In the FY 2018 budget submitted to Congress, program funding for the Regional Climate Centers (RCC) was reduced by 82%. With this reduced level of funding the RCCs will not be able to respond to customer phone requests, collect current weather and climate information, and provide an active website that includes value-added climate information and products. (This includes daily and historical data as well as products like the Climate Perspectives Tool from the Southeast Regional Climate Center, which I use on a frequent basis.)
Unless contract funding is restored by Congressional action, the RCCs will be forced to close all service operations on March 6, 2018. We are asking you to petition Congress to restore funding to the RCC program that will enable us to provide the climate information that you have come to rely upon. Please fill the adjacent petition form. It should only require a few minutes of your time and will greatly influence Congressional action.
We thank you for your help. You can fill out and submit the form at https://dataforms.lsu.edu/hprcc.
