Wei-Lin Wong

Adrienne Ma, what is an app on your phone that you use every single day?

Adrienne Ma, what is an app on your phone that you use every single day?

Adrienne Ma, what is an app on your phone that you use every single day?

Yeah, or like Candy Crush or whatever.

Yeah, or like Candy Crush or whatever.

Yeah, or like Candy Crush or whatever.

Me too. Now, here's another question. Do you ever think about where the weather forecast on your phone comes from?

Me too. Now, here's another question. Do you ever think about where the weather forecast on your phone comes from?

Me too. Now, here's another question. Do you ever think about where the weather forecast on your phone comes from?

Yeah, I never really thought about this either until I started using a specific weather app on my phone. The app lets me toggle between almost a dozen forecasting sources. And confession, sometimes if I'm hoping for a particular forecast, I'll just shop around in the app until I get the forecast that I want.

Yeah, I never really thought about this either until I started using a specific weather app on my phone. The app lets me toggle between almost a dozen forecasting sources. And confession, sometimes if I'm hoping for a particular forecast, I'll just shop around in the app until I get the forecast that I want.

Yeah, I never really thought about this either until I started using a specific weather app on my phone. The app lets me toggle between almost a dozen forecasting sources. And confession, sometimes if I'm hoping for a particular forecast, I'll just shop around in the app until I get the forecast that I want.

Or is it?

Or is it?

Or is it?

This kind of scientific arms race is bringing to the fore long simmering tensions in the meteorology community. The tension is over how weather data should flow between the government and private companies and at what price. This is The Indicator from Planet Money. I'm Waylon Wong.

This kind of scientific arms race is bringing to the fore long simmering tensions in the meteorology community. The tension is over how weather data should flow between the government and private companies and at what price. This is The Indicator from Planet Money. I'm Waylon Wong.

This kind of scientific arms race is bringing to the fore long simmering tensions in the meteorology community. The tension is over how weather data should flow between the government and private companies and at what price. This is The Indicator from Planet Money. I'm Waylon Wong.

commonly referred to as NOAA. And the National Weather Service is the main source of weather data, forecasts, and warnings in the U.S. Its job is to protect life and property. And that means making weather data universally available to everyone as a public service.

commonly referred to as NOAA. And the National Weather Service is the main source of weather data, forecasts, and warnings in the U.S. Its job is to protect life and property. And that means making weather data universally available to everyone as a public service.