NWS Office of Industrial Meteorology - Private
sector organizations, ranging from consultants to the media to information service companies, are
vital to meeting America's needs for weather information. These organizations, often referred to
as the Industrial Meteorology (IM) community, together serve as critical intermediaries to make
National Weather Service (NWS) information available to all and to web site indexes information of
interest to the IM community.provide specialized services outside the NWS mission. This part of the
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