tif"
#>   [5] "IDE00425.202001182350.tif" "IDE00425.202001190000.tif"
#>   [7] "IDE00425.202001190010.tif" "IDE00425.202001190020.tif"
#>   [9] "IDE00425.202001190030.tif" "IDE00425.202001190040.tif"
#>  [11] "IDE00425.202001190050.tif" "IDE00425.202001190100.tif"
#>  [13] "IDE00425.202001190110.tif" "IDE00425.202001190120.tif"
#>  [15] "IDE00425.202001190130.tif" "IDE00425.202001190140.tif"
#>  [17] "IDE00425.202001190150.tif" "IDE00425.202001190200.tif"
#>  [19] "IDE00425.202001190210.tif" "IDE00425.202001190220.tif"
#>  [21] "IDE00425.202001190230.tif" "IDE00425.202001190250.tif"
#>  [23] "IDE00425.202001190300.tif" "IDE00425.202001190310.tif"
#>  [25] "IDE00425.202001190320.tif" "IDE00425.202001190330.tif"
#>  [27] "IDE00425.202001190340.tif" "IDE00425.202001190350.tif"
#>  [29] "IDE00425.202001190400.tif" "IDE00425.202001190410.tif"
#>  [31] "IDE00425.202001190420.tif" "IDE00425.202001190430.tif"
#>  [33] "IDE00425.202001190440.tif" "IDE00425.202001190450.tif"
#>  [35] "IDE00425.202001190500.tif" "IDE00425.202001190510.tif"
#>  [37] "IDE00425.202001190520.tif" "IDE00425.202001190530.tif"
#>  [39] "IDE00425.202001190540.tif" "IDE00425.202001190550.tif"
#>  [41] "IDE00425.202001190600.tif" "IDE00425.202001190610.tif"
#>  [43] "IDE00425.202001190620.tif" "IDE00425.202001190630.tif"
#>  [45] "IDE00425.202001190640.tif" "IDE00425.202001190650.tif"
#>  [47] "IDE00425.202001190700.tif" "IDE00425.202001190710.tif"
#>  [49] "IDE00425.202001190720.tif" "IDE00425.202001190730.tif"
#>  [51] "IDE00425.202001190740.tif" "IDE00425.202001190750.tif"
#>  [53] "IDE00425.202001190800.tif" "IDE00425.202001190810.tif"
#>  [55] "IDE00425.202001190820.tif" "IDE00425.202001190830.tif"
#>  [57] "IDE00425.202001190840.tif" "IDE00425.202001190850.tif"
#>  [59] "IDE00425.202001190900.tif" "IDE00425.202001190910.tif"
#>  [61] "IDE00425.202001190920.tif" "IDE00425.202001190930.tif"
#>  [63] "IDE00425.202001190940.tif" "IDE00425.202001190950.tif"
#>  [65] "IDE00425.202001191000.tif" "IDE00425.202001191010.tif"
#>  [67] "IDE00425.202001191020.tif" "IDE00425.202001191030.tif"
#>  [69] "IDE00425.202001191040.tif" "IDE00425.202001191050.tif"
#>  [71] "IDE00425.202001191100.tif" "IDE00425.202001191110.tif"
#>  [73] "IDE00425.202001191120.tif" "IDE00425.202001191130.tif"
#>  [75] "IDE00425.202001191140.tif" "IDE00425.202001191150.tif"
#>  [77] "IDE00425.202001191200.tif" "IDE00425.202001191210.tif"
#>  [79] "IDE00425.202001191220.tif" "IDE00425.202001191230.tif"
#>  [81] "IDE00425.202001191240.tif" "IDE00425.202001191250.tif"
#>  [83] "IDE00425.202001191300.tif" "IDE00425.202001191310.tif"
#>  [85] "IDE00425.202001191320.tif" "IDE00425.202001191330.tif"
#>  [87] "IDE00425.202001191340.tif" "IDE00425.202001191350.tif"
#>  [89] "IDE00425.202001191400.tif" "IDE00425.202001191410.tif"
#>  [91] "IDE00425.202001191420.tif" "IDE00425.202001191430.tif"
#>  [93] "IDE00425.202001191450.tif" "IDE00425.202001191500.tif"
#>  [95] "IDE00425.202001191510.tif" "IDE00425.202001191520.tif"
#>  [97] "IDE00425.202001191530.tif" "IDE00425.202001191540.tif"
#>  [99] "IDE00425.202001191550.tif" "IDE00425.202001191600.tif"
#> [101] "IDE00425.202001191610.tif" "IDE00425.202001191620.tif"
#> [103] "IDE00425.202001191630.tif" "IDE00425.202001191640.tif"
#> [105] "IDE00425.202001191650.tif" "IDE00425.202001191700.tif"
#> [107] "IDE00425.202001191710.tif" "IDE00425.202001191720.tif"
#> [109] "IDE00425.202001191730.tif" "IDE00425.202001191740.tif"
#> [111] "IDE00425.202001191750.tif" "IDE00425.202001191800.tif"
#> [113] "IDE00425.202001191810.tif" "IDE00425.202001191820.tif"
#> [115] "IDE00425.202001191830.tif" "IDE00425.202001191840.tif"
#> [117] "IDE00425.202001191850.tif" "IDE00425.202001191900.tif"
#> [119] "IDE00425.202001191910.tif" "IDE00425.202001191920.tif"
#> [121] "IDE00425.202001191930.tif" "IDE00425.202001191940.tif"
#> [123] "IDE00425.202001191950.tif" "IDE00425.202001192000.tif"
#> [125] "IDE00425.202001192010.tif" "IDE00425.202001192020.tif"
#> [127] "IDE00425.202001192030.tif" "IDE00425.202001192040.tif"
#> [129] "IDE00425.202001192050.tif" "IDE00425.202001192100.tif"
#> [131] "IDE00425.202001192110.tif" "IDE00425.202001192120.tif"
#> [133] "IDE00425.202001192130.tif" "IDE00425.202001192140.tif"
#> [135] "IDE00425.202001192150.tif" "IDE00425.202001192200.tif"
#> [137] "IDE00425.202001192210.tif" "IDE00425.202001192220.tif"
#> [139] "IDE00425.202001192230.tif" "IDE00425.202001192240.tif"
#> [141] "IDE00425.202001192250.tif" "IDE00425.202001192300.tif"
#> [143] "IDE00425.202001192310.tif" "IDE00425.202001192320.tif"
#> [145] "IDE00425.202001192330.tif" "IDE00425.202001192340.tif"
#>   [1] "IDE00425.202001182310.tif" "IDE00425.202001182320.tif"
