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There is little to no evidence that the current degradation of the US upper air backbone is regularly contributing to degraded forecast skill. That might change
by counters 26d ago
There is little to no evidence that the current degradation of the US upper air backbone is regularly contributing to degraded forecast skill. That might change as we head into the more active northern hemisphere winter.
- jedberg 26d agoThere was a lot of evidence last winter. But with the active El Niño it’s starting earlier this year.
- counters 26d agoPlease share some of that evidence.
- __alexs 26d agoThat's because NOAA are not doing the tests that would produce such evidence.
- counters 25d agoThey are, as are plenty of folks in the community. I expect to see some good talks on this at the AMS Annual Meeting in January, based solely on my own peer network and what colleagues have mentioned they're working on.