M7.7 Blog about the agency's role

The agency I chose to look at is the National Weather Service (NWS). They are located in Maryland and are under the US Dept of Commerce. When looking at the home page they have a map of the United States broken up by counties and have color coded indications indicating there is some form of weather even happening. Links are provided to search up topics such as flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and so forth. The NWS mission is to provide weather, water, climate data, forecasts and warnings for the protection of life, to enhance the national economy. Their vision is to prepare society for weather events and how to respond when they happen. They have been around for over a century protecting the lives and properties of the people of the USA. NWS is affiliated with local, state and tribal agencies to plan and respond to natural disasters that can occur and providing water, weather and climate forecasts among the US, territories and waters and oceans that surround the United States. Science and technology has made it an essential part of their mission where they are able to track weather with satellites and atmospheric balloons to track weather across a large portion of land and water. National and local governments, including members of weather enterprise, weather-ready nation ambassadors and academia are partners of NWS and contribute to the success of providing weather to the American people. 

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  1. UnknownOctober 10, 2018 at 9:13 PM

    It was great to read this post! I didn't know too much about the extent of the National Weather Service's responsibilities.

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