METAR/SPECI uses the existing AviationWeather.gov bulk cache over the lower 48 and its margin. NWPS retains only gauges in the existing action-stage-or-above observed list; forecast-only gauges can have no observation. Absence never establishes zero wind, low water, or safe conditions.
Surface stations in the latest cached source
0 total · source current; checked . Showing 0 on page 1. {"flagged":508,"old":0,"implausible":2,"outside":2364,"unreadable":2,"damagedStored":0} excluded reports (counts by reason).
- No readable station in this source/scope. Missing is not zero.

