However, my focus herein is what a partial government shutdown means for weather operations, climate, and related sciences. However, National Weather Service personnel that provide critical weather forecasts for the nation will still work. Journalist Andrew Freedman shared the message in his article about the dedication of National Weather Service employees during a blizzard:Access to the office is still blocked. It is also a good time to remind you that weather information and warnings received on your weather Apps and on TV weathercasts ultimately come from federal weather models, weather radars, satellites, and personnel at Weather Forecast Offices. If our best and brightest avoid federal service, it means that places like the National Weather Service, FEMA, NASA, NOAA and intelligence agencies are not getting them.

Source: Forbes December 21, 2018 14:03 UTC