An internal document describes how severe shortages of meteorologists and other staff members could affect forecasts and other operations.
  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    5·
    2 days ago

    Remember when the ubiquitous joke was “the weatherman is always wrong/a liar”? These services are why that stopped.

    Looks like it’s about to come back in style.

    • booly@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      2 days ago

      It’s not just free weather reports, either. It’s weather reports at all! The paid services all rely on the public data with their own layers of analysis built on that foundation. If the foundation crumbles, the expensive stuff built on top of that will break, too.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        and afaik that’s global: weather agencies around the globe collaborate to produce the highly accurate forecasts we all enjoy, since weather is often global