Weather forecast
Can you trust weather forecasts during the government shutdown? Absolutely!
With winter storms wreaking havoc up and down the California coast and a major snowstorm about to blast the Northeast, could there be a more inopportune time for the longest government shutdown in American history? Reports from the Washington Post, CNN and others say the limitations on the National Weather Service (NWS) will make weather forecasts "worse" and that presents a "national security risk."
While the shutdown clearly has affected the weather community and its valuable work short-term and long-term with many NWS employees being furloughed, others are still producing the work that leads to reliable daily forecasts. And these dedicated meteorologists are showing up for work each day even though it’s been weeks since they received a paycheck.
"We feel badly for our weather colleagues in government who are not getting paid during the shutdown," said Marshall Moss, AccuWeather vice president, Forecasting and Graphic Operations. "Like us, they're doing critical life-saving work and issuing public warnings and we hope they are paid soon.”
