Hi @wxmanms1.bsky.social! I think you may have been using an old verification webpage when you were looking for figures for this article. The latest figures can be found on the EMC Verification website (specifically the MRW Headline Scores page: www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/users/verifi...). Thanks!
Dr. Alicia M Bentley
Felt compelled to write on this topic again today. IMO we simply do not have the data to know what impacts the changes to the NWS upper air program - necessitated by budget/staffing constraints- may be having on forecasts.
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Major severe weather risk expected across central US on Friday
For much of Monday, the agency didn't anticipate a tornado threat for Kansas City — then five hit that evening. Did a change in weather balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark?