More than 580 NOAA and National Weather Service staffers have already been dismissed as part of government agency cuts, with ...

Widespread firings at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could affect everything from tornado alerts to ...

If weather stations are located in a dense city, these factors could distort temperature data, making the area appear hotter than they are in reality. NOAA makes adjustments to account for the ...

NOAA’s workforce is still large — starting ... Already, low staffing has affected the operations of at least one weather balloon station in Alaska that collects data on current conditions.

They also broadcast weather information over NOAA radio and work with local emergency ... to oversee meteorological observations at military stations and give notice of approaching storms.