Funding for NSSL was almost cut in the 2026 federal budget

[KenMcWatters]

The Trump administration proposed cutting funding for NOAA's research arm in the 2026 budget. This would have included cutting funding for NSSL. These cuts were barely avoided when Congress appropriated the funding, but just for this year:

https://www.kosu.org/politics/2026-01-28/federal-funding-law-includes-money-for-oklahoma-weather-climate-institutions

This, in addition to the Trump administration's efforts to close NCAR, shows a disturbing pattern of hostility to weather research.

 

[Mike Smith]

This, in addition to the Trump administration's efforts to close NCAR, shows a disturbing pattern of hostility to weather research.

Is it that or is that NSSL has been spending a great deal of money and has produced relatively little in the way of useful warning/forecast techniques that past decade?