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Appropriations subcommittee presses NOAA on staffing, radar gaps and AI plans for the National Weather Service
Summary
House appropriators questioned NOAA’s plans to rebuild staffing after large separations, modernize core forecasting tools (AWIPS cloud migration, AI-driven models) and close radar coverage gaps as members sought FY2026 spend plans and timelines.
Assistant Secretary Taylor Jordan told the House Appropriations subcommittee that NOAA is using the recently enacted FY2026 appropriations to recapitalize weather observations, improve forecasting models and staff local forecast offices. “We’re focusing on improving our model, our weather forecast model,” Jordan said in his opening testimony, and described steps to move AWIPS to the cloud and to field a new generation of weather-prediction models that incorporate artificial‑intelligence techniques.
The hearing opened with the subcommittee chair describing the FY2026 package that provided roughly $1.45 billion for the National Weather Service and an additional $10 million to support full staffing at local offices. Ranking Member Ming…
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