The National Weather Service's staffing shortage is affecting forecast accuracy, as balloon launch data decreases.

Fahy said that for meteorologists specifically, the Lake Charles office has a vacancy rate of nearly 39%, the highest in the ...

The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...

"If you think about the kind of weather we have in Nebraska, if it's not a tornado, it's a wildfire; if it's not a wildfire, ...

As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins amid warnings of heightened storm activity, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz ...

Modernizing technology, centralizing data, and automation were among plans floated by Lutnick in response to bipartisan ...

NWS’s staffing was a large concern for committee members from both parties in the House and Senate.

A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...

Predicting hurricanes in Florida will be harder this hurricane season thanks to the Trump's administration DOGE budget cuts.