> With these private companies I get access to all this data for free.
These companies are already receiving government data for free. And then enriching it with private weather station data (and ads). So your taxes are already funding some part of it.
As computing power being used for forecasting increases (14.5 petaflops each for both Dogwood and Cactus NOAA supercomputers), having more granular data is going to be useful in improving their models.
These companies are already receiving government data for free. And then enriching it with private weather station data (and ads). So your taxes are already funding some part of it.
As computing power being used for forecasting increases (14.5 petaflops each for both Dogwood and Cactus NOAA supercomputers), having more granular data is going to be useful in improving their models.
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-completes-upgrade-to-...