Terms Of Use

Using the National Center for Meteorology website is subject to terms, conditions, and notices outlined below in the terms of service. These terms should be read carefully as your use of the site's content constitutes your agreement to these terms. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, update, add, or remove portions of the terms of service at any time, and your use of the site will be conditioned by the terms of service concurrent with your usage time. Furthermore, when using certain services, you are subject to any guidelines related to those services. You should check this page periodically to ensure you are aware of any changes. If you do not agree to these terms, you must immediately cease using the site.

Intellectual Property and Trademark Notices
The National Center for Meteorology operates this site. All materials on this site are fully protected under international laws for copyright, trademarks, service marks, and intellectual property rights underpinning the National Center for Meteorology's website. These rights are effective and protected in all forms and means of media, on all currently available technical means, or those developed in the future. The National Center for Meteorology's website and its logo are trademarks of the site. All other trademarks on this site belong to their respective owners.

You must not sell, license, rent, modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, transmit, distribute, publicly display, modify, or create derivative works from any materials from the National Center for Meteorology's website for public or commercial purposes. You may download materials from the site for your personal, non-commercial use only, especially since it includes pre-existing proprietary rights or others in the downloaded material. All other uses require written permission from the National Center for Meteorology.

Modifying the scientific material or using materials from other sources is not allowed due to terms of service, including such use on any other site or computer network is strictly prohibited.

Acknowledgment
Please read this acknowledgment carefully before using the National Center for Meteorology's website. This site is provided as is. The National Center for Meteorology disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, but not limited to, our ability to avoid breach, provide security, or accuracy or continuity. You acknowledge that your use or reliance on this site is solely at your own risk, and you are solely responsible for any loss or damage that may result from this use. The National Center for Meteorology does not provide any warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the operation of this site, or the servers it owns, or any information contained therein or provided by this site, including but not limited to, warranties that the service will not be breached, or that it will be continuously available, or timely, or secure, or free from errors, or free from viruses or other harmful components. Under no circumstances will the National Center for Meteorology be liable for any loss or damage of any kind, whether foreseeable or not, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and special damages arising from the use of this site, including but not limited to accuracy, or timeliness, or continuity, or deletion, or failure in any communication or payment, or within the personal scope. Despite the National Center for Meteorology providing links to other sites, the National Center for Meteorology does not represent or warrant any site we provide a link to through our site, including but not limited to, representations or warranties regarding the quality, or accuracy, or continuity of such sites.

Exclusion and Continuity
Under no circumstances shall the National Center for Meteorology or its branches be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special damages whether foreseeable or not, arising from the use or inability to use the contents and services of the National Center for Meteorology or third-party materials, products, or services available through the National Center for Meteorology's site, regardless of whether such alleged liability is based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other matters. If you are dissatisfied with the contents or services of the National Center for Meteorology or the terms of service, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the National Center for Meteorology's site.Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages, the liability of the National Center for Meteorology is limited to what is permitted by law.

Privacy Policy
The National Center for Meteorology reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to comply with any law, regulation, or governmental request. Our privacy policy is in accordance with the terms of service. By accepting the terms of service, you agree to our use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy. Should we change our privacy policy, we will make the changes on the site's privacy policy page so you are always aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.Links to Other Sites on the National Center for Meteorology's Site
The sites that are linked on the National Center for Meteorology's site are not under the control of the site and the site does not assume any responsibility towards you for any damage regarding communications or contents in those sites. You acknowledge that you release the National Center for Meteorology from any damages you incur and agree not to insist on seeking damages against the site for your use of any of the services available through the National Center for Meteorology's site.

Termination
The National Center for Meteorology has the full right, at its discretion, to cancel your right to use the National Center for Meteorology's site or part of it at any time with or without cause. The site also has the full right to immediately prevent you from using the site in the event you engage in any conduct that the site, according to its direction, considers unacceptable, or illegal, or due to violation of the site's terms of service, without specifying the extent of this termination.In the event of cancellation, you are no longer authorized to use the affected part of the site. Notwithstanding the prohibition, the restrictions imposed on you according to the terms of service will continue. You acknowledge that the National Center for Meteorology is not responsible to you for this prohibition.

The Entire Agreement
The terms of service represent the complete agreement between the National Center for Meteorology and you regarding the subject matter contained in this agreement and supersedes all prior contemporaneous agreements, proposals, and communications, whether written or oral.Any failure on the part of the National Center for Meteorology to enforce strict compliance with these terms of service shall not be construed as a waiver of any of its subsequent rights, any waiver of a breach of the terms of service by the National Center for Meteorology shall not be considered a waiver of any subsequent or prior breach. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use third-party services through the National Center for Meteorology's site. In the event of any dispute between any third-party terms and conditions and these terms of service, these terms of service shall prevail.If any extension of this agreement is considered unlawful, void, or unenforceable for any reason, it will be interpreted to the extent possible in accordance with applicable law, as much as possible, to reflect the original intentions of the parties, or the failure of any such interpretation which will make the extension valid, considered separable from this agreement without affecting the validity and enforceability of the remaining parts of the terms of service which will remain in full force.