Experts warn US satellite cuts could set back weather forecasting by a decade

Reports say experts expect Trump administration satellite cuts to set back US weather forecasting by about a decade. A GAO report flags a risk of a geostationary weather satellite data gap.

Timeline

1. 19 Oct, 19:10 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
2. 19 Oct, 19:10 UTCCNN reports experts' decade-long warning
3. 19 Oct, 19:10 UTCSpaceNews covers GAO satellite data gap risk

Top sources

• weather forecastingGoogle Trends
• GAO report flags risk of geostationary weather satellite data gapSpaceNews
• A Foggy Forecast for the Next Generation of Weather SatellitesU.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)