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WeatherFlow currently licenses data from our mesonet to the NWS. In the past, WeatherFlow was able to deliver important crucial information from its existing network during numerous storms including Hurricane Isabel. NWS staff were able to keep themselves and the public abreast of life-threatening conditions in the Chesapeake region utilizing WeatherFlow data when virtually all other data collection platforms failed.

Given our strong relationship with NOAA and the power of the WeatherFlow Hurricane Mesonet to help save lives and property, WeeatherFlow has agreed to provide the additional data to NWS without additional licensing fees.

That WeatherFlow will be supplying The National Hurricane Center and associated local NWS forecast offices with a valuable data resource is recognized by Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, USAF (ret.), director of NOAA’s National Weather Service:

“Our arrangement with WeatherFlow is a great example of the public/private partnership that provides weather services to this country every day. The WeatherFlow Hurricane Mesonet offers the potential to improve data coverage along the U.S. coast with stations designed to survive the extreme conditions that landfalling hurricanes bring, allowing us to provide better services and improve our hurricane warnings. Their willingness to let us use their data directly in our warnings is the kind of corporate good citizenship the weather enterprise is known for.”

This public/private relationship is a prime example of fulfilling multiple needs through fiscal efficiency. Funding such a network, though important to NOAA’s mission, is probably not feasible in the near term. We are pleased to be able to provide this service, and to strengthen our relationship with the National Weather Service.