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DoD to stop sharing satellite weather info

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    The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms as peak hurricane season looms in the Atlantic.

    For more than 40 years, the Defense Department has operated satellites that collect information about conditions in the atmosphere and ocean. A group within the Navy, called the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, processes the raw data from the satellites, and turns it over to scientists and weather forecasters who use it for a wide range of purposes including real-time hurricane forecasting and measuring sea ice in polar regions.

    This week, the Department of Defense announced that it would no longer provide that data, according to a notice published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA.

    "I was surprised, given how important it is for forecasting hurricanes and monitoring important features like sea ice," says Brian Tang, a hurricane researcher at the University at Albany. "This is data that forecasters use regularly."

    The Navy did not respond to questions about why it has stopped sharing the data with scientists and forecasters.

    https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5446120/defense-department-cuts-hurricane-ice-weather-satellite

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      Spanky blames those guys for the weather report that he thinks spoiled his birthday party.

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        He shoulda used his Sharpie to change the forecast to what he wanted it to be. Problem solved!

        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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