§9710 Identification and Support of Consistent, Federal Set of Forward-looking, Long-term Meteorological Information

Summary

The Administrator must create and back research to produce one consistent federal set of forward-looking, long-term weather and environmental information. That data will model future extreme weather and other environmental trends, give projections, and include current observations, with finer-scale (mesoscale) details when the Administrator thinks it is needed. Extreme weather: severe or unusual events like droughts, heavy rain, hurricanes, tornadoes, large hail, extreme heat or cold, floods, or other events the Administrator counts as extreme. Long-term: the meaning set by the Director of NIST after talking with the Administrator. Other environmental trends: things like wildfires, coastal or inland flooding, land sinking, sea level rise, or other long-term environmental changes the Administrator identifies.