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NOAA funding cuts are dangerous as start of hurricane season looms | Tropical cyclone track forecasts are 75 percent more accurate than they were in 1990.
Tropical cyclone track forecasts are 75 percent more accurate than they were in 1990.
The radiosonde acts like an all-in-one weather station, beaming back details of the temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and air pressure every 15 feet through its flight. The passback budget also cut funding for some technology from future satellites, including lightning mappers that are used in hurricane intensity forecasting and to warn airplanes of risks. As five former directors of the National Weather Service wrote in an open letter, cutting funding and staff from NOAA’s work that is improving forecasting and warnings ultimately threatens to leave more lives at risk.
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