NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it
- Written by Christine Wiedinmyer, Associate Director for Science at CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
A forecaster monitors incoming data for Hurricane Irma in 2017 at the National Hurricane Center, part of the NOAA.Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered...