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Re: The polar vortex is hitting the brakes

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Post by __egb__ » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 9:37 PM UTC

3eb7988a1663 wrote: post #16

phkahler wrote: post #13

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Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US. I'll be looking for European forecasts of US weather... It's handy info, but I'm not gonna subscribe to see if I need a coat or umbrella.

That has been touted around before, but what does the military do? I assume they are extremely aware of their supply chain and would not want to source weather from a commercial entity. Will NORAD start doing clandestine weather modelling to be able to plan troop/ship movements?

The Navy already does forecasting for the DoD. They have their own computing facility (called Fleet Numerical) in California and run their own models.

Re: The polar vortex is hitting the brakes

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Post by jmcgough » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

disposableuname wrote: post #18

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This is a purely factual article and is very careful not to make recommendations on current or future policy. This website will almost certainly disappear once they realize it's still up.

Re: The polar vortex is hitting the brakes

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Post by Larrikin » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 9:56 PM UTC

saynay wrote: post #19

phkahler wrote: post #13

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Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US. I'll be looking for European forecasts of US weather... It's handy info, but I'm not gonna subscribe to see if I need a coat or umbrella.

There is no way private weather forecasting will be profitable enough to keep the required equipment running, at least at the quality we have had.

But people will make money selling the data, so who cares if it's worse.

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Post by thegreatpeter » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:05 PM UTC

phkahler wrote: post #13

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #9

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Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US. I'll be looking for European forecasts of US weather... It's handy info, but I'm not gonna subscribe to see if I need a coat or umbrella.

Why would "they" privatize the weather? How dramatic.

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Post by ben_w » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:09 PM UTC

thegreatpeter wrote: post #24

phkahler wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US. I'll be looking for European forecasts of US weather... It's handy info, but I'm not gonna subscribe to see if I need a coat or umbrella.

Why would "they" privatize the weather? How dramatic.

To save taxpayer money or for idiological reasons, like everything else that's ever been privatised in the history of the term anywhere on the planet.

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Post by downrightmike » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:13 PM UTC

Ultimately the Earth will warm up, the ice caps melt, the coasts lose as the seas rise 10m

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Post by fredsmith219 » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:20 PM UTC

I’m amazed that climate.gov hasn’t been taken down yet.

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Post by BoingBoomTschak » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:23 PM UTC

disposableuname wrote: post #18

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Re: The polar vortex is hitting the brakes

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Post by dataviz1000 » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:24 PM UTC

3eb7988a1663 wrote: post #16

phkahler wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US. I'll be looking for European forecasts of US weather... It's handy info, but I'm not gonna subscribe to see if I need a coat or umbrella.

That has been touted around before, but what does the military do? I assume they are extremely aware of their supply chain and would not want to source weather from a commercial entity. Will NORAD start doing clandestine weather modelling to be able to plan troop/ship movements?

I was a private yacht chef for 6 years. I would always source weather from https://www.metoc.navy.mil/ and plan meals around it. I'm pretty good with a Japanese chef's knife in 8 foot seas.

Re: The polar vortex is hitting the brakes

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Post by tomjakubowski » Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 10:28 PM UTC

__egb__ wrote: post #21

3eb7988a1663 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That has been touted around before, but what does the military do? I assume they are extremely aware of their supply chain and would not want to source weather from a commercial entity. Will NORAD start doing clandestine weather modelling to be able to plan troop/ship movements?

The Navy already does forecasting for the DoD. They have their own computing facility (called Fleet Numerical) in California and run their own models.

Curious if they use NWS weather station data or if they collect their own.