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.