June 30 (UPI) -- With the peak hurricane season looming, forecasters will be without key information starting Monday because the Defense Department said it will no longer provide them with data from the weather satellites.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice Wednesday about the change, effective Tuesday. But on Monday, NOAA said the change would be delayed by one month until July 31.
On Friday, the Defense Department received a request from NASA to postpone the removal.
NOAA orginally said in a note: "Due to recent service changes, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) will discontinue ingest, processing and distribution of all DMSP data no later than June 30, 2025. This service change and termination will be permanent."
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