The Bureau of Meteorology has delivered its latest website update.
In this release navigation has improved, there's a new dedicated alpine weather page in time for the ski season, and the weather map has more place names.
Bureau of Meteorology CEO Dr Stuart Minchin said the update was a direct response to community feedback.
"Since launch, we've had requests for more locations to be added to the weather map," Dr Minchin said.
"Our website is there to serve all Australians. We've now added more than 100 place names, primarily in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
"We'll be adding hundreds more in the months ahead."
The weather map will now remember users' most recent pan and zoom position, keeping the settings the same for the next time the page is viewed.
For example, if your last visit was a maximum zoomed-in view of Mount Isa, Queensland, this is the view you'll see next time you visit the rain radar.
"Changes like these will make it easier for everyone to find what they need," Dr Minchin said.
Other changes include the UV Index being restored to the hourly forecast and updating the presentation of flood warnings.
A new alpine weather page provides weather map layers for snow, wind and temperature, and forecasts for snow resorts, towns, and remote areas in Australia's alpine regions in one page.
Navigating the website has become easier with changes to tabs and page layouts on a number of key pages such as Forecasts and observations, Coasts and Oceans and state, territory and district pages.
"People have told us that navigating to forecasts and observations for districts and states was hard," Dr Minchin said.
"We've paid close attention to this feedback.
"Combined with last month's search improvements, this will make it easier for regional web users to find out if their district is expecting rain or sunshine."
Updates will continue to be made to the website in response to the feedback received from the community.
Information about recent changes is available at bom.gov.au/website-help/website-updates.
