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NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it

theconversation.com NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

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5h ago

NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it

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I get my weather forecast (and history) directly from them. Their website on my desktop and an app on my android. Why mess with the others when the best is available for free?

Twitler is just trying to help his weather.com buddy who tried to eliminate NOAA years ago.

Data is a natural resource, a bit between the radio spectrum and mineral rights.
Some data should be available to everybody for free as a benefit to society, like how part of the RF spectrum is available for short range radios.
Weather data is one of these things because it helps everyone from pilots to farmers to kids wishing for a snow day.
Nobody should own the weather.

private entities mostly use noaa data and forecasts. they just pretty it up before broadcast or publication.

Is this tyrannical toddler dony revenge for some perceived slight during sharpiegate?