#>   [3] "IDE00425.202001182330.tif" "IDE00425.202001182340.tif"
#>   [5] "IDE00425.202001182350.tif" "IDE00425.202001190000.tif"
#>   [7] "IDE00425.202001190010.tif" "IDE00425.202001190020.tif"
#>   [9] "IDE00425.202001190030.tif" "IDE00425.202001190040.tif"
#>  [11] "IDE00425.202001190050.tif" "IDE00425.202001190100.tif"
#>  [13] "IDE00425.202001190110.tif" "IDE00425.202001190120.tif"
#>  [15] "IDE00425.202001190130.tif" "IDE00425.202001190140.tif"
#>  [17] "IDE00425.202001190150.tif" "IDE00425.202001190200.tif"
#>  [19] "IDE00425.202001190210.tif" "IDE00425.202001190220.tif"
#>  [21] "IDE00425.202001190230.tif" "IDE00425.202001190250.tif"
#>  [23] "IDE00425.202001190300.tif" "IDE00425.202001190310.tif"
#>  [25] "IDE00425.202001190320.tif" "IDE00425.202001190330.tif"
#>  [27] "IDE00425.202001190340.tif" "IDE00425.202001190350.tif"
#>  [29] "IDE00425.202001190400.tif" "IDE00425.202001190410.tif"
#>  [31] "IDE00425.202001190420.tif" "IDE00425.202001190430.tif"
#>  [33] "IDE00425.202001190440.tif" "IDE00425.202001190450.tif"
#>  [35] "IDE00425.202001190500.tif" "IDE00425.202001190510.tif"
#>  [37] "IDE00425.202001190520.tif" "IDE00425.202001190530.tif"
#>  [39] "IDE00425.202001190540.tif" "IDE00425.202001190550.tif"
#>  [41] "IDE00425.202001190600.tif" "IDE00425.202001190610.tif"
#>  [43] "IDE00425.202001190620.tif" "IDE00425.202001190630.tif"
#>  [45] "IDE00425.202001190640.tif" "IDE00425.202001190650.tif"
#>  [47] "IDE00425.202001190700.tif" "IDE00425.202001190710.tif"
#>  [49] "IDE00425.202001190720.tif" "IDE00425.202001190730.tif"
#>  [51] "IDE00425.202001190740.tif" "IDE00425.202001190750.tif"
#>  [53] "IDE00425.202001190800.tif" "IDE00425.202001190810.tif"
#>  [55] "IDE00425.202001190820.tif" "IDE00425.202001190830.tif"
#>  [57] "IDE00425.202001190840.tif" "IDE00425.202001190850.tif"
#>  [59] "IDE00425.202001190900.tif" "IDE00425.202001190910.tif"
#>  [61] "IDE00425.202001190920.tif" "IDE00425.202001190930.tif"
#>  [63] "IDE00425.202001190940.tif" "IDE00425.202001190950.tif"
#>  [65] "IDE00425.202001191000.tif" "IDE00425.202001191010.tif"
#>  [67] "IDE00425.202001191020.tif" "IDE00425.202001191030.tif"
#>  [69] "IDE00425.202001191040.tif" "IDE00425.202001191050.tif"
#>  [71] "IDE00425.202001191100.tif" "IDE00425.202001191110.tif"
#>  [73] "IDE00425.202001191120.tif" "IDE00425.202001191130.tif"
#>  [75] "IDE00425.202001191140.tif" "IDE00425.202001191150.tif"
#>  [77] "IDE00425.202001191200.tif" "IDE00425.202001191210.tif"
#>  [79] "IDE00425.202001191220.tif" "IDE00425.202001191230.tif"
#>  [81] "IDE00425.202001191240.tif" "IDE00425.202001191250.tif"
#>  [83] "IDE00425.202001191300.tif" "IDE00425.202001191310.tif"
#>  [85] "IDE00425.202001191320.tif" "IDE00425.202001191330.tif"
#>  [87] "IDE00425.202001191340.tif" "IDE00425.202001191350.tif"
#>  [89] "IDE00425.202001191400.tif" "IDE00425.202001191410.tif"
#>  [91] "IDE00425.202001191420.tif" "IDE00425.202001191430.tif"
#>  [93] "IDE00425.202001191450.tif" "IDE00425.202001191500.tif"
#>  [95] "IDE00425.202001191510.tif" "IDE00425.202001191520.tif"
#>  [97] "IDE00425.202001191530.tif" "IDE00425.202001191540.tif"
#>  [99] "IDE00425.202001191550.tif" "IDE00425.202001191600.tif"
#> [101] "IDE00425.202001191610.tif" "IDE00425.202001191620.tif"
#> [103] "IDE00425.202001191630.tif" "IDE00425.202001191640.tif"
#> [105] "IDE00425.202001191650.tif" "IDE00425.202001191700.tif"
#> [107] "IDE00425.202001191710.tif" "IDE00425.202001191720.tif"
#> [109] "IDE00425.202001191730.tif" "IDE00425.202001191740.tif"
#> [111] "IDE00425.202001191750.tif" "IDE00425.202001191800.tif"
#> [113] "IDE00425.202001191810.tif" "IDE00425.202001191820.tif"
#> [115] "IDE00425.202001191830.tif" "IDE00425.202001191840.tif"
#> [117] "IDE00425.202001191850.tif" "IDE00425.202001191900.tif"
#> [119] "IDE00425.202001191910.tif" "IDE00425.202001191920.tif"
#> [121] "IDE00425.202001191930.tif" "IDE00425.202001191940.tif"
#> [123] "IDE00425.202001191950.tif" "IDE00425.202001192000.tif"
#> [125] "IDE00425.202001192010.tif" "IDE00425.202001192020.tif"
#> [127] "IDE00425.202001192030.tif" "IDE00425.202001192040.tif"
#> [129] "IDE00425.202001192050.tif" "IDE00425.202001192100.tif"
#> [131] "IDE00425.202001192110.tif" "IDE00425.202001192120.tif"
#> [133] "IDE00425.202001192130.tif" "IDE00425.202001192140.tif"
#> [135] "IDE00425.202001192150.tif" "IDE00425.202001192200.tif"
#> [137] "IDE00425.202001192210.tif" "IDE00425.202001192220.tif"
#> [139] "IDE00425.202001192230.tif" "IDE00425.202001192240.tif"
#> [141] "IDE00425.202001192250.tif" "IDE00425.202001192300.tif"
#> [143] "IDE00425.202001192310.tif" "IDE00425.202001192320.tif"
#> [145] "IDE00425.202001192330.tif" "IDE00425.202001192340.tif"

