Context is everything: This thread started because on another thread, posters (not you) were alleging that weather data and weather predicting models from NOAA and NASA were worthless, because of politics and conspiracy theories. I argued this was incorrect.
You narrowly stated that:
I pointed out your statement is factually incorrect, because Windy has on its app NOAA models. Windy would not use them if they thought they were functionally inaccurate.
Perhaps what you meant to say is that totality of users of the Windy app never look at the NOAA models. But that’s just an opinion of yours. My captains look at all the data they can get. They use BVS and they use Windy. They look at this model and that model. I think most mariners would do the same in the volatile GOA and Bering Sea. To prove your point you would have to convince me that mariners do not refer to NOAA models and NASA data. Since I know that to be otherwise, I’m not convinced.
You then make a statement which I completely agree with:
That statement is perfectly reasonable. It is nuanced. It allows for the reality that different nations will focus their weather prediction efforts on their own parts of the world, and on certain regions. But to categorically state that no one uses NOAA models or NASA data is absolutist, and like most absolutist statements outside of physics and mathematics, factually incorrect.
I think you are conflating exclusive use of the NWS website as compared to using Windy, or BVS, and saying no one uses NWS exclusively. I never argued they did. All along I have simply argued this: Mariners rely on NOAA models and NASA data every day, to keep alive. And if you think I’m wrong, consider this: if a NOAA weather model showed your boat in imminent danger from a typhoon, and another model said probably not, would you keep on your present course?