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  "markdown": "Director.\n\nKen Graham became the 17th director of NOAA's National Weather Service on 7 June 2022 and is NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Weather Services. He joined the service as an intern meteorologist in 1994, led its New Orleans/Baton Rouge forecast office and then directed NOAA's National Hurricane Center.\n\n## What Ken builds\n\n- [NOAA National Weather Service API (api.weather.gov)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nws-api.md), graded D, 49.8/100, in Weather \u0026 climate data. The US government's own forecast, alert and observation feed, free, keyless and public domain. Director, researched 2026-10-29.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Kolly Mars](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kolly-mars/), NWS API maintainer\n- [Stephen Clouse](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stephen-clouse/), Senior software engineer and NWS API maintainer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Ken Graham?\n\nKen Graham became the 17th director of NOAA's National Weather Service on 7 June 2022 and is NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Weather Services. He joined the service as an intern meteorologist in 1994, led its New Orleans/Baton Rouge forecast office and then directed NOAA's National Hurricane Center.\n\n### What does National Weather Service make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists NOAA National Weather Service API (api.weather.gov) from National Weather Service. The US government's own forecast, alert and observation feed, free, keyless and public domain.\n\n### How are Ken's tools graded?\n\nNOAA National Weather Service API (api.weather.gov) is graded D, 49.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://github.com/weather-gov/api/discussions/200\n- https://github.com/StephenClouse\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-clouse-5a2997153\n- https://github.com/weather-gov/api/discussions/855\n- https://github.com/kollymars\n- https://www.weather.gov\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/noaa-nws\n- https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api\n- https://weather-gov.github.io/api/reporting-issues\n- https://weather-gov.github.io/api/\n- https://www.weather.gov/about\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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