Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

Gizmodo: “The weather report is rarely spot-on, but if forecasts have seemed particularly inaccurate recently, it’s because they have been.”

“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was among several agencies gutted by the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency in 2025… These sweeping staff cuts forced the National Weather Service, the forecasting arm of NOAA, to halt or reduce weather balloon launches at 11 locations.”