While Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data will no longer be provided to NOAA, the agency has not lost all access to global weather imaging.

The Defense Department has used the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program for over five decades to provide weather data for its military operations.

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Heat and thunderstorms are set to sweep through the Lowcountry Wednesday as both a Heat Advisory and a slight risk for severe thunderstorms have developed.

Stay prepared as 13WMAZ Weather Team forecasts triple-digit heat for Tuesday and Wednesday, with a first Heat Advisory issued for the summer season.

A heat advisory for West Michigan continues through Sunday at 8 p.m. as the National Weather Service forcast heat index values up to 101.

The Chicago weather forecast includes a Heat Advisory for the entire area and an Extreme Heat Warning for Cook County Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

For the first time ever, parts of Alaska will be under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term.

The first-ever heat advisory has been issued in the state of Alaska by the National Weather Service.

The Juneau and Fairbanks weather service offices have been allowed to issue heat advisories beginning this summer, but not the office in the state’s largest city of Anchorage — at least not yet.

With temperatures forecast to soar as high as 89 degrees in Interior Alaska, the National Weather Service has issued its first-ever heat advisories for the state.