Using get_satellite_imagery()

get_satellite_imagery() fetches BOM satellite GeoTIFF imagery, returning a raster stack object and takes three arguments. Files are available at ten minute update frequency with a 24 hour delete time. It is suggested to check file availability first by using get_available_imagery(). The arguments are:

product_id, a character value of the BOM product ID to download. Alternatively, a vector of values from get_available_imagery() may be used here. This argument is mandatory.
scans a numeric value for the number of scans to download, starting with the most recent and progressing backwards, e.g., 1 - the most recent single scan available , 6 - the most recent hour available, 12 - the most recent 2 hours available, etc. Negating will return the oldest files first. Defaults to 1. This argument is optional.
cache a logical value that indicates whether or not to store image files locally for later use? If FALSE, the downloaded files are removed when R session is closed. To take advantage of cached files in future sessions, set TRUE. Defaults to FALSE. This argument is optional. Cached files may be managed with the manage_cache() function.

# Specify product ID and scans
i <- get_satellite_imagery(product_id = "IDE00425", scans = 1)

# Same, but use "avail" from prior to specify images for download
i <- get_satellite_imagery(product_id = avail, scans = 1)

# Cache image for later use
i <- get_satellite_imagery(product_id = avail, scans = 1, cache = TRUE)

plot(i)

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Using caching for satellite imagery

If you elect to use cache = TRUE when downloading imagery, note that the GTiff files can be quite large and will fill disk space. By using the default cache = FALSE the files will be deleted when the current R session is closed.

Should you chose to use caching, bomrang provided functions to interact with the cached files:

List files in the cache, manage_cache$list()
- List info for single files,
  - manage_cache$list()[1])
  - manage_cache$list()[2])
List info for all files, manage_cache$details()
Delete files by name in cache, manage_cache$delete()
Delete all files in cache, manage_cache$delete_all()

To access the files directly, outside of R, the following command will give you the location of the directory:

manage_cache$cache_path_get()

Using bomrang to retrieve radar imagery

bomrang provides functionality to retrieve the latest radar imagery provided by BOM through public FTP. These are the latest snapshots for each radar locations at various radar ranges e.g., 512km, 256km, 128km and 64km for some stations.

Using get_available_radar()

get_available_radar() fetches the available radar imagery from the BOM FTP and returns a data frame for reference. This data frame contains the product_id which is required when using the get_radar_imagery() function. The files available are the latest .gif files of BOM radar imagery which are typically updated each 6-10 minutes. Only the most recent image is retrieved for each radar location. There are usually several radar ranges available for each radar location, such as 512km, 256km, 128km and possibly 64km. The arguments are:

radar_id which is the BOM radar ID number. This defaults to ‘all’ which will return a data frame of all radar ID’s in Australia.

x <- get_available_radar()
head(x)  
#>   product_id LocationID range         Name Longitude  Latitude
#> 1     IDR011         01 512km Broadmeadows  144.9460 -37.69100
#> 2     IDR012         01 256km Broadmeadows  144.9460 -37.69100
#> 3     IDR013         01 128km Broadmeadows  144.9460 -37.69100
#> 4     IDR014         01  64km Broadmeadows  144.9460 -37.69100
#> 5     IDR021         02 512km    Melbourne  144.7554 -37.85525
#> 6     IDR022         02 256km    Melbourne  144.7554 -37.85525
#>   Radar_id                Full_Name IDRnn0name IDRnn1name State
#> 1        1 Melbourne (Broadmeadows)     CampRd     CampRd   VIC
#> 2        1 Melbourne (Broadmeadows)     CampRd     CampRd   VIC
#> 3        1 Melbourne (Broadmeadows)     CampRd     CampRd   VIC
#> 4        1 Melbourne (Broadmeadows)     CampRd     CampRd   VIC
#> 5        2     Melbourne (Laverton)       Melb  Melbourne   VIC
#> 6        2     Melbourne (Laverton)       Melb  Melbourne   VIC
#>      Type Group    Status Archive
#> 1 Doppler   Yes Reg_users  CampRd
#> 2 Doppler   Yes Reg_users  CampRd
#> 3 Doppler   Yes Reg_users  CampRd
#> 4 Doppler   Yes Reg_users  CampRd
#> 5 Doppler   Yes    Public    Melb
#> 6 Doppler   Yes    Public    Melb

Using get_radar_imagery()

get_radar_imagery() fetches the latest BOM radar imagery for a given product ID. The files available are the latest .gif files of BOM radar imagery which are typically updated each 6-10 minutes. Only the most recent image is retrieved for each radar location. There are usually several radar ranges available for each radar location, such as 512km, 256km, 128km and possibly 64km. The only argument is:

product_id the BOM product_id associated with each radar imagery file. These can be obtained from the get_available_radar() function. This value must be specified and the function will accept only one at a time.

library(raster)
x <- get_radar_imagery(product_id = "IDR032")
#> file downloaded to:/var/folders/yv/4xy6zs3x5qsgj96389nkjvtw0000gn/T//RtmpVoC8GU/file5fa26a776376.gif

# create a blank raster plot and add the radar layer
r <-
  raster::raster(
  ncol = 564,
  nrow = 524,
  xmn = 0,
  xmx = 524,
  ymn = 0,
  ymx = 564
  )
  values(r) <- NA
  plot(r)
  plot(x, add = TRUE)

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dplyr compatibility

Some returned objects have been classed as bomrang_tbl which allow dispatch for dplyr methods, e.g. mutate(), filter(), select(), arrange(), slice(), rename(), and group_by() while preserving the header information.

