(BIVN) – Federal forecasters will continue to keep an eye on the weather, despite the government shutdown that was triggered by the latest Washington D.C. impasse.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu tweeted “it will continue to operate 24×7 through the government shutdown to provide reliable forecast and warning information. Our social media presence will remain as close to normal as possible, but posts/replies will only be directly related to forecasts and warnings.”

The National Weather Service falls under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, which falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The Department of Commerce issued this shutdown information in advance of the lapse in funding:

The following services and activities will be maintained during a lapse in appropriations:

Weather, water, and climate observing, prediction, forecast, warning and support

Law enforcement activities for the protection of marine fisheries

Fisheries management activities including quota monitoring, observer activities and regulatory actions to prevent overfishing.

Water level data for ships entering U.S. ports, critical nautical chart updates and accurate position information.

Patent and trademark application processing

Operation of the national timing and synchronization infrastructure as well as the National Vulnerability Database

Maintenance, continuity and protection of certain research property and critical data records

All services of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

Export enforcement – the ongoing conduct of criminal investigations, and prosecutions, and coordination with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies in furtherance of our national security

Support for excepted activities under a shutdown

Assignment of radio frequencies to federal agencies for critical national security and public safety purposes

All the functions of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)

The following services and activities will not be available during a lapse except to extent funded by other than current year annual appropriations: