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BumRushDaShow

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7. It's not the meterologists or other scientists there

Reply to DSandra (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:26 PM

19 hrs ago

it's the funding cuts to the equipment that is needed to collect atmospheric data to feed the forecast models. Less data gathered = less accurate forecasts.

The major models are run 4 times a day (hi-resolution convective ones being most important and those are run every hour) and without the most current data, there is more "guessing" going on.

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'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

Trump and his cuts...money went for his war instead... wcmagumba 21 hrs ago #1

Money eventually went into his pockets and those of his family and donors. PSPS 20 hrs ago #3

I look forward to Trump getting caught in a tornado wnylib 18 hrs ago #8

repukes don't believe in climate change Skittles 21 hrs ago #2

NWS should be sued DSandra 20 hrs ago #4

I think it was that their funding for the weather balloons was cut by Trump and his administration. wcmagumba 20 hrs ago #5

Its not their fault so no way. The money cuts this year and last are so bad many offices arent even staffed after 5pm Cheezoholic 19 hrs ago #6

It's not the meterologists or other scientists there BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #7

Exactly right..leaving meteorologists blind without data. HighFired49 16 hrs ago #9

SPC - Norman, OK FTW BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #10