Per the author:
Also in jeopardy: Engineering + IT support for N-Wave, NOAA’s internet + network provider. N-Wave transmits weather forecasting data. Internal email warns of "significant service disruptions” if contracts aren’t extended.
Edit:
Since this was published, there has apparently been a bit of a reprieve as word got out about how bad this would be
Oh, you will still be able to get the data, you will just have to subscribe (at some exorbitant price point) to a private corporation that will also be charging the US government a huge mark up to gather the data…
There was a clip of (I think it was) Trump saying some thing along the lines of ‘we have to reduce the wastage in public spending and grow private investment’
He is stripping you country and raping it for his and his billionaire buddies pocket book
Good luck