US Weather Analysis for 27 States Goes Dark in Funding Lapse (1)

Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed.

The websites for four US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regional centers serving 27 states across the central and southern US — including Texas, Florida, Ohio, the Dakotas and the Carolinas — are no longer accessible, according to service notifications posted on the centers’ home pages.

The climate centers, established in the early 1980s, are housed at research universities and operate under contract with NOAA. The agency provides raw data that ...