The diagram illustrates the process of getting up-to-date information to produce reliable weather forecast by Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Overall, there are four stages in the process. It starts with the collection of information about the weather. Then information is analyzed, prepared for presentation, ending with weather broadcasting to the public.
The initial step is collecting incoming data from various sources such as satellite, radar and drifting buoy to gain as much information as possible to produce reliable forecasts. Then analysis and forecasting are generated by specialists from received information like satellite images, radar screen and synoptic chart, respectively. This stage is needed for creating reliable and trustworthy forecasts, it is considered as the most significant step in the whole production. Afterwards, all the predictions are transmitted to the computer and ready for broadcasting on the media. The process culminates with broadcasting weather forecasts on TV newsreaders, radio or recorded announcements.