{"id":27659,"date":"2025-05-24T01:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T01:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/doge-cuts-to-weather-balloon-sites-leave-u-s-without-crucial-data-some-meteorologists-say\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T01:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T01:40:15","slug":"doge-cuts-to-weather-balloon-sites-leave-u-s-without-crucial-data-some-meteorologists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/doge-cuts-to-weather-balloon-sites-leave-u-s-without-crucial-data-some-meteorologists-say\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE cuts to weather balloon sites leave U.S. without crucial data, some meteorologists say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Detroit<\/em> \u2014 When the National Guard has to be called out for <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/whitmer-major-disaster-declaration-northern-michigan-ice-storm\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">an ice storm<\/a><\/span>, as was the case in Northern Michigan at the end of March, the situation is dire. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, meteorologists couldn&#8217;t forecast just how much of the region would be encased in ice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While it [the forecast] showed devastating ice, it ended up still being worse than expected,&#8221; said Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News Detroit&#8217;s chief meteorologist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Up to 1.5 inches of ice accumulated across large portions of Northern Michigan, knocking down power lines, blocking roads, and damaging homes and businesses. Last month, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/04\/11\/whitmer-requests-presidential-emergency-declaration-for-northern-michigan-ice-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">requested<\/a> federal disaster aid.<\/p>\n<p>Bajjey said he was working <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-national-weather-service-leaders-letter-noaa-cuts\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">without National Weather Service data<\/a><\/span> he usually counts on. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t get true real-world data as often as needed,&#8221; Bajjey said. <\/p>\n<p>At least 13 of nearly 100 balloon sites were cut or reduced when the White House&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ralph-keeling-co2-data-collection-noaa-trump-cuts\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">took aim<\/a><\/span> at the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/noaa-layoffs-trump-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a><\/span> earlier this year.\u00a0<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>Two<strong> <\/strong>of them, one in Michigan and another in Wisconsin, left gaps in data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those gaps could have helped during the March ice storm, as well as last week, when dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes hit Wisconsin, meteorologists say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have also been cuts in places like the Rocky Mountains in the western U.S. and &#8220;Tornado Alley&#8221; in the central U.S., where storms get started and move east. One balloon site was also eliminated in the Florida Panhandle\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/noaa-hurricane-season-forecast-2025\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">just days before the start<\/a><\/span> of the Atlantic hurricane season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the past 100 years of U.S. weather forecasting, there&#8217;s no better substitute to weather balloons, meteorologists say.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Associate professor of meteorology Dr. John Allen teaches future meteorologists at Central Michigan University. He also studies how artificial intelligence can improve forecasts. <br \/><strong>\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>But he says the data received from weather balloons is irreplaceable. He showed CBS News a device used to communicate with a weather balloon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So what this device is doing is reporting back every couple of seconds as we look through the whole column of the atmosphere,&#8221; Allen said. <\/p>\n<p>His research in AI cannot make up for a lack of air pressure and moisture data collected by balloons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we have clouds, satellites really don&#8217;t tell us much about what&#8217;s actually happening,&#8221; he said, explaining why weather balloons are essential and their data cannot be duplicated by satellites or radar. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/70f61a4e-ea64-4742-b556-3377dc60cdf6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/475aaf46b8ddadc1ca958b7150b78f52\/1748047415815.png?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"DOGE cuts to weather balloon sites leave U.S. without crucial data: Meteorologists \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/70f61a4e-ea64-4742-b556-3377dc60cdf6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/475aaf46b8ddadc1ca958b7150b78f52\/1748047415815.png?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Dr. John Allen, right, associate professor of meteorology at Central Michigan University, teaching students how to use and collect data from a weather balloon. May 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement to CBS on News Friday, a NOAA spokesperson defended NWS forecasting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The National Weather Service is committed to delivering accurate, timely, and life-saving forecasts despite speculation,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;Through strategic transformation, staff reallocation, and updated service standards, NWS is ensuring resilience and continuity of mission-critical functions. Reports suggesting otherwise are false and disrespectful to the many weather scientists who work tirelessly to produce the best weather data in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, some meteorologists like Bajjey say they have no choice but to make do with new limitations. <br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>&#8220;This is about public safety,&#8221; Bajjey said. &#8220;It&#8217;s every single forecast, every warning, every alert, and every update. And this is where it comes from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-national-weather-service-leaders-letter-noaa-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">open letter published<\/a><\/span> earlier this month, five living former NWS leaders issued a warning about the impact of staffing and program cuts to the NOAA.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;We know that&#8217;s a nightmare shared by those on the forecasting front lines &#8211; and by the people who depend on their efforts.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a 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