For example:

adlmax <- get_historical(stationid = "023000", type = "max")
#> Data saved as /var/folders/yv/4xy6zs3x5qsgj96389nkjvtw0000gn/T//RtmpVoC8GU/IDCJAC0010_023000_1800_Data.csv
adlmax
#>   --- Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Data Resource ---
#>   (Original Request Parameters)
#>   Station:       ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA) [023000] 
#>   Location:      lat: -34.9257, lon: 138.5832
#>   Measurement / Origin:  Max / Historical
#>   Timespan:      1887-01-01 -- 2020-01-01 [94.8 years]
#>   ---------------------------------------------------------------  
#>        product_code station_number year month day max_temperature
#>     1:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887     1   1              NA
#>     2:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887     1   2              NA
#>     3:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887     1   3              NA
#>     4:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887     1   4              NA
#>     5:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887     1   5              NA
#>    ---                                                           
#> 48592:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2020     1  15            26.5
#> 48593:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2020     1  16            23.6
#> 48594:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2020     1  17            24.0
#> 48595:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2020     1  18            26.1
#> 48596:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2020     1  19            22.2
#>        accum_days_max quality
#>     1:             NA        
#>     2:             NA        
#>     3:             NA        
#>     4:             NA        
#>     5:             NA        
#>    ---                       
#> 48592:              1       N
#> 48593:              1       N
#> 48594:              1       N
#> 48595:              1       N
#> 48596:              1       N

filter(adlmax, month == 10)
#>   --- Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Data Resource ---
#>   (Original Request Parameters)
#>   Station:       ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA) [023000] 
#>   Location:      lat: -34.9257, lon: 138.5832
#>   Measurement / Origin:  Max / Historical
#>   Timespan:      1887-01-01 -- 2020-01-01 [94.8 years]
#>   ---------------------------------------------------------------  
#>       product_code station_number year month day max_temperature
#>    1:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887    10   1            17.6
#>    2:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887    10   2            14.6
#>    3:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887    10   3            16.7
#>    4:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887    10   4            18.0
#>    5:   IDCJAC0010          23000 1887    10   5            15.1
#>   ---                                                           
#> 4119:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2019    10  27            19.5
#> 4120:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2019    10  28            25.4
#> 4121:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2019    10  29            32.7
#> 4122:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2019    10  30            35.5
#> 4123:   IDCJAC0010          23000 2019    10  31            37.2
#>       accum_days_max quality
#>    1:              1       Y
#>    2:              1       Y
#>    3:              1       Y
#>    4:              1       Y
#>    5:              1       Y
#>   ---                       
#> 4119:              1       N
#> 4120:              1       N
#> 4121:              1       N
#> 4122:              1       N
#> 4123:              1       N

The magrittr pipe has also been re-exported, so that too can be used to chain together operations

adlmax %>% 
  select(station_number, year:day, max_temperature) %>% 
  filter(month == 10)
#>   --- Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Data Resource ---
#>   (Original Request Parameters)
#>   Station:       ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA) [023000] 
#>   Location:      lat: -34.9257, lon: 138.5832
#>   Measurement / Origin:  Max / Historical
#>   Timespan:      1887-01-01 -- 2020-01-01 [94.8 years]
#>   ---------------------------------------------------------------  
#>       station_number year month day max_temperature
#>    1:          23000 1887    10   1            17.6
#>    2:          23000 1887    10   2            14.6
#>    3:          23000 1887    10   3            16.7
#>    4:          23000 1887    10   4            18.0
#>    5:          23000 1887    10   5            15.1
#>   ---                                              
#> 4119:          23000 2019    10  27            19.5
#> 4120:          23000 2019    10  28            25.4
#> 4121:          23000 2019    10  29            32.7
#> 4122:          23000 2019    10  30            35.5
#> 4123:          23000 2019    10  31            37.2

References

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Weather Data Services

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) FTP Public Products

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Weather Data Services Agriculture Bulletins

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Weather Data Services Observation of Rainfall

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) High-definition satellite images

Appendix 1 - Output from get_current_weather()

The function get_current_weather() will return a data frame that will contain some or all of the following fields.

Fields and descriptions

Field Name	Description
wmo_id	wmo station index number, uniquely identifies station
Name[31]	Observing station name
Abbr[6]	An abbreviated name (normally 4 characters) used for the station
Date	Date, Year (4 digits), month (2 digits), day (2 digits)
Time	Time, Hours (2 digits), minutes (2 digits), UTC
Lat	Latitude, decimal degrees, S -ve, N +ve
Lon	Longitude, decimal degrees, E +ve, W -ve
Stn_typ	Station type
Stn_ht_m	Station height (in metres)
Total_cld	Total cloud cover in oktas, 9=Sky Obscured by smoke, fog, …
Wdir	Wind direction, degrees true
Wspd_mps	Wind speed, metres per second
Vis_m	Visibility, metres
Wx[9]	Present weather, abbreviated
Pw1	Past weather (last 3-6 hours), see below
Pw2	Past weather (Used so more than one variation can be reported)
Msl_P	Mean Sea Level Pressure, hPa
Stn_P	Station level pressure, hPa
P_tend_typ	Type of the pressure tendency, numerical code, see below
P_tend_val	Pressure tendency (change) in last 3 hours, hPa
Cor_P_tend	Pressure tendency in last 3 hours corrected for diurnal variation
T_DB	Temperature (dry bulb), degrees C
DP	Dew point, degrees C
Low_cld_amt	Amount of low cloud, oktas, 9=Sky obscured by fog, smoke, …
Low_cld_typ[4]	Type of low cloud, abbreviation
Cld_base_m	Base of lowest cloud, m
Cld_dir[4]	Direction of motion of low cloud, compass point
Mid_cld_typ[4]	Type of middle level cloud, abbreviation
Hi_cld_typ[4]	Type of high cloud, abbreviation
Rf_int_h6	Interval for which rain is reported in next field, hours
Rainfall6	Rainfall, mm, usually at 9 or 3 AM/PM
Rf_int_h4	Interval for which rain is reported in next field, hours
Rainfall4	Rainfall, mm, usually since last observation
Sea_state[5]	Sea state, abbreviation
Swl_state[9]	Swell state, abbreviation
Swl_dir[4]	Swell direction, abbreviation
Max_T	Maximum temperature, 24h to 9AM or 6h to 3PM local time, degree C
Min_T	Minimum temperature, 24h to 9AM local time, degree C
Min_grnd_T	Minimum ground temperature, 24 h to (AM local time, degree C
Snow_depth_m	Depth of snow on ground, metres
Low_cld_code	Code for low level cloud type, see below
Mid_cld_code	Code for middle level cloud type, see below
Hi_cld_code	Code for high level cloud type, see below
Max_T(Int)	Maximum temperature for international exchange
Min_T(Int)	Minimum temperature for international exchange
Plain_lang[51]	Plain language comments

Codes:

P_tend_typ:

0 Increasing, then decreasing, current pressure same or higher
1 Increasing, then steady or increasing more slowly
2 Increasing
3 Decreasing or steady, then increasing, or
- Increasing, then increasing more rapidly, current pressure higher
4 Steady
5 Decreasing, then increasing, current pressure lower
6 Decreasing, then steady or decreasing more slowly
7 Decreasing
-8 Steady or increasing, then then decreasing, current pressure lower, or
- Decreasing, then decreasing more rapidly

