Thinking of pitching a non-federal, interstate agency alliance of meteorological observation outlets for the benefit of the common good to my state locality. In contemplation of pithy acronyms to meet the moment, one is vaulted to the forefront:
MIAO: Meteorological Interstate Alliance for Observations
Data interchange would use WMO standards and tooling with distributed sharelists to maintain parity with NOAA sources. Fed interference can be ignored.