If weather info is that valuable to so many private interests, wouldn't the public get a better deal by insisting that private interests pay market prices (to t

If weather info is that valuable to so many private interests, wouldn't the public get a better deal by insisting that private interests pay market prices (to the public service provider) for that info? There are plenty of private weather companies, and many private companies employ their own meteorologists and massive computers to generate their own forecasts. (Think agriculture, logistics, aviation, oil exploration.) Not every company can afford a supercomputer. The NWS forecasts and data are valuable to every other person and company. Also, the addition of NWS data makes everyone's weather forecasts better. Note how television hurricane forecasts don't show one model, but many models from many sources. All this again is in the interest of commerce, which drives tax revenue.