
FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands
How a simple idea turned into an international weather service on the Fediverse.
IT Notes
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
The New York Times
Special BalancedWx Update: NWS announces reduction in upper air flights
Reduction is on top of previously announced cuts
Balanced Weather#CallToAction URGENT: call your representatives--especially Republicans. The firing of thousands of NOAA staffers will fuck up ALL weather forecasting services, from weather.com to your favorite TV channel meteorologist to the app in your phone: they ALL grab their data from NOAA.
#USPolitics #FederalEmployeesFirings #NOAA #WeatherService
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5167978-noaa-firings-probationary-workers-doge/

NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began the process of firing hundreds of probationary workers Thursday, the latest mass job cuts within federal agencies, three sources wit…
The HillHurricane Helene wreaked havoc on large portions of the American Southeast. We must do something about the toll climate change is causing on the planet #HurricaneHelene #ClimateChange #NOAA #WeatherService #ProtecttheEarth
https://zurl.co/UnC2

"Hurricane Helene’s Sermon of the Unheard”
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HistorianSpeaksCSIRO Aquawatch A World-First Weather Service To Bolster Seafood Industry In Spencer Gulf
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/csiro-aquawatch-spencer-gulf-water-monitoring-weather-service/103229250 <-- shared media article
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https://research.csiro.au/aquawatch/about/ <-- about Aquawatch
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“KEY POINTS:
• CSIRO has completed initial testing of a ‘weather service’ for water quality in the Spencer Gulf in South Australia
• The industry’s production in the Spencer Gulf region is worth over $238 million a year
• The data could warn seafood industry of harmful marine events like algal blooms, which can kill fish..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #aquawatch #weather #weatherservice #waterquality #marine #hydrospatial #SpencerGulf #Australia #foodsecurity #marine #seafoodindustry #marineconservation #algalblooms #algae #monitoring #watersensors #satellites #remotesensing #AI #realtime #forecasts #temperature #salinity #fish #fishstocks@CSIRO
#CSIRO
CSIRO Aquawatch a world-first weather service to bolster seafood industry in Spencer Gulf
The sophisticated data system and national water sensor network from the CSIRO will help Australia become more resilient to extreme weather and adverse marine events.
ABC News