Impacts on Industry

Agriculture:

• Both short- and long-term forecasts are essential in agriculture production.
• HRRR predictions support better localized precipitation forecasts.

Aviation:

• The FAA requires airlines to carry enough fuel for an aircraft to fly to an alternate destination if weather conditions fall below certain thresholds.
• The HRRR model is the largest contributor to the FAA's NextGen Air Transportation System that supports strategic traffic flow management.
• 69% of aviation flight delays are caused by weather costing air travelers billions of dollars each year.
• GSL weather models help reduce weather aviation flight delays that cost air travelers billions of dollars each year.
• "The most recent transition of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model to NWS operations improves aviation forecasts at air terminals and aloft, reducing air traffic delays which cost the airline industry billions of dollars annually." - FAA

Energy

• Cost estimates from storm-related power outages to the U.S. economy are between $20B and $55B annually.
• "NOAA's continual advancement of forecast skill in weather models improves the stability of our electric grid." - Vaisala Corporatio
• The American public collectively receives $31.5B in benefits from forecasts each year
• "GSL's development of foundational and pragmatic state-of-the-science technologies to improve predictions of weather and its impacts on society has been one of the nation's true success stories that is significantly under-appreciated given the enormous value it returns to the nation." - The Weather Company