The Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise, also known as the Weather Enterprise[1] for short, is comprised of three main categories of organizations that contribute to the science and application of weather and weather forecasting -- academia, government, and America’s Weather and Climate Industry[2].
Each sector plays a critical role in understanding, observing, forecasting, and helping warn communities of danger; and plays a big part toward building a Weather-Ready Nation. Beyond providing location-specific weather information, the Weather Enterprise works to meet the needs of water resource managers, businesses, communities and other weather-sensitive organizations. Further, longer-term decision-makers use seasonal, yearly or even longer climate outlooks to help with extensive planning efforts, such as urban development or agricultural planning. There are very diverse user needs and equally diverse services of weather, water, and climate information.
America’s Weather and Climate Industry (AWCI), also referred to as commercial weather providers, builds upon the foundational data provided by government, and provide additional foundational data, innovation, and specialized services to collectively meet the needs of businesses, communities, and individuals here in the U.S. and all over the world. AWCI works closely with the National Weather Service and NOAA to save lives, protect property, and enhance the national economy -- helping build a Weather-Ready Nation.
Additional information on weather, water, and climate services can be found at the following external sites:
American Meteorological Society
National Weather Association
American Weather and Climate Industry Association
[1] “Weather” is used in this context to mean all service areas which the NWS supports, including space weather, tsunamis, aviation, fire, marine, water resources, climate, etc.
[2] America’s Weather and Climate Industry includes all elements of the private sector (including media, consultants, equipment providers, etc.) which provide services to the public in the areas of climate, water, and weather, broadly defined (e.g., includes space weather). The term does not exclude foreign-owned companies which provide services to the American public.
Below are various resources from across the Weather Enterprise including links to commercial, academic, and governmental products and services. These lists contain the providers/services that we know. If you are a provider of a weather, water, or climate alerting service and want your service added to the lists below, please contact us at: wrn.feedback@noaa.gov
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DISCLAIMER: NWS does not endorse the services or providers listed. Information presented is believed to be correct at the time of posting. Any fee or payment required for service is the responsibility of the consumer. The NWS recommends using multiple sources of information to validate the information that is received.
The National Weather Service (NWS) provides alert and warning information through official dissemination sources, including NOAA Weather Radio, NOAA Weather Wire Service, and Weather.gov to the public, and the iNWS service for core partners (emergency management community, water resources management community, government partners of an NWS office, or members of the electronic media who need direct interaction with NWS).
The National Weather Service does not provide direct email/text alerts to the general public. For hurricane-specific information, see Hurricane Information. For tsunami-specific information, see Tsunami Information website.
Here is a list of commercial alerting resources for various delivery options.
