How Could the Weather Service Change Under Trump?
President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that ...
Life-saving weather warnings are on the line as Trump and DOGE target America’s forecasting agency
The National Weather Service, which is suffering its lowest staffing in decades, is staring down further cuts and the ...
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Why Private Forecasting Companies Can't Replace the National Weather Service
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 ...
Take a peek inside the National Weather Service
Severe Weather Awareness Week usually precedes the severe weather. Not this year. The earliest tornado in Minnesota history was confirmed near Princeton and Zimmerman on March 6. Another was ...
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Cooler weather is on the horizon; and should we privatize the National Weather Service?
Today’s post looks ahead to when Houston will start to feel more like winter again (the answer for most of us is Thursday ...
Will Elon Musk go after the National Hurricane Center? Billionaire’s team approaches NOAA
Elon Musk's team, fresh from dramatically overhauling multiple federal agencies, was seen at NOAA headquarters. Is the agency his next target?
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New cold weather terminology from National Weather Service
The National Weather Service has simplified winter weather alerts. The biggest changes are the renaming of the wind chill watches and warnings and the wind chill advisories.The wind chill watch ...
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Freeze warning, cold advisory? Be familiar with these official winter weather terms
Between 1979 and 1999, 124 people in Florida have died from cold, according to the National Weather Service. In December 1989, 25 Floridians died from hypothermia. That doesn't include those who ...