Bom.gov.au Site Title

Australia's official weather forecasts & weather radar - Bureau of Meteorology

Bom.gov.au Meta Description

Bureau of Meteorology web homepage provides the Australian community with access to weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, observations, flood information, marine and high seas forecasts and climate information. Products include weather charts, satellite photos, radar pictures and climate maps. The Bureau also has responsibility for compiling and providing comprehensive water information across Australia.

Bom.gov.au Test Results

Bom.gov.au Mobile Performance: 54/100
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Opportunities
These suggestions can help your page load faster. They don't directly affect the Performance score.
Serve images in next-gen formats. Potential savings of 235 KiB
Image formats like JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, and WebP often provide better compression than PNG or JPEG, which means faster downloads and less data consumption. Learn more.
Efficiently encode images. Potential savings of 79 KiB
Optimized images load faster and consume less cellular data. Learn more.
Remove unused JavaScript. Potential savings of 67 KiB
Remove unused JavaScript to reduce bytes consumed by network activity. Learn more.
Eliminate render-blocking resources. Potential savings of 90 ms
Resources are blocking the first paint of your page. Consider delivering critical JS/CSS inline and deferring all non-critical JS/styles. Learn more.
Diagnostics
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Avoid `document.write()`
For users on slow connections, external scripts dynamically injected via `document.write()` can delay page load by tens of seconds. Learn more.
Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy
69 resources found
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more.
Minimize main-thread work
2.4 s
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn more
JavaScript execution time
1.1 s
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn more.
Largest Contentful Paint element
1 element found
This is the largest contentful element painted within the viewport. Learn More
Avoid long main-thread tasks
9 long tasks found
Lists the longest tasks on the main thread, useful for identifying worst contributors to input delay. Learn more
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small
80 requests • 670 KiB
To set budgets for the quantity and size of page resources, add a budget.json file. Learn more.
Avoid chaining critical requests
5 chains found
The Critical Request Chains below show you what resources are loaded with a high priority. Consider reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load. Learn more.

Bom.gov.au Mobile SEO: 97/100
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Mobile Friendly
Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. Learn more.
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
64% appropriately sized tap targets
Interactive elements like buttons and links should be large enough (48x48px), and have enough space around them, to be easy enough to tap without overlapping onto other elements. Learn more.

Bom.gov.au Mobile Best Practices: 77/100
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User Experience
Serves images with low resolution
Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn more.
Trust and Safety
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
4 vulnerabilities detected
Some third-party scripts may contain known security vulnerabilities that are easily identified and exploited by attackers. Learn more.
Does not use HTTPS
73 insecure requests found
All sites should be protected with HTTPS, even ones that don't handle sensitive data. This includes avoiding mixed content, where some resources are loaded over HTTP despite the initial request being servedover HTTPS. HTTPS prevents intruders from tampering with or passively listening in on the communications between your app and your users, and is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs. Learn more.
Bom.gov.au Mobile Progressive Web App: 39/100
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PWA Optimized
Content is not sized correctly for the viewport
If the width of your app's content doesn't match the width of the viewport, your app might not be optimized for mobile screens. Learn more. The viewport size of 1005px does not match the window size of 360px.
Does not redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS
If you've already set up HTTPS, make sure that you redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS in order to enable secure web features for all your users. Learn more.
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
A maskable icon ensures that the image fills the entire shape without being letterboxed when installing the app on a device. Learn more. No manifest was fetched
Is not configured for a custom splash screen
A themed splash screen ensures a high-quality experience when users launch your app from their homescreens. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched.
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
The browser address bar can be themed to match your site. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched, No `<meta name="theme-color">` tag found.
Installable
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
The service worker is the technology that enables your app to use many Progressive Web App features, such as offline, add to homescreen, and push notifications. Learn more.
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
Browsers can proactively prompt users to add your app to their homescreen, which can lead to higher engagement. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched.
Does not use HTTPS
73 insecure requests found
All sites should be protected with HTTPS, even ones that don't handle sensitive data. This includes avoiding mixed content, where some resources are loaded over HTTP despite the initial request being servedover HTTPS. HTTPS prevents intruders from tampering with or passively listening in on the communications between your app and your users, and is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs. Learn more.
Fast and reliable
Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
If you're building a Progressive Web App, consider using a service worker so that your app can work offline. Learn more.
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
A service worker enables your web app to be reliable in unpredictable network conditions. Learn more. No usable web app manifest found on page.
Bom.gov.au Mobile Accessibility: 100/100
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