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Private companies step up to gather weather data for NOAA as staffing cuts hobble agency forecasting

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. When staffing shortages caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to suspend weather balloon launches at its Kotzebue, Alaska, station earlier this year, a startup deploying next-generation weather balloons, WindBorne Systems, stepped up to fill the void. The company began selling its western Alaskan atmospheric data to the … Continue reading Private companies step up to gather weather data for NOAA a…NOAA · Kotzebue Read Article

Staffing cuts push NOAA to buy weather data from private balloon and drone firms

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Facing a dwindling federal balloon network, the National Weather Service began purchasing high-altitude observations from startups this year to shore up forecasts ahead of a busy hurricane season.Meg Wilcox reports for Inside Climate News.In short:Trump-era reductions left at least a dozen NWS launch sites idle, including Kotzebue, Alaska, forcing a pause in routine radiosonde flights.WindBorne Systems and other venture-backed firms now sell bal…National Weather Service · Kotzebue Read Article

Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting - Inside Climate News

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WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all the gaps.Drones · Kotzebue See the Story

Firefighters finish work on some NW Alaska fires; shift focus to other incidents

Smokejumpers assigned to a handful of fires burning in the BLM Alaska Fire Service’s Galena Zone have completed their work on some fires and are shifting their focus to other incidents. Twelve smokejumpers have contained and controlled the Shiliak Fire (#374), which is 25 miles northeast and across the water from Kotzebue. They will be flown to Kotzebue today and then to Fairbanks, where they will prepare for their next assignment. Twelve smokej…Kotzebue · Kotzebue Read Article

What's with the military helicopters in western Alaska? - KNOM Radio Mission

Several days of CH-47F Chinook and HH-60 Blackhawk sightings have had residents of western Alaska looking to the skies. In the summer, military helicopter sightings aren’t uncommon, but their presence can still cause quite a stir for communities not expecting them. At Tuesday's Kotzebue City Council meeting, Kotzebue Police Chief Christoper Cook said an exercise last year took residents by surprise. “The citizens were calling us saying, ‘I think…Kotzebue · Kotzebue Read Article