Wx[9] - Present weather

This consists of a two or 3 digit code figure plus (when relevant) a short, text abbreviation of the weather The abbreviations used (frequently together, e.g., XXRA for heavy rain, FZDZ for freezing drizzle) include

BL Blowing (usually of sand or snow)
DR Drifting (usually of sand or snow)
DZ Drizzle
FC Funnel cloud (tornado, water spout)
FG Fog
FU Smoke (from the French for smoke)
FZ Freezing (usually of rain or fog)
GR Hail (from the French for hail)
HZ Haze
MI Shallow (can be applied to Fog etc)
RE Ice pellets
PO Dust devils
RA Rain
RE Recent (in the last hour, but not at the observation time)
SA Sand
SG Snow grains
SH Showers
SN Snow
SQ Squall
TS Thunderstorm
XX Heavy or intense (usually of rain or snow)

Also, some other abbreviations used include

lightn Lightning
virga Virga
RIA<5k Precipitation in the area, less then 5km distant

Code figures

(This is a subset of a larger table, not all values of which are used) wmo international BUFR code table 0 20 003, CREX code table B 20 003

 00 Clouds not observed
 01 Cloud decreasing
 02 State of sky generally unchanging
 03 Cloud increasing
 04 Smoke or volcanic ash
 05 Haze
 06 Widespread dust suspended in the air, not raised locally at the
    time of observation
 07 Dust or sand raised locally by the wind at the time of observation,
    but no well developed dust devils, sandstorm, or duststorm
 08 Well developed dust devils, but no sandstorm or duststorm
 09 Duststorm or sandstorm
 10 Mist
 11 Patches of shallow fog
 12 More or less continuous shallow fog
 13 Lightning visible, but no thunder heard
 14 Precipitation in sight, but not reaching the ground or sea (virga)
 15 Precipitation in sight, reaching the ground, but more than 5km away
 16 Precipitation in sight, reaching the ground, near but not at the
    observing station
 17 Thunderstorm without precipitation
 18 Squalls
 19 Funnel clouds (tornado, water spout)
 20 Recent (within the last hour) drizzle
 21 Recent (within the last hour) rain, but not freezing rain
 22 Recent (within the last hour) snow
 23 Recent (within the last hour) mixed rain and snow or ice pellets
 24 Recent (within the last hour) freezing drizzle or freezing rain
 25 Recent (within the last hour) showers of rain
 26 Recent (within the last hour) showers of snow or mixed rain and snow
 27 Recent (within the last hour) showers of hail or mixed rain and hail
 28 Recent (within the last hour) Fog or ice fog
 29 Recent (within the last hour) thunderstorm
 30 Slight or moderate duststorm or sandstorm, has decreased in the
    last hour
 31 Slight or moderate duststorm or sandstorm, with no appreciable
    change in the last hour
 32 Slight or moderate duststorm or sandstorm, has begun or
    increased in the last hour
 33 Severe duststorm or sandstorm, has decreased in the last hour
 34 Severe duststorm or sandstorm, with no appreciable change in the
    last hour
 35 Severe duststorm or sandstorm, has begun or increased in the
    last hour
 36 Slight or moderate drifting snow, generally below eye level
 37 Heavy drifting snow,  generally below eye level
 38 Slight or moderate blowing snow, generally above eye level
 39 Heavy blowing snow, generally above eye level
 40 Fog or ice fog at a distance but not at the station
 41 Patches of fog or ice fog
 42 Fog or ice fog, sky visible, has become thinner in the last hour
 43 Fog or ice fog, sky invisible, has become thinner in the last hour
 44 Fog or ice fog, sky visible, no appreciable change in the last hour
 45 Fog or ice fog, sky invisible, no appreciable change in the last
    hour
 46 Fog or ice fog, sky visible, has become thicker in the last hour
 47 Fog or ice fog, sky invisible, has become thicker in the last hour
 48 Fog, depositing rime (freezing fog), sky visible
 49 Fog, depositing rime (freezing fog), sky invisible
 50 Slight intermittent drizzle, not freezing
 51 Continuous slight drizzle, not freezing
 52 Moderate intermittent drizzle, not freezing
 53 Continuous moderate drizzle, not freezing
 54 Heavy intermittent drizzle, not freezing
 55 Continuous heavy drizzle, not freezing
 56 Slight freezing drizzle
 57 Moderate or heavy freezing drizzle
 58 Slight drizzle and rain (mixed)
 59 Moderate or heavy drizzle and rain (mixed)
 60 Slight intermittent rain, not freezing
 61 Continuous slight rain, not freezing
 62 Moderate intermittent rain, not freezing
 63 Continuous moderate rain, not freezing
 64 Heavy intermittent rain, not freezing
 65 Continuous heavy rain, not freezing
 66 Slight freezing rain
 67 Moderate or heavy freezing rain
 68 Slight rain and snow or drizzle and snow (mixed)
 69 Moderate or heavy rain and snow or drizzle and snow (mixed)
 70 Slight intermittent snow
 71 Continuous slight snow
 72 Moderate intermittent snow
 73 Continuous moderate snow
 74 Heavy intermittent snow
 75 Continuous heavy snow
 76 Diamond dust, with or without fog
 77 Snow grains, with or without fog
 78 Isolated star like ice crystals, with or without fog
 79 Ice pellets
 80 Slight rain showers or shower
 81 Moderate or heavy rain shower or showers
 82 Violent rain shower or showers
 83 Slight shower or showers of mixed rain and snow
 84 Moderate or heavy shower or showers of mixed rain and snow
 85 Slight shower or showers of snow
 86 Moderate or heavy shower or showers of snow
 87 Slight shower or showers of snow pellets or small hail, with
    or without rain or mixed rain and snow
 88 Moderate or heavy shower or showers of snow pellets or small
    hail, with or without rain or mixed rain and snow
 89 Slight shower or showers of hail, with or without rain or 
    mixed rain and snow, but no thunder
 90 Moderate or heavy shower or showers of hail, with or without
    rain or mixed rain and snow, but no thunder
 91 Slight rain now, with thunder during the last hour
 92 Moderate or heavy rain now, with thunder during the last hour
 93 Slight snow, mixed rain and snow, or hail now, with thunder
    during the last hour
 94 Moderate or heavy snow, mixed rain and snow, or hail now, with
    thunder during the last hour
 95 Slight or moderate thunderstorm with rain or snow but no hail
 96 Slight or moderate thunderstorm with hail
 97 Heavy thunderstorm with rain or snow but no hail
 98 Thunderstorm combined with a sandstorm or duststorm
 99 Heavy thunderstorm with hail
100 No significant weather
101 Cloud decreasing 
102 State of sky generally unchanging
103 Cloud increasing
104 Haze or smoke or suspended dust, visibility >= 1km
105 Haze or smoke or suspended dust, visibility < 1km
110 Mist
111 Diamond dust
112 Distant lightning
118 Squalls
120 Recent (during the last hour) fog
121 Recent (during the last hour) precipitation
122 Recent (during the last hour) drizzle, not freezing, or snow grains
123 Recent (during the last hour) rain, not freezing
124 Recent (during the last hour) snow
125 Recent (during the last hour) freezing drizzle or freezing rain
126 Recent (during the last hour) thunderstorm
127 Blowing or drifting snow or sand
128 Blowing or drifting snow or sand, visibility >= 1km
129 Blowing or drifting snow or sand, visibility < 1km
130 Fog
131 Patches of fog or ice fog 
132 Fog or ice fog, has become thinner in the last hour
133 Fog or ice fog, no appreciable change in the last hour
134 Fog or ice fog, has become thicker in the last hour
135 Fog, depositing rime (freezing fog)
140 Precipitation
141 Slight or moderate precipitation
142 Heavy precipitation
143 Slight or moderate liquid precipitation
144 Heavy liquid precipitation
145 Slight or moderate solid precipitation
146 Heavy solid precipitation
147 Slight or moderate freezing precipitation
148 Heavy freezing precipitation
150 Drizzle
151 Slight drizzle, not freezing
152 Moderate drizzle, not freezing
153 Heavy drizzle, not freezing
154 Slight freezing drizzle
155 Moderate freezing drizzle
156 Heavy freezing drizzle
157 Slight drizzle and rain
158 Moderate or heavy drizzle and rain
160 Rain
161 Slight rain, not freezing
162 Moderate rain, not freezing
163 Heavy rain, not freezing
164 Slight freezing rain
165 Moderate freezing rain
166 Heavy freezing rain
167 Slight rain and snow or drizzle and snow
168 Moderate or heavy rain and snow or drizzle and snow
170 Snow
171 Slight snow
172 Moderate snow
173 Heavy snow
174 Slight ice pellets
175 Moderate ice pellets
176 Heavy ice pellets
180 Shower or showers or intermittent precipitation
181 Slight rain shower or showers or slight intermittent rain
182 Moderate rain shower or showers or moderate intermittent rain
183 Heavy rain shower or showers or heavy intermittent rain
184 Violent rain shower or showers or violent intermittent rain
185 Slight snow shower or showers or slight intermittent snow
186 Moderate snow shower or showers or moderate intermittent snow
187 Heavy snow shower or showers or heavy intermittent snow
190 Thunderstorm
191 Slight or moderate thunderstorm without precipitation
192 Slight or moderate thunderstorm with rain showers and/or snow
    showers
193 Slight or moderate thunderstorm with hail
194 Heavy thunderstorm without precipitation
195 Heavy thunderstorm with rain showers and/or snow showers
196 Heavy thunderstorm with hail
199 Tornado
508 No significant weather
509 Data not available
510 Data should have been reported but wasn't

