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The following excerpt appears in a post on the Forum/Blog "End of Service for the Weather Underground" from about 2 weeks ago
at    https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/end-of-service-for-the-weather-underground-api

Victoria Gardner, Official Rep

I said that PWS owners would be a protected class "for now" because once they are the only class, they are all protected by default.  I have no information whatsoever of PWS owners being shut out in the future. 

PWS owners who are uploading their data will have uninterrupted access to their data, and a limited range of additional items.  They will be able to access up to 1000 calls per day and 30 calls/minute.  (This reflects an increase over what I mentioned before, which was the base level for the WU API.)  When the API for the PWS uploaders is ready, we will provide a transition period to switch from the WU API to the new API.  For PWS uploaders, the Weather Underground API will not close down on December 31.

For everyone else, and yes, this includes the many people with developer keys, the Weather Underground API will close down on December 31, 2018, unless they have made a prior contractual arrangement with IBM/The Weather Company.

Victoria Gardner

Previous comments have been unclear at best, & this provides a better indication as to how things will likely pan out after 31 Dec.

Cheers

This was posted a few days ago at      https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/weather-underground-api-update

Weather Underground API update

Hi there from the Weather Underground API Transition Team.
 
We’d like to reiterate a few things and let you know of a few small timing changes as we move closer to the previously announced retirement of the Weather Underground API:

    Based on the response to the previous announcement as we neared year end, we have extended the retirement date to February 15, 2019 to allow you more transition time.
    All Weather Underground API keys will stop working on February 15, 2019 unless otherwise agreed upon with Weather Underground.
    All credit card charges for existing Weather Underground API subscriptions will stop on December 26, 2018.
 
Personal Weather Station (PWS) owners/contributors will continue to be eligible for a free replacement API service selected from our standard IBM/Weather Company standard offerings that contain:
 
    Current observations from the PWS network
    5 day daily forecast
    PWS historical data
    PWS lookup by geocode, zip code and location
    Call volume: 1500/day, 30/minute
 
You can check out our PWS contributor replacement API documentation here.
 
If you need higher call volumes, you can still sign up for a paid API subscription plan from The Weather Company.  Prices begin at $200/month. To have a representative contact you or to request a demo, please click to fill out the contact form.
 
Finally, we are humbled by the loyalty you’ve shown us during this difficult transition period.  Thank you for your continued support of the Weather Underground community.

No idea where you sign up for the new api,
and I have to say this whole sorry affair is one monumental PR disaster!!