News

27/11/2020

Since HXT Weather was closed temporarily for a make over, we are proud to announce major changes such as new areas to the forecast list! We aren't just doing the state capitals anymore! We have made the warnings clearer and easier to read, removed the severe thunderstorm outlooks (Moved into warnings category). And finally we have also made a Facebook page to help get to the eyes of the public.

The new areas we are forecasting for are:

QLD: Gold Coast, Townsville, Carins.

NSW: Newcastle.

WA: Geraldton.

Over time we will be adding new areas to the forecast.

17/11/2020 - How we do our outlooks

We at HXT Weather have had quite a few people ask how do we do our outlooks and outlook thresholds, so I am here to talk about them and explain them. A good note to add here is we always use the terms that the government agencies use.

We will be talking about heatwaves and fire dangers today.

First, for heatwaves we look at models and temperatures above normal for "Low" we look for temperatures from 10C above normal, "Severe" is 15C above normal and then we look at the worst type of heatwave which is hopefully rarely used is "Extreme" which is 20C above normal.

For fire dangers, we use our heatwave outlook as an idea of areas we should look more in-depth at and then we look at the wind gusts, *we will look into that more later* the humidity and temperatures in the area. With winds we would increase the fire dangers, even more, such as earlier this week there were winds were gusting up to 95km/h but the Humidity was only 45% *so not that bad* but the temperatures were in the mid-40s but due to those winds, we had to issue a catastrophic fire danger. If we didn't have those winds it would have only been a severe fire danger.

If you have any other questions feel free to sent us feedback via the feedback form on the home page or join our discord!

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11/11/20 - Welcome our new forecaster - Connor!

HXT Weather has been in need of a second forecaster for a while now, so we welcome Connor to the forecasting division of HXT! Connor will be in charge of the forecasts Monday thought to Friday, with Saturday and Sunday done by our head forecaster, Brae. Connor will be trained and led by Brae, which also allows Brae to develop skills in training and management of a team. We wish the both of you the best of luck, and hope you both gain some valuable skills!

10/11/20 - New page - News!

Hello! Welcome to the HXT Weather news page! Here we will be posting all updates about the site, as well as useful information and updates.