Pw1 and Pw2 - Past weather

    wmo international BUFR code table 0 20 004, CREX code table B 20 004

If only one type of weather has occurred in the last 3-6 hours,

only Pw1 and Pw2 will be the same. If there has been more than one, Pw1 and Pw2 should be different, with Pw1 reflecting the “more important” past weather. Code figures 0-9 normally apply to manned stations, 10-19 to automated weather stations.

 0 Cloud covering less than 1/2 the sky
 1 Cloud covering more than 1/2 the sky part of the time
   and less than 1/2 the sky part of the time
 2 Cloud covering more than 1/2 the sky
 3 Sandstorm, dustorm or blowing snow
 4 Fog, ice fog, or thick haze
 5 Drizzle
 6 Rain
 7 Snow, or mixed rain and snow
 8 Showers
 9 Thunderstorm
10 Nothing significant detected
11 Reduced visibility
12 Blowing phenomena (sand, dust, snow, ...) reducing visibility
13 Fog
14 Precipitation (rain, snow, hail, ...)
15 Drizzle
16 Rain
17 Snow or ice pellets
18 Showers or intermittent precipitation
19 Thunderstorm

Low_cld_code:

(This is a subset of a larger table, not all values of which are used)
wmo international BUFR code table 0 20 012, CREX code table B 20 012

30 No low level cloud
31 Cumulus humilis, or Cumulus fractus (not of bad weather), or both
32 Cumulus mediocris or congestus, with or without Cumulus humilis
   or fractus or Stratocumulus, all bases at the same level
33 Cumulonimbus calvus, with or without Cumulus, Stratocumulus
   or Stratus
34 Stratocumulus cumulogenitus
35 Stratocumulus other than stratocumulus cumulogenitus
36 Stratus nebulosis or Stratus fractus (not of bad weather), or both
37 Stratus fractus or Cumulus fractus of bad weather or both (pannus)
38 Cumulus and Stratocumulus other than stratocumulus cumulogenitus,
   with bases at different levels
39 Cumulonimbus capillatus with or without Cumulonimbus calvus
   Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus or pannus

Mid_cld_code:

(This is a subset of a larger table, not all values of which are used)
wmo international BUFR code table 0 20 012, CREX code table B 20 012

20 No middle level cloud
21 Altostratus translucidus
22 Altostratus opacus or Nimbostratus
23 Altocumulus translucidus at a single level
24 Patches (often lenticular) of Altocumulus translucidus, continually
   changing and at one or more levels
25 Altocumulus translucidus in bands, or one or more layers of
   Altocumulus translucidus or opacus, progressively invading the
   sky
26 Altocumulus cumulogenitus or cumulonimbogenitus
27 Altocumulus translucidus or opacus in two or more layers, or
   Altocumulus opacus in a single layer, not progressively invading
   the sky, or Altocumulus with Altostratus or Nimbostratus
28 Altocumulus castellanus or floccus
29 Altocumulus of a chaotic sky, usually at several levels

Hi_cld_code:

(This is a subset of a larger table, not all values of which are used)
wmo international BUFR code table 0 20 012, CREX code table B 20 012

