Republican megadonors want to own weather forecasting to enrich themselves.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/trumps-would-be-weather-czar-tried-to-shut-down-free-forecasts
Joel & Barry Myers from AccuWeather were going to become beyond fabulously wealthy by monetizing taxpayer funded weather research.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/14/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-recap-national-weather-service
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/11/climate-accuweather-noaa-myers-trump-243697