US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears

[TrumanTheTiger]

Source: CNN

The National Weather Service is in worse shape than previously known, according to interviews with current and former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs, early retirements and preexisting vacancies.
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There is not a single manager in place at the hurricane-prone Houston-Galveston forecast office, according to a NOAA staff member who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal.
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One NWS forecast office, in Goodland, Kansas, is no longer operating 24/7, with about a dozen more likely to shift to non-24-hour operations if action isn’t taken this month. These offices include several in the Plains states and stretch into the Pacific Northwest.
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The NWS has lost more than 550 people all told, since the start of Trump’s second term, according to tallies kept by sources inside and outside of the agency. That’s about the same number as the agency lost in the 15 years between 2010 and 2025, according to Tom Fahy of Capitol Meteorologics.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws-forecasting-layoffs-trump

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But your weather app will save you, right? Especially since it gets its data from the NWS.

Interesting that almost all of Kentucky is leader-free.

[Silent Type]

1. Oh, well, the UK/Euro Model seems fairly accurate at hurricanes.

[groundloop]

3. But the models are useless without accurate data.

And guess who used to collect that data....

[Silent Type]

7. I agree. My hope is that the 90% of NOAA employees that remain can continue most of the necessary functions.

If a hurrican creeps up on Miami -- or anywhere else -- without sufficient warning, trump will have a lot of explaining to do.

[hadEnuf]

14. Trump want's people hurt and property destroyed.

Someone else come up with a better explanation? Nothing else makes any sense.

[EarthFirst]

2. I'm sure X-Weather will provide that service...

…for a handsome fee mind you.

[groundloop]

4. Exactly..... this entire doge thing is the gop/oligarch's wet dream.

Yet more ways for money to flow from the bottom to the top.

[cstanleytech]

5. Well, if there is a French style revolution and their heads end up on pikes I certainly won't shed any tears.

[Javaman]

6. it would be stroke of irony if an untracked hurricane plowed throw his trash resort. nt

[PCB66]

8. I live in Central Florida

Am I gonna die?

Hurricanes usually result in deaths when they hit the mainland. We need the warnings and up to date forecasts.

Did these people that voted for Trump sign my death warrant?

[ancianita]

10. Just check with NOAA's National Hurricane Center. We'll be informed.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

[ancianita]

9. NWS uses NOAA's weather data. Here's NOAA's National Hurricane Center. So far the results look normal.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/cyclones/

[IronLionZion]

11. The president can issue an executive order to stop the climate from changing

and ban hurricanes.

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

12. Karma, if you're listening

I'd like to point out the location of Mara Largo.

[Linda ladeewolf]

13. Does this mean that Maralardo won't know when the next hurricane Hits? 😈

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Who needs the weather when you've got Trump's sharpie?