Due to the cancellation of a cloud services contract, a vast array of NOAA data will become unavailable starting at midnight tonight. NSSL resources will be going down, which will likely impact both SPC operations and forecasts of WFOs that rely on NSSL data.
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NOAA/NWS Budget Cuts
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Jason Mills
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That sucks big time. Warn On Forecast data will become unavailable (to the general public at least - I imagine there is an alternate means for accessing it inside NOAA/NWS)
Looks like the contract cancellations have been reversed; trying to find additional verification, but obviously would be good news. Anyone who thinks, however, that nothing else problematic has happened with NOAA, needs to take a long look in the mirror and maybe touch grass.
akt1985
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Here is an article from the Associated Press about half of NWS offices having a 20% or more vacancy rate.
apnews.com
Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk
Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that close to half of the local National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland.
apnews.com
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NWS will no longer be translating crucial weather alerts.
www.nbcnews.com
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death, a researcher said.
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I believe Spann said at one point that a not insignificant contributor to casualties from April 27 came from mainly Spanish-speakers who couldn't discern warning instructions, so this is most unwelcome.NWS will no longer be translating crucial weather alerts.
National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death, a researcher said.
notsoencrypted
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I've been seeing a fair number of "why isn't this storm warned when this chaser has it on video" or "why isn't this warning upgraded when X?" and I'd like to remind people of these budget cuts and that the NWS offices are running very understaffed. They are going to do whatever they can to make sure people are safe, but they can't be on top of everything all at once with these large outbreaks when they are missing staff. Upgrading a warning is probably going to take lesser priority than making sure warnings are up in the first place, since most people are only aware of warnings in general, not whether it's radar indicated, observed, or otherwise.
As for tornadoes on streams... Chasers or their support teams need to be calling in reports. This was an issue before the budget cuts, but now those eyes on the ground are absolutely necessary. If chasers want to help protect folks, then they have to make the calls.
As for tornadoes on streams... Chasers or their support teams need to be calling in reports. This was an issue before the budget cuts, but now those eyes on the ground are absolutely necessary. If chasers want to help protect folks, then they have to make the calls.
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White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
The article itself goes into all the different areas the GFDL touches. It's a lot.
The article itself goes into all the different areas the GFDL touches. It's a lot.
As of today, May 2nd, nearly 30 WFOs are missing a met-in-charge. A large number of offices are also missing warning coordination mets.
I'm hearing some offices in he south will be doing this also...
That is.... not ideal.
Can anyone explain why the hiring freeze? These offices are badly understaffed and it's not like they are 7 figure salary jobs. Not a place we need to be pinching pennies in my opinion.
Here's this:
How are the intensities of the South Indian Ocean cyclones supposed to be classified? The South Atlantic isn't the most active usually so I can kinda understand that, but I feel we still need Dvorak classification for both of those areas.
How are the intensities of the South Indian Ocean cyclones supposed to be classified? The South Atlantic isn't the most active usually so I can kinda understand that, but I feel we still need Dvorak classification for both of those areas.
At this rate, they'll just send Billy up in a hot air balloon to eyeball it.
Next they'll be cutting out the South Pacific...
I have no clue why they are cutting out dvorak for the South Atlantic and the South Indian Ocean.
I'm sure it's supposed to be a cost-cutting measure of some sort, although exactly how I'm supposed to look at NOAA discontinuing the use of the Dvorak scale for SIO/SAO and go "wow, this is such a worthwhile act that will save us money!" is one of many questions I have yet to find an actual answer for.
Exactly. What is the JTWC supposed to do then? How are they going to rate the intensity of the storms? Are we supposed to do so ourselves?
notsoencrypted
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The goal is the destruction of NWS as we know it, especially the forecasting parts. By rendering them unable to do their jobs, they can then say, oh, look, this is terrible and "privatize" it. So as long as the current administration is in power, they will do whatever they can to make NWS/NOAA as inefficient as possible.
This was all highlighted in Project 2025 prior to the election. Here's a summary from before the election:
The administration is using "money-saving" as an excuse. It has very little to do with actual efficiency and much more to do with covering up climate science and also making sure that anything that might have the possibility to make money is in the hands of corporations or private individuals.
Distant noises of AccuWeather lobbying