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Weather Forecasters In America Are Worried About 5G Technology

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United States Meteorologists are expressing concerns that the weather satellites could be disrupted by 5G data networks. A group of forecasters have now written to the Federal Communications Commission on the issue.

 

They are asking that an auction of radio spectrum for 5G uses should be delayed. The interference according to them is caused by increased communications activity.

 

Forecasters say this could potentially cause a delay in the reporting of important weather information. An example stated was in the case of having to inform the public of a coming hurricane.

 

According to the American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association, they rely on weather networks. They say these networks are very important for public safety and scientific research.

 

 

An executive at AccuWeather, Jonathan Porter, in another letter to the FCC said, “The loss of seconds can mean the difference between safety and grave risk to life and property.”

 

An organisation called the Ligado Networks wants to use the 1,675 to 1,680 MHz band of spectrum for 5G purposes. Meteorologists say they use satellites to get images of the earth. They then send the gathered data from many ground-based sensors.

 

But according to Ligado, the failure to allow 5G use within the band would “lead to the inefficient allocation of this prime, lower mid-band spectrum.” They argue that forecasters can download weather data via internet services instead.

 

However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that using the internet would make their delivery very slow. The three organisations wrote, “Earlier in June 2019, the latency of full disk and other images were regularly as high as three to seven minutes, far too significant for timely weather bulletins.”

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