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Mass firings are set to hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “imminently,” a source with knowledge told The Hill.
NOAA partners with private sector, academia, nonprofits and many others around the world to ensure that everyone has the best information to produce the most robust weather forecasts. Private weather companies and media also play important roles in getting those forecasts and alerts out more widely to the public.
Never mind your Doppler 6000s and 7000s, the National Weather Service is where the forecasts provided by your local TV station, the weather apps on your phone and even the Weather Channel start. The NOAA is how we know to expect heavy winter storms ...
High pressure over California will keep the storm track far to the north this week. It will also bring a wind pattern of moderate to fresh (13 to 24 mph) Santa Lucia northeasterly winds at night and in the morning, shifting out of the northwest in the afternoon and increasing to fresh to strong (19 to 31 mph) levels along the coast through Friday.
The notion of commercializing the agency’s responsibilities, including monitoring by its National Weather Service branch, worries many in the meteorology world.
A private company couldn't match the Boulder-based federal agency's work...but scientists worry the Trump administration could propose just that.
The administration of President Donald Trump is reportedly considering funding cuts and layoffs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency that includes the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center.
The new Trump administration's relentless push to slash budgets and payrolls across the federal government, aided by billionaire Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency," could ...