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2026-09-13 – Due to the temporary withdrawal of staff, data feeds from Macquarie Island research station are currently offline. For more information on the withdrawal, see here [https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/expeditioners-withdrawn-macquarie-island-research-station] More
2026-05-22 – Network upgrades 26 May between 10:10 PM and 11:50 PM AEST. Two brief outages up up to 2 minutes to the website and API are expected.
2026-04-08 – Following TC Narelle, there has been damage to the Learmonth Solar Observatory infrastructure and it is likely that there will be no data from the observatory for many weeks. Further postings to Site News will be made as recovery efforts continue.
2025-09-15 – The Bureau of Meteorology is conducting essential maintenance. Services will be unavailable for up to two hours and 15 minutes outage on Tuesday 16 September 2025 from 12:30 am to 2:45 am AEST. During the maintenance period, some Bureau products and services may experience data delays during this time. Some space weather products will be unavailable or degraded during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience.
2025-07-02 – Erroneous Aurora alert for 0023 UT 2 Jul- Please ignore. This alert was generated due to a data processing error that is being investigated.
2025-04-10 – Essential maintenance will be occurring on 16 April. Some products may be unavailable between 12:30AM - 2:45AM AEST including geomagnetic products such as Australian DST Index and GIC map and riometer data. Please contact ASWFC@bom.gov.au if you have any concerns. This will be postponed in the case of significant space weather.
2025-02-04 – Network maintenance Feb 5 2025 15-16:00 AEDT. During this maintenance window there is expected to be a brief outage of approximately 5 minutes duration to product updates on the website.
2025-01-23 – SWPC Data outage 4PM AEDT 23 Jan 2025 to 6AM 24 Jan 2025. Some ASWFC products may be unavailable during this time. Click to go to the SWPC notice. More
2024-11-06 – The Mawson neutron monitor is currently offline due to an electronics issue. Time until repair is unknown at this stage.
2024-10-20 – The technical issue blocking delivery of email subscription products has been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
2024-10-17 – Due to a technical issue, our email subscription products are not currently operating. We are investigating this issue and will endeavour to return service as quickly as possible.
2024-09-19 – We are continuing to have some delays with delivery of email notifications. Customers may experience delays of several hours in receiving email. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
2024-09-19 – Email notification issue has been resolved. Normal service resumed at approximately 0:30 UTC 19 September.
2024-09-18 – There is a delay in receiving some email notifications. Customers may experience delays and receive emails which were sent a number of hours ago. The backlog is being processed and is expected to clear by close of business today.

2024-06-11 –

The Bureau of Meteorology operates a ground-based space weather observational network. 
In addition, the Bureau's Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre (ASWFC) ingests 
satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space 
Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). These data feed several products and services that 
are issued through the ASWFC.

On Wednesday 12 June 2024, between 1:00am and 7:00am (AEST), SWPC plans to perform a major
network upgrade that will severely limit its operational capabilities and distribution of
data to the ASWFC. Access to products and data on the SWPC website will also be impacted
and at times will be severely limited to completely unavailable.
During this period, the ASWFC will continue to maintain 24/7 operations, however some 
products may be unavailable.
Please note, SWPC have advised the ASWFC that in the event of significant space weather 
activity, this network upgrade will be postponed.

If you need to contact the Bureau's space weather capability during the maintenance period, 
please contact the Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre.

ASWFC@bom.gov.au 
08 8366 2628
Yours sincerely,  
Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre

2024-05-19 – Space Weather systems are undergoing a planned upgrade. There may be intermittent outages from 12:00 pm (AEST) on 29 May 2024, for up to 24 hours, subject to any unforeseen delays. If you require alternative sources of data during this time please contact the Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre by emailing ASWFC@bom.gov.au