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The National Weather Service Forecast: More Budget and Staff Cuts

By Marla Donato

Despite last year’s all-time high of extreme weather events, the NWS budget plan calls for more staff cuts and automation.
Despite last year’s all-time high of extreme weather events, the NWS budget plan calls for more staff cuts and automation.   Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune

Just three years after the forecasters union says the Chicago region lost 23 percent of its meteorologists, the organization is facing more possible cuts. Read more here>