Feds Cut Satellite Data Forecasters Say Is Crucial to Tracking Hurricanes: 'A Huge Loss'

Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’

Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after defense department says it will drop irreplaceable programThe Department of Defense will halt a critical atmospheric data collection program at the end of June and has given weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent this week. Scientists that the Guardian spoke with say the change could set hurricane forecasting back “decades”, just as this year’s season ram…

Hurricane expert says U.S. government cutting access to satellite data is 'insanity'

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cut-off of key data from U.S. Department of Defence satellites, something a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesperson called a routine data rotation and replacement.

The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.

Feds cut satellite data forecasters say is crucial to tracking hurricanes: 'A huge loss'

A month into the start of an Atlantic hurricane season that forecasters expect to be unusually busy, the federal government has announced plans to end the use of satellite data that hurricane experts say is crucial to tracking storms and spotting the early warning signs of rapid intensification.

‘Lives and livelihoods at risk': John Morales' take on forecasters losing critical hurricane tool

The ability to peer under the clouds of a developing tropical cyclone is critically important for hurricane specialists.