The bureau intends to upgrade the site to provide the last two views, allowing Net users to see the speed and direction of storms. One commercial customer has been the Sydney Cricket Ground. Its marketing general manager, Ms Karen Grega, said its automated grass watering system was shut when the radar spotted approaching rain. The images were vital during concerts, such as the rain-plagued Barbara Streisand performance, she said. We can change intermission times and even the duration of intermissions to match passing showers.'' The system allowed cricket to proceed when it once would have been cancelled by rain.
Players have to be back in the ground by a certain time or the game has to be abandoned.