Hi Pickle
The best resource for your observations is from this link.......charts
THe ACCESS interactive on BOM's web site
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/ ... ndex.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
You can observe just about every variable you need..
Use the drop down boxes on the page and you can access data for 5 layers of the atmosphere
surface, 850hpascal, 500hpascal, 700 hpascal and 200hpascal
and you can view that for Australia or anywhere in the globe
use drop down menu
Also you can view temp, relative humidity, dew point, wind flow etc
use the drop down boxes to select the combination you would like to see
EG
Australia, surface, gradient winds,
or
Australia , surface, temperature
You can observe the fronts arriving and can see the up coming forecast from this model
Happy weather watching!!