The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is postponing the shutdown of satellite data crucial for hurricane tracking by one month. This decision comes amid warnings of severe consequences from meteorologists and scientists.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes.

Hurricane forecasters will soon lose access to government satellite data vital to tracking hurricanes overnight — and to preventing what meteorologists once called a “sunrise surprise,” when a storm unexpectedly strengthens or shifts in the darkness.