alt Hacker NewsIt's because the current administration cut NOAAs funding, which means fewer weather balloons, which means less data to make a prediction. And it means less real time updates.
So yeah, when it rains, it might take a few hours for that to flow into your weather app.
It's a direct result of DOGE.
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This does pass the smell test. What is your evidence that DOGE has caused even one weather forecast to be less accurate?
There is little to no evidence that the current degradation of the US upper air backbone is regularly contributing to degraded forecast skill. That might change as we head into the more active northern hemisphere winter.
I've stopped using google weather here in the UK as well because of how inaccurate its been over the past few years and have just fallen back on the BBC. Maybe its related, maybe not.
>and every other app I check shows it.
Other apps have a different government?
I'm interested on how you drew the cause/effect of this, is there non-biased sources? Has google said as much, and how does this explain why some models are more accurate?