10 No high level cloud
11 Cirrus fibratus, sometimes unicus, not progressively invading
   the sky
12 Cirrus spissatus in patches or entangled sheaves, which usually
   do not increase
13 Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus
14 Cirrus unicus or fibratus or both, progressively invading the sky
15 Cirrus (often in bands) and Cirrostratus or Cirrostratus alone,
   progressively invading the sky, but continuous cloud less than
   45 degrees above the horizon.
16 Cirrus (often in bands) and Cirrostratus or Cirrostratus alone,
   progressively invading the sky, but continuous cloud more than
   45 degrees above the horizon without covering the entire sky
17 Cirrostratus covering the entire sky
18 Cirrostratus not covering the entire sky and not progressively
   invading it
19 Cirrocumulus alone or Cirrocumulus predominant

Appendix 2 - Output from get_precis_forecast()

The function, get_precis_forecast(), will return a data frame of the 7 day short forecast with the following fields:

Field Name	Description
index	Forecast index number, 0 = current day … 7 day
product_id	BOM Product ID from which the data are derived
state	State name (postal code abbreviation)
town	Town name for forecast location
aac	AMOC Area Code, e.g., WA_MW008, a unique identifier for each location
lat	Latitude of named location (decimal degrees)
lon	Longitude of named location (decimal degrees)
elev	Elevation of named location (metres)
start_time_local	Start of forecast date and time in local TZ
end_time_local	End of forecast date and time in local TZ
UTC_offset	Hours offset from difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for `start_time_local` and `end_time_local`
start_time_utc	Start of forecast date and time in UTC
end_time_utc	End of forecast date and time in UTC
maximum_temperature	Maximum forecast temperature (degrees Celsius)
minimum_temperature	Minimum forecast temperature (degrees Celsius)
lower_precipitation_limit	Lower forecast precipitation limit (millimetres)
upper_precipitation_limit	Upper forecast precipitation limit (millimetres)
precis	Précis forecast (a short summary, less than 30 characters)
probability_of_precipitation	Probability of precipitation (percent)

Appendix 3 - Output from get_ag_bulletin()

The function, get_ag_bulletin(), will return a data frame of the agriculture bulletin with the following fields:

Field Name	Description
product_id	BOM Product ID from which the data are derived
state	State name (postal code abbreviation)
dist	BOM rainfall district
name	Full station name (some stations have been retired so “station” will be same, this is the full designation
wmo	World Meteorological Organization number (unique ID used worldwide)
site	Unique BOM identifier for each station
station	Station name
obs-time-local	Observation time
obs-time-utc	Observation time (time in UTC)
time-zone	Time zone for observation
lat	Latitude (decimal degrees)
lon	Longitude (decimal degrees)
elev_m	Station elevation (metres)
bar_ht	Bar height (metres)
station	BOM station name
start	Year data collection starts
end	Year data collection ends (will always be current)
r	Rain to 9am (millimetres). Trace will be reported as 0.01
tn	Minimum temperature (degrees Celsius)
tx	Maximum temperature (degrees Celsius)
twd	Wet bulb depression (degrees Celsius)
ev	Evaporation (millimetres)
tg	Terrestrial minimum temperature (degrees Celsius)
sn	Sunshine (hours)
solr	Solar Radiation MJ/sq m
t5	5cm soil temperature (degrees Celsius)
t10	10cm soil temperature (degrees Celsius)
t20	20cm soil temperature (degrees Celsius)
t50	50cm soil temperature (degrees Celsius)
t1m	1m soil temperature (degrees Celsius)
wr	Wind run (kilometres)

Appendix 4 - Output from get_weather_bulletin()

The function get_weather_bulletin() returns a data frame of weather observations for 0900 or 1500 for a nominated state. Observations differ between states, but contain some or all of the following fields. All units are metric (temperatures in Celsius; wind speeds in kilometres per hour; rainfall amounts in millimetres; pressure in hectoPascals). “AWS” in a station name denotes observations from an Automatic Weather Station.

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Field Name	Description
stations	Name of observing station
cld8ths	Octas (eights) of cloud (0-8); `NA` indicates sky obscured
wind_dir	Direction from which wind blows (16 compass directions, measured at height of 10m)
wind_speed_kmh
temp / temp_c_dry/_terr	Ambient dry air temperature measured at height of 1.2 metres
temp_c_dew	Dew-point temperature measured at height of 1.2 metres
temp_c_max	Maximum temperature for last 24 hours (0900 bulletin) or 6 hours (1500 bulletin).
temp_c_min	Minimum temperature for last 24 hours (0900 bulletin only)
temp_c_gr	Wet bulb temperature measured at height of 1.2 metres
rhpercent	Relative humidity
barhpa / mslpresshpa	Barometric pressure
rain_mm	Total rainfall since previous bulletin (`NA` denotes amount less than 1mm)
days	If present, denotes number of days since previous bulletin
weather	Description of current weather
seastate (QLD only)	See below for description

Seastate is described by a text string formed from the three components of (sea state, swell, direction). Sea state is denoted “C” (Calm), “SM” (Smooth), “SL” (Slight), “M” (Moderate), “R” (Rough), “VR” (Very Rough), “H” (High), “VH” (Very High), or “PH” (Phenomenal). Swell is denoted “LS” (Low Short), “LA” (Low Average), “LL” (Low Long), “MS” (Moderate Short), “MA” (Mod Average), “ML” (Mod Long), “HS” (Heavy Short), “HA” (heavy Average), “HL” (Heavy Long), or “C” (Confused). Direction denotes direction from which the swell is coming.

Names of rainfall and temperature variables for some states include prefixes or suffixes defining the time period over which observations apply (for example, “temp_c_6hmax” for maximum temperature between 0980 and 1500, or “temp_c_9ammin” for minimum temperature observed at 9am yet included in 1500 bulletin).

