Cuts could weaken storm forecasting

Trump’s proposed 17% NOAA budget cut raises vulnerability concerns.

The first potential cyclones of the formal 2017 hurricane season are bubbling in the tropics — born at a time when forecasting breakthroughs promise accuracy not seen before, and new public alerts warn of strangling storm surge and the arrival of walloping winds.

But mixed with the meteorological progress are deep concerns about President Donald Trump’s proposed 17 percent cut to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including an $82 million reduction to the National Weather Service.

Climate scientists said the proposed budget doesn’t jibe with the