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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
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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Sven Sundgaard: NOAA’s weather balloon cuts are a forecasting nightmare
That data comes from good old-fashioned weather balloons. The Minnesota State Climatology Office noted Friday that we’re already losing valuable upper-air data due to recent NOAA cuts.