NOAA, DOGE and weather forecasting
Former NOAA officials warned that jobs cuts undermine critical weather forecasting and basic science that companies and communities rely on.
The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.
The National Weather Service in Gaylord reports that a new season snowfall total has been set in its record books.
The high will be 32 degrees, wind gusts could go as high as 28 miles per hour and there is a slight chance of snow showers, according to an NWS forecast. Here is the weather for this weekend and beyond,
Federal workers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rallied in Seattle to protest President Trump's expected cuts to the agency.
The NWS San Diego CA issued an updated flood advisory at 7:40 p.m. on Sunday in effect until 9:38 p.m. for San Bernardino County.
The warning was for Inland Pender, Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover, Coastal New Hanover, Inland Brunswick and Coastal Brunswick as well as Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties.
The NWS Blacksburg VA issued a fire weather watch at 1:56 p.m. on Friday in effect until Saturday at 8 p.m. The watch is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
Gordon said he accepted a buyout offered to federal workers by the Trump administration and will retire from the industry after 40 years of service.
While NOAA's adjustments might seem technical or obscure, the agency says they are crucial for providing a clearer, more accurate picture of climate trends.
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired
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