Appendix 5 - Output from get_coastal_forecast()

The output of get_coastal_forecast() will return a data frame with coastal waters forecast values of each area within the given state with the following fields:

Field Name	Description
index	Forecast index number. 0 = current day
product_id	BOM Product ID from which the data are derived
type	Forecast Region type e.g. Coastal
state_code	State name (postal code abbreviation)
dist_name	Name of forecast district
pt_1_name	Start of forecast district
pt_2_name	End of forecast district
aac	AMOC Area Code, e.g., WA_MW008, a unique identifier for each location
start_time_local	Start of forecast date and time in local TZ
end_time_local	End of forecast date and time in local TZ
UTC_offset	Hours offset from difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for `start_time_local` and `end_time_local`
start_time_utc	Start of forecast date and time in UTC
end_time_utc	End of forecast date and time in UTC
forecast_seas	Forecast sea conditions
forecast_weather	Forecast weather summary
forecast_winds	Forecast winds summary
forecast_swell1	Forecast primary swell summary
forecast_swell2	Forecast seondary swell summary (not always provided)
forecast_caution	Forecast caution issued (not always provided)
marine_forecast	Additional marine forecast warning information (not always provided)

Appendix 6 - Map of station locations

if (requireNamespace("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE) &&
    requireNamespace("ggthemes", quietly = TRUE) &&
    requireNamespace("maps", quietly = TRUE) &&
    requireNamespace("mapproj", quietly = TRUE) &&
    requireNamespace("gridExtra", quietly = TRUE) &&
    requireNamespace("grid", quietly = TRUE)) {
  library(ggplot2)
  library(mapproj)
  library(ggthemes)
  library(maps)
  library(data.table)
  library(grid)
  library(gridExtra)
  load(system.file("extdata", "stations_site_list.rda", package = "bomrang"))
  setDT(stations_site_list)
  
  Aust_stations <- 
    stations_site_list[(!(state %in% c("ANT", "null"))) & !grepl("VANUATU|HONIARA", name)]
  
  Aust_map <- map_data("world", region = "Australia")
  
  BOM_stations <- ggplot(Aust_stations, aes(x = lon, y = lat)) + 
    geom_polygon(data = Aust_map, aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group), 
                 color = grey(0.7),
                 fill = NA) +
    geom_point(color = "red",
               size = 0.05) +
    coord_map(ylim = c(-45, -5),
              xlim = c(96, 167)) +
    theme_map() + 
    labs(title = "BOM Station Locations",
         subtitle = "Australia, outlying islands and buoys (excl. Antarctic stations)",
         caption = "Data: Australia Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)\n
         and NaturalEarthdata, http://naturalearthdata.com")
  
  # Using the gridExtra and grid packages add a neatline to the map
  grid.arrange(BOM_stations, ncol = 1)
  grid.rect(width = 0.98, 
            height = 0.98, 
            gp = grid::gpar(lwd = 0.25, 
                            col = "black",
                            fill = NA))
}

plot of chunk station-locations-map

Appendix 7 - Maps of historical data availability

Note that these maps are current as of Sys.Date() and may have changed.

library(magrittr)

ncc <- bomrang:::.get_ncc()

ncc <- 
  ncc %>%
  dplyr::mutate(ncc_obs_code = replace(ncc_obs_code,
                                       ncc_obs_code == 136,
                                       "rain")) %>% 
  dplyr::mutate(ncc_obs_code = replace(ncc_obs_code,
                                       ncc_obs_code == 123,
                                       "tmin")) %>%
  dplyr::mutate(ncc_obs_code = replace(ncc_obs_code,
                                       ncc_obs_code == 122,
                                       "tmax")) %>% 
  dplyr::mutate(ncc_obs_code = replace(ncc_obs_code,
                                       ncc_obs_code == 193,
                                       "solar"))

Completeness of historical data for stations

perc_complete <- ggplot(ncc, aes(x = lon, y = lat)) + 
  geom_polygon(data = Aust_map, aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group), 
               color = grey(0.7),
               fill = NA) +
  geom_point(aes(color = percent),
             alpha = 0.5,
             size = 0.05) +
  scale_colour_viridis_c(direction = -1,
                         option = "A") +
  coord_map(ylim = c(-45, -5),
            xlim = c(96, 167)) +
  theme_map() +
  facet_wrap(. ~ ncc_obs_code) +
  labs(title = "BOM Historical Station Data Completeness",
       subtitle = "Australia, outlying islands and buoys (excl. Antarctic stations)",
       caption = "Data: Australia Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)\n
     and NaturalEarthdata, http://naturalearthdata.com")

# Using the gridExtra and grid packages add a neatline to the map
grid.arrange(perc_complete, ncol = 1)
grid.rect(width = 0.98, 
          height = 0.98, 
          gp = grid::gpar(lwd = 0.25, 
                          col = "black",
                          fill = NA))

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Historical data years available for stations

years_available <- ggplot(ncc, aes(x = lon, y = lat)) + 
  geom_polygon(data = Aust_map, aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group), 
               color = grey(0.7),
               fill = NA) +
  geom_point(aes(color = years),
             alpha = 0.5,
             size = 0.05) +
  scale_colour_viridis_c(direction = -1,
                         option = "A") +
  coord_map(ylim = c(-45, -5),
            xlim = c(96, 167)) +
  theme_map() +
  facet_wrap(. ~ ncc_obs_code) +
  labs(title = "BOM Historical Station Data Years Available",
       subtitle = "Australia, outlying islands and buoys (excl. Antarctic stations)",
       caption = "Data: Australia Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)\n
     and NaturalEarthdata, http://naturalearthdata.com")

# Using the gridExtra and grid packages add a neatline to the map
grid.arrange(years_available, ncol = 1)
grid.rect(width = 0.98, 
          height = 0.98, 
          gp = grid::gpar(lwd = 0.25, 
                          col = "black",
                          fill = NA))

plot of chunk years_available

bomrang

Adam H Sparks, Jonathan Carroll, Dean Marchiori, Mark Padgham and Hugh Parsonage

Introduction

Using bomrang

Using get_current_weather()

Results

Example

Using get_precis_forecast()

Results

Example

Using get_ag_bulletin()

Results

Example

Using get_weather_bulletin()

Results

Example

Using get_coastal_forecast()

Results

Example

Using get_historical()

Results

Example

Using sweep_for_stations()

Results

Example

Using sweep_for_forecast_towns()

Results

Example

Using the update functions

Using update_forecast_towns()

Example

Using update_station_locations

Example

Using bomrang to retrieve satellite imagery

Using get_available_imagery()

Using get_satellite_imagery()

Using caching for satellite imagery

Using bomrang to retrieve radar imagery

Using get_available_radar()

Using get_radar_imagery()

dplyr compatibility

References

Appendix 1 - Output from get_current_weather()

Fields and descriptions

Codes:

Wx[9] - Present weather

Code figures

Pw1 and Pw2 - Past weather

Low_cld_code:

Mid_cld_code:

Hi_cld_code:

Appendix 2 - Output from get_precis_forecast()

Appendix 3 - Output from get_ag_bulletin()

Appendix 4 - Output from get_weather_bulletin()

Appendix 5 - Output from get_coastal_forecast()

Appendix 6 - Map of station locations

Appendix 7 - Maps of historical data availability

Completeness of historical data for stations

Historical data years available for stations