Lawmakers were focused on the growing split between the US and Europe last week, but they pivoted to the perception that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was falling behind Europe and the rest of the word in weather forecasting.
House members repeatedly questioned Taylor Jordan, NOAA's Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction over reports that the US currently ranks fourth in the world in numerical weather prediction during a House committee hearing meeting last week.
And while Jordan conceded that US weather models were lagging, he said the Trump Administration was making advances to make up the difference.
“We would like to see some progress in leading the world again,” he told members ofthe House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
