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Key data used in hurricane forecasting will be cut by end of July, NOAA says

A satellite program that has historically been a key source of weather forecasting data will be discontinued no later than July 31, according to a message posted by NOAA.

Scientific American · 1d

Hurricane Forecasters Lose Crucial Satellite Data, with Serious Implications

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid intensification. But a main source of those data is being abruptly shut off

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Hurricane season is here and meteorologists are losing a vital tool for forecasting them

Meteorologists are losing a sophisticated tool that has proved invaluable when monitoring and forecasting hurricanes.

1don MSN

Defense Department to end satellite data programs used for storm forecasts

With the peak hurricane season looming, forecasters will be without key information starting Monday because the Defense ...

9hon MSN

NOAA to end key weather program used by military

The Defense Department has used the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program for over five decades to provide weather data for its military operations.

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Pentagon to stop sharing crucial data that helped NWS forecast Hurricane Helene in Tennessee and North Carolina

The Department of Defense announced that it will end the sharing of some satellite data that helps in hurricane forecast. Here's why ...

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Three-dimensional maps of atmosphere: European weather satellite to be launched

First European earth observation satellite designed to observe more than the atmosphere to be launched at night. A 3D view ...

NOAA announces one-month delay in crucial hurricane satellite data cutoff

The Defense Department will still maintain the satellite program will cease sharing the imagery with NOAA and NASA.

Jefferson Public Radio3d

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data

Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no ...

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