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Tornado Season in light of US NWS cuts
- pmags 2y agoAs the link above discusses, parts of the central US are likely in for some major tornadoes and flooding over the next few days. I can't help but wonder how the quality of forecasting will be affected by the >1000 jobs cut at the National Weather service (https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-01/weather-experts-say-federal-cuts-could-impact-forecasting https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-01/weather-expe...) and the reduction in weather balloon launches due to DOGE cuts (https://blog.ucs.org/marc-alessi/with-fewer-weather-balloons-people-in-us-heartland-will-be-less-prepared-for-tornado-season/ https://blog.ucs.org/marc-alessi/with-fewer-weather-balloons...).