NOAA Says It’s Ready for Hurricane Season
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The National Weather Service is offering transfers to meteorologists to fill staffing vacancies after Trump administration budget and staff cuts.
Staff and budget cuts at local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are degrading weather forecasts and adding chaos to New England's commercial fisheries. Proposed additional cuts could throw fisheries,
WPTV is navigating the impacts you may face with the accuracy of forecasts, as organizations like NOAA have faced staffing shortages and possibly funding cuts.
As a storm system approached Jackson, in Southeastern Kentucky, on May 16, a few individuals agreed to work double shifts to make sure timely warnings continued during the overnight hours, said Tom Fahy, legislative director for the National Weather Service Employees Organization.
NOAA will issue its Atlantic hurricane season outlook May 22. It will come as NWS struggles to maintain 24-hour monitoring capabilities at all its offices amid staffing shortages, driven by a ...
Did alerts go out? What type of alerts did people receive? National Weather Service and others have said the Jackson office was staffed Friday night despite staffing shortages.
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WyoFile on MSNStaffing shortage, DOGE-led cuts halt Cheyenne’s around-the-clock weather monitoringThe National Weather Service ended 24/7 operations at its Cheyenne forecasting office due to a staffing shortage and cuts by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.