Will the signal of 5G base station really affect the accuracy of future weather forecast?

Neil Jacobs, acting director of NOAA, said in Congress that the new 5G radio station may reduce the accuracy of weather forecast by 30%, which may lead to inaccurate prediction of where the storm will land, which means that coastal residents will reduce hurricane protection time by at least two to three days. He warned that mistakes in these predictions may cost people their lives.

Many meteorologists worry that because the frequency of 5G signals is close to meteorological satellites, the widespread deployment of 5G networks may interfere with satellite observation, which will seriously affect the weather forecast, especially the early warning ability of large storms and deaths.

Take the frequency of 23.8 GHz as an example. Water vapor sends out a weak signal at this specific natural wavelength. These data are monitored and measured by meteorological satellite equipment, and forecasters use this information to calculate how storms or weather systems will change. The problem is that the transmission frequency of some mobile 5G networks is close to this signal frequency of water vapor, which will lead to the chaos of signals monitored in the atmosphere. The Federal Communications Commission of the United States and similar institutions in other countries have started to auction the frequency around 23.8 GHz for future 5G network service providers, which makes this issue very urgent. In addition, other frequency bands used for weather forecasting include 36-37 GHz (for studying rain and snow weather), 50 GHz (for measuring atmospheric temperature) and 86-92 GHz (for analyzing cloudy and snowy weather).

Tony mcnally of european centre for medium-range weather forecasts said: "The application of 5G network may seriously damage our ability to predict large-scale storms, and the final result is a matter of life and death. We are very worried about this. " European centre for medium-range weather forecasts is located in Reading, England.