The lack of data limited what model data and observations Weather Service meteorologists could use to make forecasts. ‘Please do not use NWS Chat’The Weather Service’s chat system has proved to be one of its more unreliable systems, failing in multiple instances, including dangerous severe weather situations. ADThe issues have become so widespread and inveterate that one Weather Service office attempted to abandon NWS Chat for an external program, a move rebuked by Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring. “And down goes my beloved NWS Chat,” tweeted Daryl Herzmann, a systems analyst at Iowa State University who first helped develop and implement NWS Chat years ago. “We’re working to improve stability of the system in the short-term.”Systemic Weather Service Internet issuesProblems with the Weather Service’s Internet systems have persisted for years, in part because of increasing demand from users, which the agency has struggled to meet.

Source: Washington Post March 30, 2021 16:30 UTC