Cuts to weather balloon sites hamper accurate forecasts during storms
Friday, May 23, 2025, 8:21 pm
Recent cuts to weather balloon sites by a government efficiency drive have left meteorologists scrambling for crucial data. The reduction in these essential resources is already impairing the ability to predict severe weather, suggesting that budgetary priorities may have sidelined public safety in a chilly case of mismanaged resources.
Some meteorologists say they were unable to accurately forecast an ice storm that hit Northern Michigan in March because National Weather Service balloon sites were cut or reduced.
At least 13 of nearly 100 weather balloon sites were cut or reduced when the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, took aim at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration earlier this year. Dave Malkoff reports.
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