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In Minnesota, we know how important it is to stay a step ahead of severe weather. Unfortunately, our ability to accurately predict the weather may be in danger. 

Due to shrinking budgets, mission changes and delays, the total number of scientific instruments monitoring the Earth from space could decline by 75 percent by 2020. These government-owned satellites provide about 90 percent of the data used by the National Weather Service for forecasting.
 

We wanted to talk about the future of weather forecasting after a recent 

J. Marshall Shepherd, geography professor and director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, will join The Daily Circuit Tuesday to discuss what's at stake for weather forecasting in the future. Paul Douglas, founder of WeatherNation, will also join the discussion.

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The total number of scientific instruments monitoring Earth from space could decline by 75 percent by 2020. These satellites provide about 90 percent of the data used by the National Weather Service for forecasting.

U.S. system of weather forecasting satellites in 'precipitous decline'

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